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Projahnmo Research Foundation (PRF)

Projahnmo Research Foundation (PRF), a Bangladeshi NGO, is dedicated to the improvement of health and survival of mothers, newborns, children and their families by conducting high priority translational research. The scope of our research encompasses formative research to design contextually appropriate interventions, testing them to provide evidence for cost-effective, scalable interventions, provide policy support, and conduct implementation research to support the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW) to scale up evidence-based interventions.

In partnership with the Johns Hopkins University in the USA, the Projahnmo Research Foundation has maintained a state-of-the-art rural research site in Zakiganj sub-district of Sylhet district and developed extensive community- and facility-based research infrastructures, including in an urban research site in Sylhet city corporation area of Sylhet district of Bangladesh. Projahnmo Research Foundation has conducted several high-quality and high-impact clinical and epidemiological studies, the results of which were extensively published in top-ranking international journals and influenced global and national health policies.

Our Mission

A Bangladesh where every woman, newborn and child in every setting enjoys the highest level of physical and mental health.

Our Vision

To contribute to improvements of family health with a special emphasis on maternal, newborn, and child health by conducting high-priority clinical-epidemiological and implementation research and by providing the policy and program support to the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.

Our Goal

To expand our partnership with other national and international entities to further its capacity and mission.

Ongoing Projects

Projahnmo ongoing MNCH and Nutrition Studies by target population and type of study


Target Population Type of Study
Discovery Development * Delivery/ IR
Maternal AMANHI/ MOMI: Developing biological insights and biomarkers of pre-eclampsia
Perinatal/Newborn AMANHI/MOMI
Developing biological insights and biomarkers
of stillbirths, preterm birth,small for gestational age
 Steroids in late preterm labor, an RCT Scale-up of steroids in early preterm labor
PSBI treatment trials Scale-up of immediate KMC
Infant and Child Health and Nutrition AMANHI/MOMI
Developing biological
insights and biomarkers
of impaired child growth
and neurodevelopment
 Nutritional management of
growth faltering - RCT.
Probiotic Trials
Development and
validation of tools
for measuring child development
Improving Pneumonia Diagnostics:
• Digital Auscultation and PulmonaryFunction Testing
Among Rural Bangladeshi Infants
• Community use of digital auscultation to improve diagnosisof childhood pneumonia in Sylhet, Bangladesh
Vaccine Trial Moderna Adult RSV vaccine trial
A Phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo
controlled multi-country study to demonstrate
efficacy of a single dose of unadjuvanted RSV Maternal vaccine, administered IM to pregnant women 18 to 49 years of age,
for prevention of RSV associated LRTI in their infants up to 6
months of age (GSK).
A non-randomized, open label, multi-country,
cohort study to describe the safety of study
participants who received RSVPreF3 maternal vaccination
(any dose) or controls from previous RSV MAT
studies (RSV MAT-001, RSV MAT-004, RSV MAT-010(GSK).
A Phase 3, Randomized, Observer-Blind, Placebo-Controlled,
Group-Sequential Study to Determine the Immunogenicity
and Safety of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) F Nanoparticle
Vaccine with Aluminum in Healthy Third-trimester Pregnant
Women;and Safety and Efficacy of Maternally Transferred
Antibodies in Preventing RSV Disease in their Infants(Novavax).

*Development of tools or testing of interventions.

** MOMI is a consortium of six biorepositories in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and several universities, including Stanford, USCF, and Cincinnati Children, funded by BMGF. The overarching goal of MOMI is to improve the health of mothers, babies, and children by developing biological insights and biomarkers.

Ongoing Projects

MILESTONE

PRF Founder and Senior Adviser Professor Abdullah Baqui received The Carl E. Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Public Health Association. This award honors a visionary public health leader for making a global impact.
Abdullah Baqui also received the following other awards.

- Dory Storms recognition award by CORE group for outstanding research on newborn and child health. Since 2001, CORE Group has presented the annual Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award to a person or persons who demonstrate courage, leadership, and commitment to helping non-governmental organizations have an impact on and effectively implement programs that end child deaths.

- Bangladesh Medical Association of North America recognition award for exceptional efforts resulting in a more effective maternal and newborn health program that has improved the health of the poor, including mothers, children, and infants in underserved communities throughout the world.

- The Lancet’s paper of the year 2008: This award recognized the work of Abdullah Baqui and his colleagues, who developed a contextually appropriate community-based intervention and evaluated it using a cluster randomized trial and demonstrated a one-third decline in neonatal mortality in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh. According to the Lancet, such efforts have helped to reduce annual worldwide mortality in under-5-year-olds from nearly 13 million in 1990 to less than 10 million in 2007.

COMPLETED PROJECTS


SELECTED COMPLETED PROJECTS

SUCCESS STORIES

We have conducted several high quality and high impact clinical and epidemiological studies, the results of which were extensively published in top ranking international journals and influenced the global and national health policies.
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ADDRESS

Floor 7, House: 97A, Road: 25, Block # A, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh

Phone

+880 255 035 439

Email

info@prfbd.org
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