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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The right vaccine stories: a panel discussion with Samir Saha
Pneumonia, a preventable and treatable disease, kills one child every 2 min. In the November 2017 issue of the National Geographic Magazine, Cynthia Gorney and William Dianiels painted a vivid picture of why and how vaccines play pivotal roles in …
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Professor Samir K Saha wins the 2017 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology
Professor Samir K Saha, Head of Microbiology of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Executive Director of Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), along with Dr. Shahida Hasnain from Pakistan, has won the 2017 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology for their …
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