H. pylori in Perspective-ICDDR,B

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    Noura '11 Sees Simple Genius in Cross-Cultural Medical Exchange
    The Editors | August 30th, 2011
    Before graduating last spring, Noura Choudhury '11 shared her experiences of working in Bangladesh's healthcare system the previous summer as a Richard Smoke Fellow. Her comparisons with Western medicine may not be what you'd expect. "They...
  • ICDDR,B facilities
    Taking Special Care
    Noura Choudhury | August 8th, 2010
    Location of Post: Dhaka, Bangladesh Because ICDDR, B's research facilities, hospitals, and offices are all on one accessible compound, I've gotten the opportunity to spend some time in the wards while completing my research in the labs since I've...
  • A Biopsy of Bangladesh
    Noura Choudhury | July 26th, 2010
    Location of Post: Dhaka, Bangladesh After many weeks of silence, I’ve finally gotten steady enough Internet access to update my blog! This time I thought I’d talk more about the other hospital in Dhaka that I’ve been working with, instead of ICDDR,...
  • A Highly Biased Bug
    Noura Choudhury | June 29th, 2010
    As expected, things in Bangladesh aren’t exactly what I was expecting. Although the framework and driving goals behind my project remain the same, I’ve had to modify a few aspects of it to adapt to both the resources actually available at ICDDR,B...
  • New Blood
    Noura Choudhury | June 14th, 2010
    “Even the mosquitoes can tell you’re a foreigner,” my uncle chuckles over his newspaper, peering at me endlessly scratching my angry red wounds. My aunt and uncle swear that there are no mosquitoes in their home, at ICDDR, B my supervisor similarly...