Rickets has been identified first in Bangladesh by SARPV-Bangladesh. Before it was not considered that Rickets can be happen where vitamin D is available in a tropical country like Bangladesh. In 1991 first Rickets has been identified by SARPV and then it has taken long 8 years to prove that it is rickets with the initiative of the UNICEF, AEM, CORNELL University, BRAC, and HKI.

SARPV has been coordinating several initiatives by different partners in and around rickets prevention and collaborating field activities since 1991. We are grateful to AEM- France for their fore-most and continued support; Cornell University of the USA and Dhaka University for their research into causes and supplementation trial through USAID and CIMMYT; DAE-Bangladesh, BIMCH for their services; currently dormant Rickets Consortium involving BRAC, CARE- Bangladesh, HKI, CIMMYT for their...