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{{Short description|Bangladeshi physician (1911–1989)}}
{{other people||Mohammad Ibrahim (disambiguation)}}

{{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|Bharatpur]], [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
(Present day in [[West Bengal]])
| nationality        = [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
| occupation         = [[Physician]]
| alma_mater         = [[Calcutta Medical College]]
| spouse             = [[Sakina Ibrahim]]
| awards             = [[#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 [[Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom|MRCP]] in 1949. He was made a [[American College of Chest Physicians|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/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Fellows of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences]]
[[Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy]]
[[Category:Burials at Banani Graveyard]]
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[[Category:Academic staff of Sir Salimullah Medical College]]