UN chief lauds icddr,b's work

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) for its decades of work towards solving public health challenges and saving lives.

In a video message shared by the United Nations, he acknowledged that icddr,b's interventions targeted for the developing world are directly contributing to sustainable development and this has helped to significantly reduce infant, child and maternal mortality in Bangladesh and beyond.

Ban Ki-moon particularly expressed his gratitude for icddr,b's commitment to the Every Woman Every Child movement.

He anticipated that promoting the health and wellbeing of children, adolescence and women would unleash vast potential and spur equitable inclusive growth.

Expressing gratitude to the UN chief, icddr,b's Executive Director Professor John D. Clemens said, "We are grateful and honored to have received this positive and supportive message from the UN Secretary General."

Professor Clemens added that icddr,b is committed to developing innovative solutions and to generating scientific evidence to help Bangladesh and the global community achieve the SDGs.

Earlier in 2011 Ban Ki-moon visited icddr,b to get a better understanding of the research and low-cost innovations that are saving lives every day.

The Bangladesh-based international centre was established in 1960.