Sri Lanka hands over annual contribution to ICDDR,B

Sri Lanka has given its 1998 annual contribution to ICDDR,B, the centre for health and population research, says a press release.

This donation was made in recognition of the importance of the centre's work for developing countries throughout the world, and in recognition of the value of the centre's training programmes for Sri Lankans.

E G Dayananda, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Dhaka, visited the centre to present the cheque to the centre's interim Director Professor George Fuchs. The centre's senior officials John Winkelmann, Dr Ishtiaque Zaman and Vanessa Brooks were present during the hand over ceremony.

ICDDR,B has trained over a thousand scientists and health professionals from the SAARC and ASEAN regions in diarrhoeal disease management, laboratory techniques, research methods and family planning programmes and reproductive health since 1978.