Matlab 4.59

4.7 star(s) from 35 votes
Chandpur, 3643
Bangladesh

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Matlab was an Upazila (subdistrict) of Chandpur District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. In 2000, the administrative area was subdivided into Matlab Dakshin Upazila and Matlab Uttar Upazila.Matlab Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) was established in 1963 by the Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory (PSCRL). The Matlab population is the largest population under continuous surveillance in the world. The area is typical to many many rural and riverine deltas of Bangladesh. Matlab, a rural area, about 50 km south of Dhaka is one of the richest and longest running longitudinal data source of developing world. In 1960, a group of American and Bangladeshi scientists started drifting around a cholera-prone sub-district of Bangladesh boarded on a barge turned floating cholera hospital. The barge used to float around Matlab with scientists and doctors to treat the patients with cholera from remote places. This is the commencing story of Matlab HDSS which would develop into the Matlab Health Research Centre- a full-fledged health care facility and one of the most important research sites in the world.In 1966, a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) was established in Matlab to record data regarding birth, death and migration. Initially the main purpose was to conduct cholera vaccine trials and to track the trends of public health problems of rural Bangladesh. One of the most important role Matlab played in the field of public health is development of an Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS). It was a cheap drinking solution made from salt, molasses and water. In 1968 it was first trialed at Matlab. It is considered as one of the most important medical advance of 20th century and estimated to have saved around 50 million lives globally.

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