Research for
metabolic health.

Real work. A growing record.

1. Early 2026

   Diabetes and Ramadan (Diabetes and Ramadan), a Bangla clinical guidance book by Dr. Haque, is published and distributed with Pathak Shamabesh, Katabon, Dhaka.

   Print edition
2. May 2026

   Arrow Health enters production on Google Play: metabolic logging, lab-report digitisation, growth charts and camera-based pulse measurement in one platform.

   arrowhealth.app
3. 8 July 2026

   Diabetes, Thyroid, Hormone Care, Research Center receives its trade licence from Faridpur Pourashava, formalising the research centre.

   Licence 2025-00109
4. September 2026

   Arrow Health's camera-based pulse (photoplethysmography) module completes baseline validation against smartwatch readings and is live in production.

   Research programme
5. September 2026

   Prof. Dr. Indrajit Prasad visits DTHC in Faridpur for clinical and institutional consultation and serves as Chief Patron.

   Leadership
6. 8–9 October 2026

   Arrow Health is presented on the main stage of the 10th ACEDB CON 2026 at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka: "Arrow Health: A new horizon in the field of endocrinology".

   acedbbd.org

People behind the purpose.

Dr. K. M. Nahid Ul Haque

MBBS (Mymensingh Medical College), DEM (BIRDEM). Founder and Principal Investigator, DTHCRI

ORCID · 0009-0007-4399-6601

• Chief Consultant, Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Diabetes, Thyroid & Hormone Care, Faridpur
• Founder, Clinical Director and Systems Architect, Arrow Health
• Author of Diabetes and Ramadan; author of a Bengali clinical endocrinology reference series in preparation
• Documentary-based public health education through 3Z Creative Media

Dr. Haque is an endocrinologist in Faridpur. He founded DTHC to bring specialist endocrine care to the district, then built Arrow Health so that the clinic's daily work could also produce research-grade data. He leads the institute's research instruction: he sets the clinical-safety rules the platform follows, supervises the junior doctors who review the institute's Bangla clinical texts, and directs the evidence-review workflow behind the reference series. He is preparing a prospective PhD track in clinical endocrinology and digital biomarkers (see Research). He has funded the clinic, the platform and the research programme himself to date.

Public health-education page: facebook.com/drkmnahidulhaque (38,000 followers, October 2026).

Close collaboration with ACEDB

DTHCRI works in close collaboration with ACEDB and its clinical community to develop research and evidence-based education in metabolic and endocrine health. The institute remains an independent initiative, rather than a body of the association. Arrow Health’s expert consultation panel draws on ACEDB-member endocrinologists (panel listing). Endocrinology departments and university units are invited to discuss prospective research collaboration.

Arrow Health. Care, connected.

Arrow Health is a mobile health platform built by DTHC and in production on Google Play since May 2026. It gives people with diabetes, thyroid and hormone conditions one place to log glucose, meals, medicines, activity and growth; to digitise lab reports by scanning them; to measure pulse with the phone camera; and to book consultations with ACEDB-member endocrinologists. It works in Bangla and English.

For the institute, the same platform is research infrastructure. Every module writes structured, time-stamped records, so a study can be run through the app by a small clinical team. Research use of any record requires the person's explicit consent and ethical approval; neither is claimed yet.

• Metabolic loggingGlucose in mmol/L or mg/dL, meal records with estimated glucose impact, medicine reminders and activity.
• Lab-report digitisationOptical character recognition of printed laboratory reports and medicine packaging.
• Growth and body metricsGrowth charts, BMI, BMR and energy-expenditure calculators.
• Pulse telemetryCamera-based photoplethysmography with red (above 100 bpm) and orange (below 60 bpm) waveform thresholds.
• Expert consultationIn-app booking with ACEDB-member endocrinologists; Chief Patron Prof. Dr. Indrajit Prasad.
• Data protectionDevice-level encryption; records stay on the person's own device unless they turn on sync, which runs over encrypted connections.

Built with Flutter, a Django back end on Google Cloud Run and local-first encrypted storage. SSLCommerz acknowledged the onboarding payment and document handoff in June 2026; subsequent compliance and activation status require separate confirmation. Arrow Health is free to use; optional paid plans exist for cost recovery, and the founder reinvests that revenue in development and research. The platform has been self-funded to date. Arrow Health is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

arrowhealth.app

10th ACEDB CON 2026

Arrow Health was presented on the main stage of the tenth-anniversary International Conference of the Association of Clinical Endocrinologist & Diabetologist of Bangladesh, held on 8–9 October 2026 at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka; the inaugural ceremony was chaired by ACEDB President Prof. Dr. Md. Farid Uddin. Title: Arrow Health: A new horizon in the field of endocrinology. Speaker: Dr. K. M. Nahid Ul Haque. Conference site: acedbbd.org.

Trust, built into the work.

• Legal status

  DTHCRI is the research initiative of Diabetes, Thyroid & Hormone Care Research Institute (Diabetes, Thyroid, Hormone Care, Research Center), registered with Faridpur Pourashava under Trade Licence No. 2025-00109, issued 8 July 2026. VAT/BIN registration 006742602-0908. D-U-N-S number 73-223-5262. The initiative operates as a non-commercial programme within a registered private clinical centre; it holds no separate charity or foundation registration at this time.

• Research ethics

  All research involving people follows the Declaration of Helsinki. Protocols are prepared in line with the Bangladesh Medical Research Council's Ethical Guidelines for Conducting Research Studies Involving Human Subjects and are submitted for institutional ethical review, and to the BMRC National Research Ethics Committee where required, before any participant is enrolled. No study involving participants has started, and no ethical approval is claimed.

• Data protection

  Arrow Health stores personal health records on the person's own device with device-level encryption. Nothing leaves the device unless the person turns on sync, which runs over encrypted connections. Images submitted for scanning are processed and discarded, not retained. Research use of any record requires explicit, separate consent.

• Conflicts of interest

  Dr. Haque founded DTHCRI and is the Clinical Director and Systems Architect of Arrow Health, which DTHC develops. This dual role is disclosed in every protocol, publication and funding application involving the platform.

• Funding integrity

  Grant funds are held and reported separately from Arrow Health's operating revenue and used only for the project they were awarded to. From the first grant onward, DTHCRI publishes an annual statement of funds received and spent.

• Accuracy

  This site is kept as a factual record. Affiliations, approvals and registrations are listed only once granted, and every study is labelled by its actual status. Last reviewed 26 October 2026.

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Diabetes, Thyroid & Hormone Care Research Institute (DTHCRI)
Diabetes, Thyroid, Hormone Care, Research Center
20/A Niltuly, Faridpur, Bangladesh

Telephone

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Elsewhere

arrowhealth.app
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