• RPCC will act as a useful repository for health policy documents

The Research to Policy Communication Cell (RPCC) within the  Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is an online portal and repository of relevant evidence for tackling health problems in Bangladesh that was originally established as part of a Welcome Trust/WHO grant to icddr,b to enhance evidence-informed health policy making. The RPCC acts as a point of contact and communicator of high quality evidence for health policy decision-making between DGHS and the research community. Through RPCC- research evidence, knowledge of health issues and health interventions are disseminated in the form of policy briefs and full-length articles to both the public, research community and policy makers of Bangladesh.

This website aims to be a one-stop-shop of information for those interested in health research and health policy in Bangladesh. Hosted by the DGHS, this website pulls together health research evidence from academic publications, policy briefs, newspapers and other source

SHARE (Strengthening Health, Applying Research Evidence) project implemented by icddr,b is supporting the DGHS to strengthen RPCC. This is a capacity building initiative under the European Union’s ‘Supporting Public Health Institutes Programme’ (SPHIP) being implemented in eight countries including Bangladesh. 

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Research

This resources section intends to facilitate access to the latest research but also support those carrying out their own cutting ...
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Policy Brief

Policy briefs are intended to summarise highly technical information in a concise manner. They are aimed at policymakers and policy ...
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Research Guide

The pages in this section aim to support your own research activities. Among other information, you will find tools to ...
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eLibrary

eLibrary is one of the most comprehensive collections of books, journals, articles and e-resources. Many of these will be accessible ...
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Recent Publication from PubMed

  1. Kader, M, Islam, R, Lundin, A, Imdadul Hoque, K, Hossain, MS, Rashid, M et al.. Reliability and validity of the Bengali version of WHODAS 2.0 in individuals with spinal cord injury. Disabil Rehabil. 2025; :1-14. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2547401. PubMed PMID:40847576 .
  2. Smith, M, Jones, A, Zormati, P, Brady, LM, Clark, A, Kamal, A et al.. A randomised controlled trial of a faith-based culturally adapted intervention for depression in young Muslim women (IM-Adapted): a multi-site feasibility trial protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025;11 (1):112. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01691-9. PubMed PMID:40847382 .
  3. Ferdous, MF, Nissan, FBK, Nibir, NM, Bijoy, MHI. AI-MedLeafX: a large-scale computer vision dataset for medicinal plant diagnosis. Data Brief. 2025;62 :111945. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.111945. PubMed PMID:40837485 PubMed Central PMC12361613.
  4. Opoku, MP, Yusuf, R, Nur, S, Gyimah, EM, Frimpomaa, L, Charalambous, E et al.. Are they looking for support? Mental health and trauma awareness as predictors of mental health help-seeking behaviour among young adults and adolescents in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates. BMC Public Health. 2025;25 (1):2887. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-24247-1. PubMed PMID:40846924 .
  5. Tasnim, T, Rahman, T, Lisha, AA, Moni, BNS, Karim, KMR. Factors shaping physical activity engagement in patients with moderate to advanced stage of chronic kidney disease from a hospital-based cross-sectional study, Bangladesh. BMC Nephrol. 2025;26 (1):481. doi: 10.1186/s12882-025-04409-4. PubMed PMID:40846909 .

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Recent Activities

2019
Jan 14

4th Cafe Scientifique

icddr,b’s ‘Strengthening Health, Applying Research Evidence (SHARE)’ project in collaboration with  Department of Population Sciences (DPS), University of Dhaka has  organised the (4)fourth Café Scientifique on 14th January 2019 with the theme of social and health care needs of elderly population in Bangladesh. This is a platform for open discussion ..Read more

2018
Dec 20

6th TAG Meeting

TAG meeting

Prof. Dr. Nasima Sultana, ADG (Admin), DGHS chaired the TAG meeting. Dr. Iqbal Anwar, Scientist, and Principal Investigator, of SHARE project welcomed all the meeting participants.

 

Highlights of the discussion:

 

The meeting minutes of the 5th TAG meeting were read-out and after detailed discussions it was approved unanimously.
Then Dr. Iqbal Anwar ..Read more