ATIQUL ISLAM

  Achievementsof ICDDR,B Our work has had a major impact on the health of people in Bangladesh – and in other countries of the global South. Throughout our history, we have developed innovative products and generated rigorous evidence that has influenced health policy and practice in Bangladesh and globally. Our major achievements Oral Rehydration Solution In the 1960s , icddr ,b researchers developed oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat the symptoms of diarrhoeal disease and carried out landmark studies demonstrating its life-saving potential. ORS is estimated to have saved tens of millions of lives worldwide. Zinc Treatment for  Diarrhoea In the 1990s , researchers at icddr ,b showed that zinc treatment shortened the duration of diarrhoea and prevented future cases – key evidence underpinning the WHO’s decision to recommend zinc use alongside ORS. Our scientists also organised an innovative cross-media awarenes...