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VISIT-MILLER-ICDDR’B (with picture)
US envoy visits icddr,b
DHAKA, March 11, 2019 (BSS) – The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R
Miller today paid his first visit to icddr,b to learn about the world-
renowned institution and its role in the ongoing Rohingya crisis.
Ambassador Miller, accompanied by US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Country Director Dr Michael S Friedman, and USAID Mission
Deputy Director Ariella Camera, held discussion with senior scientists and
divisional directors at icddr,b.
During Ambassador Miller’s visit, Prof John D Clemens, Executive Director
at icddr,b presented an overview of the institution.
Prof Clemens explained how icddr,b undertakes basic and implementation
research and knowledge translation to solve major public health problems
facing low- and middle-income countries in the world, and has became a life-
saving centre of excellence.
Ambassador Miller was impressed by the unprecedented pre-emptive measure
taken by icddr,b and partners in administering more than 2.2 million doses of
oral cholera vaccine in the Rohingyas in Bangladesh from Myanmar.
Ambassador Miller and his delegation toured icddr,b’s mucosal immunology
and vaccinology laboratory.
Dr Firdausi Qadri, Senior Scientist briefed him regarding the
contribution of this libratory in low cost vaccine development.
The tour also included icddr,b’s Dhaka Hospital at Mohakhali, covering
the intensive care unit and laboratories, short-stay ward, breastfeeding
counseling room, immunisation room and nutrition rehabilitation unit, and
commended icddr,b’s free-of-charge care to hundreds and thousands of people.
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