Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

What Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) does

The Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB) is a non-profit research and program-implementation organization founded on February 6, 2005, and headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with a field laboratory in Raiganj, Sirajganj district covering a surveillance population of 135,000. The organization operates four research divisions — Health System Research, Reproductive and Child Health, International Drowning Prevention and Research, and Disabilities — and employs approximately 97 staff including 17 PhD researchers.

CIPRB's core products are community-based injury prevention interventions with measured effectiveness: SwimSafe (a WHO-recommended survival swimming training program for children aged 6-12, found 96% protective against drowning, delivered through 7,000+ trained Community Swimming Instructors across 25 districts and reaching 700,000+ graduates), Anchal (community daycare centers for children aged 1-5 providing supervision during peak drowning hours, found over 80% protective, with 3,000 centers across 6 districts serving 60,000 children), SeaSafe (a coastal drowning prevention strategy in Cox's Bazar operated with RNLI since 2012), Death Mapping (a maternal and perinatal death surveillance system), MPDSR (evidence-based maternal and perinatal death review covering ~18 million people across 70 sub-districts), and the End Obstetric Fistula Programme in Sylhet Division. Supporting services include Emergency Management of Severe Burn (EMSB) training (450+ surgeons trained since 2008), Community First Responder training (2,400+ volunteers trained), and Road Safety research and advocacy.

CIPRB's revenue model is primarily donor-funded, with grants and program partnerships from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, RNLI, UK NIHR, and multiple international universities (Bournemouth, UWE Bristol, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Johns Hopkins, Karolinska Institutet). Direct program fees are nominal (Anchal at 200 BDT per child per month; SwimSafe at approximately 8 USD per child) and cover only a fraction of unit costs, with most programs free to beneficiaries. Distribution occurs through integration with Bangladesh government health systems (DGHS, DGFP, district and upazila health complexes), community-based field workers, and international partnership implementation. CIPRB has published 219 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals, contributed to two WHO/UN drowning prevention resolutions (including the 2021 UN designation of July 25 as World Drowning Prevention Day), and supported development of 10 national health policies and guidelines in Bangladesh.

Name

Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh (CIPRB)

Legal name

Centre for Injury Prevention and Research, Bangladesh

Website

https://ciprb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

CIPRB is a Bangladesh-based non-profit research organization (founded 2005) that designs, validates, and scales community-based injury prevention programs — notably SwimSafe survival swimming (96% protective) and Anchal daycare (80% protective) — targeting drowning, maternal mortality, and road safety, funded by international donors and governments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research and Injury Prevention Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (62423), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

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PRIMARYBPAGAAAB

Disaster Preparedness, Risk Reduction & Early Warning (DRR)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief

SECONDARYHLAJAGAA

Emergency Preparedness Planning & Readiness

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Response & EMS Coordination

SECONDARYEDAOAMAJ

Lifeguard, Water Rescue & Aquatic Safety Training

Education/Vocational, Technical & Trade Education/Protective Services & Public Safety Training

SECONDARYBPADALAK

Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Risk Management

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Climate, Environment & Sustainable Development Programs

Keywords

• Injury prevention research
• Drowning prevention programs
• Maternal health surveillance
• Survival swimming training
• Public health interventions

Headquarters

HQ city

Dhaka

HQ country

Bangladesh

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Donor-funded research and programs: CIPRB receives funding from international donors including WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UK government (NIHR), and collaborates with government of Bangladesh for health programs
2. Technical assistance and training services: Provides education and training courses including Emergency Management of Severe Burn (EMSB) courses, training healthcare providers on various health interventions

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CIPRB designs, implements, and evaluates community-based injury prevention and public health programmes in Bangladesh, with a flagship focus on drowning prevention through Anchal daycare centres, SwimSafe survival swimming training, and SeaSafe coastal lifeguard services. It also delivers maternal and perinatal death surveillance (MPDSR/Death Mapping), obstetric fistula elimination, community first responder training, burn management training (EMSB), and road safety research in partnership with the Government of Bangladesh and international donors.

Product overview

CIPRB offers a portfolio of injury prevention and public health products and services. The core products include Anchal (community daycare for children 1-5 years), SwimSafe (survival swimming training for children 6-12), SeaSafe (coastal lifeguard services), Death Mapping (maternal/perinatal death surveillance), and Road Safety initiatives. Supporting services include Community First Responder training, MPDSR (maternal death surveillance), End Obstetric Fistula Programme, and EMSB burn management training. Projects include Project Bhasa, Project Sonamoni, Project FloodSafe, and CreCHes. An internal SRHR IT Platform was developed for programme tracking. The organization also developed the SwimSafe Training Infrastructure with modified structures for swimming instruction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SwimSafe: A survival swimming skills training programme for 6-12 years old children, which is a flagship programme of the organization and has been recommended by WHO. The SwimSafe intervention was found 96% protective.
• Anchal
• SeaSafe
• Death Mapping
• First Responder

