icddr,b

icddr,b is a premier international health research institution based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Originally established in 1960 as the SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory, it has evolved into a global leader in infectious disease research, nutrition, and maternal and child health. The centre is world-renowned for its role in the discovery and implementation of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT), which is estimated to have saved over 50 million lives globally. The organization operates as an autonomous, nonprofit research centre, conducting a wide range of activities including laboratory-based research, large-scale clinical trials, and demographic surveillance. It maintains the world's longest-running health and demographic surveillance site in Matlab, Bangladesh. icddr,b collaborates with major global health entities such as the WHO, UNICEF, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop low-cost, evidence-based solutions for public health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.