Muhammad Ibrahim

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Mohammad Ibrahim (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম ) (1911-1989) was a famous physician from Bangladesh. He was the founder of the Diabetic Association in Dhaka (1956) and in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan (1964). He later established a diabetes health-care and research institute complex, named the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM) at Shahbag, Dhaka, in 1980 and shifted the out-patients centre of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association there. He was also the founder of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training for Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) and Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre in Jurain, Dhaka. Ibrahim also played instrumental role in drafting the first population control policy of the Government and setting up National Population Council. The Government of Bangladesh recognized his contribution to the national life by awarding him the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award of the country, in 1978.