It is estimated that even today >500,000 deaths in newborns occur every year due to serious infections. However, little is known about what microorganisms cause these infections, which makes it difficult, if not impossible, to save lives through informed-treatment or …
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Women’s Day Celebration at Kumudini Hospital
Every year March 8th marks International Women’s Day celebrating the progress of gender equality and women empowerment. On this day everywhere around the world, women organizations and global movements come together to stand as a united force, reminding us to …
Uniting to fight respiratory diseases: Second RESPIRE meeting starts today in Dhaka
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 …
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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 …
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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