Where this doctor finds hope amid her country’s record cholera outbreak

Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera.

Treating cholera has been a passion for Bangladeshi scientist Firdausi Qadri. She reflects on her career and inspirations, cholera’s scourge, as well as successes in combating the disease.

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