Products and services

• Anchal Community-based daycare centre model providing institutional supervision of 20-25 children aged 1-5 years from 9am to 1pm in rural Bangladesh. Designed to reduce drowning mortality and morbidity in young children while providing early childhood development opportunities; uses low-cost locally available resources and community engagement. Studies show over 80% protective effectiveness.
• SwimSafe Survival swimming teaching programme for children aged 6-12 years, delivered by trained Community Swimming Instructors in modified structures. Children learn 21 swimming and rescue skills over a two-week period, with graduation criteria of swimming 25 metres, floating 30 seconds, and performing land-based rescue. The programme has been found 96% protective against drowning and is recommended by WHO.
• SeaSafe Comprehensive drowning prevention strategy for coastal areas of Bangladesh, specifically Cox's Bazar. Provides volunteer and professional lifeguard services, community water safety education in over 40 schools, and lifesaving training to other organizations. Operated in partnership with RNLI since 2012; has trained 68 lifeguards and contributed to 24 lives saved.
• Death Mapping Death mapping innovation that helps local-level health managers identify high-risk locations for maternal and perinatal deaths and strengthen health services to prevent unwanted deaths. Maps deaths by capturing maternal, neonatal death and stillbirth events in the community to identify vulnerable areas and prioritize interventions.
• Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR/MPDR) Evidence-based intervention for maternal and perinatal death review adopted from the WHO model. Covers approximately 18 million people in 70 sub-districts and includes death notification, verbal autopsies, and death mapping for focused interventions to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality.
• End Obstetric Fistula Programme Programme to eliminate obstetric fistula in Sylhet division in partnership with UNFPA Bangladesh. Includes identifying patients, referring them for free surgical treatment, and supporting social reintegration and rehabilitation of fistula survivors; Sylhet division aims to eliminate fistula by 2030.
• Community First Responder Programme First responder training programme including CPR covering villages in Bangladesh. Over 2,400 local volunteers (including adolescent boys and girls) have received two-day training and regular refreshers; during 2012-2013, over 150 victims received first response.
• Emergency Management of Severe Burn (EMSB) Course International burn management course (copyright of Australia & New Zealand Burn Association) conducted in Bangladesh since 2008. Over 450 surgeons and physicians have been trained, including 41 trained as instructors, building national capacity in emergency burn care.
• Road Safety Research and Advocacy Road safety research and advocacy initiatives, including the Post Crash Response RTI project, aimed at improving road safety and reducing fatalities and injuries on Bangladesh's roads through research, advocacy, and practical interventions.

Quantifiable outcome

• SwimSafe intervention was found 96% protective against drowning
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• World Health Organization (WHO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO recommended SwimSafe program, collaborated on World Report on Child Injury Prevention, WHO 2025 Drowning Prevention Campaign. Dr. Aminur Rahman participated as panelist in WHO Flagship Webinar for WDPD 2023.
• UNICEF BangladeshcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner in child health programs, fistula elimination initiatives, and implementation research on curriculum in secondary schools. Supports various community health interventions.
• UNFPA BangladeshcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementing partner for End Obstetric Fistula Programme in Sylhet division since 2019. Supports MPDSR implementation and SRHR programs across multiple districts.
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2012, working with RNLI to implement SeaSafe lifeguard service in Cox's Bazar and community water safety program. Technical and financial support provided for drowning prevention.
• Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on drowning prevention and lifeguard training programs.
• Johns Hopkins UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for research collaboration and knowledge exchange.
• icddr,bminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
• Save the ChildrenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for child health and protection programs.
• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint implementation of Making It Happen programme for maternal and newborn mortality reduction with LSTM UK.
• Bournemouth UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordination of Sonamoni Project for drowning prevention among children under 2 years, using human-centered design approaches.
• University of the West of England, BristolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in drowning prevention research and intervention development for newly mobile children.
• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for medical research and training.
• Karlstad UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research collaboration.
• Karolinska InstitutetminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with renowned Swedish medical university.
• Plan-BangladeshminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerChild rights and development partnership.
• University of TexasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research collaboration.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• icddr,b: Bangladesh-based international health research organization working on public health, maternal/child health, and infectious disease. Highly comparable as a Dhaka-based non-profit research center with international donor funding and government health system integration.
• BRAC: Largest Bangladesh-origin NGO, operating extensive health, child protection, and community development programs. Comparable as a non-profit delivering community-based public health interventions at national scale, though far larger and more diversified.
• Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit: Academic injury prevention research unit partnering with CIPRB. Directly comparable in injury surveillance methodology, research output, and global health policy engagement.
• Save the Children Bangladesh: Major INGO active in Bangladesh on child health, survival, and protection. Comparable in child drowning and maternal health programming, though operating as a country office of a much larger global organization.

Broad incumbents

• Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI): UK-based lifesaving charity and CIPRB's core SeaSafe partner since 2012. Highly relevant as a drowning-prevention funder and technical partner, but with far greater scale and geographic reach.
• Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth: Commonwealth-wide drowning-prevention organization that awarded CIPRB's deputy director. Comparable mission in water safety and drowning prevention research/training, with much broader geographic scope.
• International Life Saving Federation (ILS): Global federation of lifesaving organizations of which CIPRB is a full member since 2009. Relevant peer in drowning prevention coordination, with global reach and policy influence.
• Royal Life Saving Society Australia (RLSSA): Australian drowning-prevention organization and CIPRB partner. Comparable in survival swimming curriculum development and lifeguard training, with established international technical assistance.

Peers

• UNICEF Bangladesh: UN agency and CIPRB's core partner on child health, MPDSR, and fistula programs. Comparable in child health and maternal mortality focus, but as a funder/policy actor rather than implementation peer.

Regional players

• Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM): UK institution partnering with CIPRB on the Making It Happen maternal and newborn mortality programme. Comparable in research-to-implementation model for maternal/newborn health in LMICs, though based in Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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