Dr. Aminur Rahman
Executive Director
PhD, Karolinska Institutet. Director of the International Drowning Research Centre Bangladesh and Portfolio Director for Drowning Prevention at the Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth.
Who we are
Evidence for safe and quality life
CIPRB began its journey in 2005 with a vision to eliminate injuries from Bangladesh. Its work now spans health, safety and community development, and has been replicated across several Asian countries.
- Vision
- Healthy and dignified life for all in a safe and productive environment.
- Mission
- To generate evidence, transfer knowledge and skills, and promote integrated services and technologies for healthy life.
- Values
- Integrity Innovation Equality Diversity Excellence
Twenty-one years
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2005
CIPRB founded on 6 February, following the Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey.
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2008
Contributed to the World Report on Child Injury Prevention.
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2009 to 2010
Reproductive and Child Health division launched, followed by the Non-Communicable Disease, Road Traffic Injury and International Drowning Prevention and Research divisions.
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2012
Community-led child drowning prevention measures developed and recognised internationally.
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2016
Maternal and Perinatal Death Review and Quality Care Model established. Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey repeated.
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2020
Nationwide Blindness Survey conducted with National Eye Care and the Directorate General of Health Services.
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2021
United Nations Resolution on Drowning Prevention adopted.
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2022
WHO recognises Anchal, SwimSafe and first responder training as best practice for low and middle income countries.
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2023
Bangladesh Health and Injury Survey conducted across all 64 districts. World Health Assembly adopts its resolution on drowning prevention.
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2024
Government adopts the model. The Bangladesh Shishu Academy takes over 2,299 childcare centres and 57,475 children, and scales to 8,000 centres nationwide.
How we work
Safeguarding is a published policy, not a statement of intent
CIPRB's Safeguarding Policy for Children and Vulnerable Adults has been in force since 2019, with mandatory orientation for all staff at head office and in the field, a visitors' code of conduct, and a seven-member safeguarding committee chaired by the Executive Director.
What that means for the images on this site
- Consent is obtained verbally and in writing before any photograph or video is taken.
- Images must be respectful and dignified, and must never present people as victims, as vulnerable or as submissive.
- No image is published online in any way that reveals a child's identity or location without explicit consent.
Leadership
Senior Management Team
CIPRB's research and programmes are directed by a team with doctoral training at Karolinska Institutet and Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, and with clinical, programmatic and policy experience across the Bangladeshi health system.
Dr. Salim Mahmud Chowdhury
Deputy Executive Director
MPH and PhD, Karolinska Institutet. Responsible for the organisation's operations since 2015, alongside his research role.
Prof. Dr. Md. Abdul Halim
Director, Reproductive and Child Health
Obstetrician and gynaecologist. PhD, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine; MPH, Karolinska Institutet; FCPS and MS in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Over thirty years across clinical, programme and research work, leading the department since 2010.
Dr. Abu Sayeed Md. Abdullah
Team Leader, Reproductive and Child Health
MPH, North South University; MSc in Microbiology and a degree in veterinary medicine, Bangladesh Agricultural University. More than fifteen years in public health and over thirty published research articles.
Accountability
Where the money comes from, and where it goes
CIPRB's accounts are externally audited every year and published in full in the annual report. Nothing below is an estimate.
Annual reports