Staff Reporter :
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation on Wednesday announced the name of Bangladesh based global health research institution icddr,b as 2017 recipient of $2 million Hilton humanitarian prize for its innovative approach to solving global health issues impacting the world’s most impoverished communities.
A distinguished panel of independent international jurors selected icddr,b,
which is dedicated to solving the most serious health issues facing low and middle-income countries, as the recipient.
Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for more than 50 years, icddr,b has been at the forefront of innovative, low-cost health solutions that has resulted in saving millions of lives globally.
icddr,b’s world-class facility in Dhaka has served for decades as a global hub for cutting edge research on enteric diseases.
The institution began in an attempt to discover and develop realistic, scalable interventions for cholera and other diarrheal diseases, and has since grown into the world’s largest diarrheal hospital treating more than 200,000 patients a year, almost all of whom recover within 36 hours. icddr,b’s development of Oral Rehydration Solution, which treats the symptoms of diarrheal disease connected to cholera, has saved tens of millions of lives.
The organization is currently working on a huge variety of investigations on health problems affecting people living in poverty in developing countries. Its research includes evaluations of new vaccines and treatments for enteric and respiratory infections, new interventions for preventing and treating malnutrition, new approaches for detecting and containing emerging infectious diseases, new interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, and new approaches to achieving universal health coverage.
As well, the institute continues to develop innovations to provide low cost solutions to resource poor settings.
“icddr,b has had a profound impact on health crises and breakthroughs worldwide,” said Hilton Foundation President and CEO Peter Laugharn.
“As we seek solutions to bridge global divides, the world can learn a lot from icddr,b-not just about vaccines, but about scientifically researched approaches to public health problems that work,” Laugharn added.
“We are honored to receive the 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize,” said John Clemens, MD, Executive Director of icddr,b. “The Prize will help support our current research efforts to move forward our in-house pipeline of new, low cost products and interventions addressing a wide range of public health problems in developing countries, including severe acute malnutrition and pneumonia in children, tuberculosis and life-threatening maternal hemorrhage during childbirth,” John Clemens added.
icddr,b will be honored in this year’s international Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony, which will take place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
The theme of this year’s symposium is The Future of Humanitarian Action: Bridging Our Divides.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation on Wednesday announced the name of Bangladesh based global health research institution icddr,b as 2017 recipient of $2 million Hilton humanitarian prize for its innovative approach to solving global health issues impacting the world’s most impoverished communities.
A distinguished panel of independent international jurors selected icddr,b,
which is dedicated to solving the most serious health issues facing low and middle-income countries, as the recipient.
Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for more than 50 years, icddr,b has been at the forefront of innovative, low-cost health solutions that has resulted in saving millions of lives globally.
icddr,b’s world-class facility in Dhaka has served for decades as a global hub for cutting edge research on enteric diseases.
The institution began in an attempt to discover and develop realistic, scalable interventions for cholera and other diarrheal diseases, and has since grown into the world’s largest diarrheal hospital treating more than 200,000 patients a year, almost all of whom recover within 36 hours. icddr,b’s development of Oral Rehydration Solution, which treats the symptoms of diarrheal disease connected to cholera, has saved tens of millions of lives.
The organization is currently working on a huge variety of investigations on health problems affecting people living in poverty in developing countries. Its research includes evaluations of new vaccines and treatments for enteric and respiratory infections, new interventions for preventing and treating malnutrition, new approaches for detecting and containing emerging infectious diseases, new interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, and new approaches to achieving universal health coverage.
As well, the institute continues to develop innovations to provide low cost solutions to resource poor settings.
“icddr,b has had a profound impact on health crises and breakthroughs worldwide,” said Hilton Foundation President and CEO Peter Laugharn.
“As we seek solutions to bridge global divides, the world can learn a lot from icddr,b-not just about vaccines, but about scientifically researched approaches to public health problems that work,” Laugharn added.
“We are honored to receive the 2017 Hilton Humanitarian Prize,” said John Clemens, MD, Executive Director of icddr,b. “The Prize will help support our current research efforts to move forward our in-house pipeline of new, low cost products and interventions addressing a wide range of public health problems in developing countries, including severe acute malnutrition and pneumonia in children, tuberculosis and life-threatening maternal hemorrhage during childbirth,” John Clemens added.
icddr,b will be honored in this year’s international Hilton Humanitarian Symposium and Prize Ceremony, which will take place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, October 11, 2017.
The theme of this year’s symposium is The Future of Humanitarian Action: Bridging Our Divides.
