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International health research institute addressing #publichealth challenges • #infectiousdiseases #healthsystems #nutrition #vaccines #Bangladesh
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🚨 Breaking News! We’re proud to share that MDCF-2, developed by researchers from icddr,b and @WashU has been acknowledged in @TIME’s Best Invention of 2025 under the Social Impact category! 🔗Read more: time.com/collections/be… #TIMEBestInventions2025 #MDCF2
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MDCF-2: The Best Inventions of 2025
Find out why MDCF-2 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.
🤰🏾 Global Nutrition Expert Calls for Early MMS Intake at icddr,b Day 2025 Observance At a special seminar marking icddr,b’s 65th anniversary, global nutrition expert Prof. Keith P. West Jr (@JohnsHopkinsSPH) highlighted how early nutritional support can decisively improve…
📣 Global experts joined icddr,b for the Annual Scientific Advisory Group meeting. The two-day discussions covered innovation, climate and health, SRHR, infectious and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition, and stronger lab and clinical services. SAG…
🧫World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025. Taking antibiotics unnecessarily, in excess, or without following proper guidelines increases antimicrobial resistance. As a result, treating bacterial infections is becoming extremely difficult. If this continues, one day no…
💬Around her underweight baby's first birthday, Salma learned about #MDCF-2 (Microbiota-Directed Complementary Food), a gut-restoring food developed by @icddr_b for #malnourished #children. Their Mirpur branch is just a five-minute walk from her home. News of the new trial spread…
A new study — from a global team including icddr,b researchers — reports promising results from a trial of a novel vaccine against the diarrheal pathogen Shigella in an animal model, supporting further development of the vaccine and possibly human trials. cutt.ly/GrGWox8g
Wastewater surveillance can reveal an uptick in typhoid-causing bacteria 13 days before the rise of clinical cases. If applied to launching targeted typhoid vaccination campaigns, it could massively reduce hospitalizations, deaths, and associated costs. cutt.ly/3rGWgisT
🎥 What is Microbiota-Directed Complementary Food (MDCF-2)?How can it help restore gut health and promote growth in undernourished children? Dr Tahmeed Ahmed, Executive Director of icddr,b, explains.📷Watch here: youtu.be/srPSgkx8U80?si… #TIMEBestInventions2025 #icddrb #MDCF2
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Gut Microbiota-Restoring Food for Undernourished Children – A TIME...
🥣If the gut microbiome influences obesity, could it also hold the key to undernutrition? —a discussion between two scientists from @icddr_b and @WashU led to #MDCF2, now helping undernourished children worldwide. Read more: icddrb.org/features/mdcf-… #TIMEBestInventions2025 #icddrb
Across eight countries, asymptomatic infections of the diarrheal pathogen Cryptosporidium occurred at a rate of 7.89 per 100 child-months, and were linked to stunting, wasting, and underweight — icddr,b scientists report in a new analysis of the MAL-ED (Malnutrition and Enteric…
🏃♀️ Join the Bonita Stanton, M.D., Memorial 5K! icddr,b proudly sponsors this race honoring Dr Bonita Stanton’s legacy & supporting future physicians. 🗓 5 October 2025 | ⏰ 7:30–11:00 AM 📍 Brookdale Park, Watchung Ave, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 ➡️ Register: GiveHMH.org/Stanton5K3
A new @PLOSGPH study sheds light on the mental health impact of extreme climate events, showing that flooding of compounds and latrine flooding are associated with higher depression among pregnant women living in riverine communities in rural Bangladesh. cutt.ly/3rGLeMra
Moderate to severe malnutrition is a more important risk factor for mortality than aflatoxin in acutely ill children, but aflatoxin exposure increases risk of mortality in the absence of acute malnutrition. Read more: cutt.ly/crGKUQzA
A new study identified 4 bacterial species that were significantly lower in abundance in typhoid fever patients compared with asymptomatic household contacts in Bangladesh & Malawi, suggesting they may protect against clinical infection following exposure to Salmonella Typhi.
In #Microbiome 🔍Investigating the links between the gut microbiome & typhoid fever 🚨Identifying 28 specific metabolic gene clusters negatively associated with typhoid fever, including 7 involved in SCFA metabolism 👉doi.org/pxb4
Sequencing-based analysis of Bangladeshi patients with Rett syndrome-like features revealed 51.9% carried mutations in the MECP2 gene, which is known to be linked to Rett syndrome, and identified 6 novel candidate genes linked to Rett-like symptoms. cutt.ly/qrGKsAox
A recent study showed that rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can replace traditional slide agglutination methods to confirm Vibrio cholerae colonies belonging to the dominant O1 serogroup, providing a cheaper & faster alternative in resource-limited settings. cutt.ly/urGKt5no
Stakeholders once again urge #Bangladesh to add the #rotavirus #vaccine to its National Immunisation Programme, citing the urgent need to protect children from severe diarrhoea and save thousands of young lives each year. 👉icddrb.org/news/stakehold…
A @NatureComms study reports a novel genetic test that can distinguish between reinfection and relapse in individuals with recurrence of malarial infection by Plasmodium vivax. The test revealed a lower rate of relapse in patients treated with primaquine. cutt.ly/zrGWvXlZ
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