Gonoshasthaya Kendra,(Peoples Health Centre) emerged from the field hospital of Bangladesh Liberation War. On March 25, 1971.During this time, news of the armed struggle of the Bangalis led a group of expatriate doctors working in London to organize the Bangladesh Medical Association. Two of the doctors, Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury and Dr. M.A. Mobin visited the frontlines of the war and began treating wounded soldiers, known as “Freedom Fighters”, who were fighting a guerrilla war against the Pakistan Army.

The Global Health Network is a hub joining together a collection of websites to support research by sharing knowledge and methods. Each has been established to create a subject specific online community of researchers who can build collaborations, develop documents, share resources and exchange information.

The George Institute for Global Health is a health and medical research institute whose mission is to improve the health of millions of people worldwide. With projects in more than 50 countries, we have raised over 500 million dollars for global health research since 1999 and we have been ranked among the top 10 research institutions in the world for scientific impact by the SCImago Institution Rankings World Report in 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014.

Fundación de Neurociencias trabaja para que la ciencia y la tecnología beneficien a las personas con enfermedades neurológicas y psiquiátricas, mejorando su diagnóstico, tratamiento y calidad de vida. [Foundation of Neurosciences works so that science and technology benefit people with neurological and psychiatric diseases, improving their diagnosis, treatment and quality of life.]

The Department of Community health and Primary Care was created in August 2008 with the merger of the former Department of Community Health and the Academic component of the former Institute of Child health and primary care. Courses offered by the Department start in the first year of the Medical School curriculum and run throughout the whole Curriculum.