Muhammad Ibrahim

{{infobox person | image = | name = Mohammad Ibrahim | native_name = মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|12|31|df=y}} | birth_place = village of Kharera in Bharatpur, Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency, British India (Present day in West Bengal) | occupation = Physician | alma_mater = Calcutta Medical College | spouse =Sakina Ibrahim | awards = Full list | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|09|06|1911|12|31}} | resting_place = Banani graveyard }} '''Muhammad Ibrahim''' ({{langx|bn|মোহাম্মদ ইব্রাহিম}}; {{Birth date|1911|12|31|df=y}} – 6 September 1989) was a Bangladeshi physician. He established Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders (BIRDEM), the diabetes health-care and research institute complex in 1980.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Siddique Mahmudur |year=2012 |chapter=Ibrahim, Mohammad |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ibrahim,_Mohammad |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh}}</ref> The Government of Bangladesh awarded him National Professor and the Independence Day Award in 1978.<ref name=indepen>{{cite web|url=http://brri.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/brri.portal.gov.bd/page/87944ec4_496e_415d_af37_27a10fb35625/Independence%20Day%20Award.pdf|title=Independence Day Award|accessdate=23 September 2016|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref>

==Education== Ibrahim earned MBBS degree from Calcutta Medical College in 1938.<ref name=humanitarian/> He became MRCP in 1949. He was made a Fellow of College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) in 1950.<ref name=humanitarian>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-204345|title=Dr Ibrahim: A great humanitarian|date=2011-09-29|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en}}</ref>

== Career == Ibrahim established Diabetic Association of Pakistan (later Diabetic Association of Bangladesh) on 28 February 1956.<ref name=reformer>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/dr-muhammad-ibrahim-a-great-reformer|title=Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim: A great reformer|date=2013-09-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en}}</ref> He also founded Diabetic Association in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan, in 1964.<ref name=change>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-248520|title=National Professor Mohammad Ibrahim: A Believer In Change|date=2012-09-06|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-11-19|language=en}}</ref>

Ibrahim established the diabetes health-care and research institute complex, BIRDEM at Dhaka in 1980 where the out-patients centre of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association was shifted to. The institute is housed in two buildings, named the Ibrahim Memorial Diabetes Centre after his death in 1989.<ref name=change/> In recognition of its innovative, extensive and high quality service it was designated in 1982 as a "WHO-Collaborating Centre for Developing Community-oriented Programs for Prevention and Control of Diabetes." It is the first such centre in Asia.<ref name=change/> He established the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training for Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) and Rehabilitation and Vocational Training Centre (RVTC) in Dhaka to develop low-cost nutrition, and to give vocational training to poor and unemployed diabetics.<ref name=reformer/>

Ibrahim served as an adviser to the president, with the rank of minister in-charge of the Ministry of Health and Population Control, in the mid-1970s.<ref name=reformer/>

Ibrahim took part in drafting the government's first population control policy and setting up National Population Council.

Ibrahim was a founder fellow at the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, Amman, Jordan in 1986.<ref name=bpedia/>

==Awards== * Independence Day Award (1979) * Gold Medal by Begum Zebunnesa and Kazi Mahbubullah Trust (1981) * Gold Medal by Mahbub Ali Khan Memorial Trust (1985) * Gold Medal by Comilla Foundation, Comilla (1986) * Gold Medal by Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Memorial Trust (1989) * Gold Medal by Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (1989)<ref name="humanitarian"/>

==Personal life and legacy== Ibrahim's death anniversary is observed as the Diabetic Service Day to endorse and honor his contribution to socio-medicare services.<ref name=change/>

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