Child Health Research Foundation is pleased to announce the commencement of the second RESPIRE Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 7th through 9th February 2018. Each year over 7.1 million people die due to respiratory illness and a third of these …
Prof. Ruhul Amin elected as the President of South Asian Paediatric Association
CHRF is thrilled to share the exciting news of Prof. Dr. Md. Rahul Amin, our very own Treasurer, has been elected as President of of South Asian Pediatric Association (SAPA) for SAARC countries. Dr. Amin graduated from Dhaka Medical College in …
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Highlights from “2017 in CHRF”
Dear 2018 of CHRF, buckle up ‘coz 2017 is a hard year to follow. 2017 at CHRF ended with our annual picnic, which brought together almost all members of the team, celebrating the achievements of 2017, and rooting for an …
Excellence of CHRF Laboratories: External Quality Assessment
The World Health Organization has been diligently promoting quality of health care at all levels. In 2008, the WHO with its 36 member states formed a global network to conduct surveillance for invasive bacterial vaccine-preventable diseases (IB-VPD) in sentinel hospitals. …
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Samir Saha elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology
Hot off the press – CHRF is beginning 2018 with exciting news! Dr. Samir Saha has been elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. This fellowship recognizes his excellence, originality and leadership in the microbiological sciences. We are …
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A low cost approach to track typhoid, an increasingly important disease
Typhoid is the most common infection in children in Bangladesh. If the trend of rising antibiotic resistance is not interrupted soon, mortality rates can shoot up. In this article, published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Senjuti Saha of CHRF and …
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