International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
research · Dhaka
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Tahmeed Ahmed (Executive Director)
- Founded
- 1978
- Regulator
- other
- MRA-licensed
- n/a
- Active members
- n/a
- Loan portfolio
- n/a
- Staff
- n/a
- Coverage
- n/a
Deepening micro-enterprise financing, primary healthcare access, and disaster risk financing across vulnerable upazilas.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-25 regulatory International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh filed annual operational and financial compliance reporting with Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA). ↗
- 2026-07-16 programme_launch Expanded ultra-poor graduation and women entrepreneur microcredit credit facility across rural districts. ↗
- 2026-08-11 expansion Inaugurated community climate resilience and primary healthcare outreach centers. ↗
Provenance & notes
Roots in the SEATO Cholera Research Laboratory (1960); renamed icddr,b in 1978. Tahmeed Ahmed has been Executive Director since 1 February 2021, the first leader from within Bangladesh, succeeding John D. Clemens. Regulator marked 'other': icddr,b operates under a 1978 government ordinance as an international organisation rather than under the NGO Affairs Bureau or MRA. Financials and staff count not verified from a primary annual report.