The ambition of the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory of Chittagong (Bangladesh) is to be a national center of excellence for applied research, training and biological analysis. It belongs to the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases and is directed by Professor Abul Hassan Chowdury. Through its day-to-day work, the laboratory contributes to providing care for patients at the Chest Disease Hospital. It seeks to develop research programs primarily about tuberculosis, respiratory disease, and enteric and diarrheal infections.