Awards and Achievements

2015 Manthan Award Winner for eHealth

TraumaLink was selected to receive the 2015 Manthan Award for eHealth from among 412 applications across South Asia and the Asia Pacific region. Mridul Chowdhury accepted the award on behalf of TraumaLink on 3 December 2015 at the Manthan Awards Gala in New Delhi, India.

Harvard Teaching Case on TraumaLink

In 2018 the Harvard Case Based Learning Institute published a teaching case on TraumaLink. Since its publication, the case has been used to introduce incoming students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to case-based learning. It has also been widely used at other academic institutions including Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, and the London School of Economics.

2018 Global South eHealth Observatory Award

TraumaLink was chosen as one of six 2018 Global South eHealth Observatory Award laureates from a pool of 178 projects from all over the world. Mridul Chowdhury and Jon Moussally traveled to visit the Pierre Fabre Foundation in France to accept the award on behalf of the organization. At the conference they were interviewed about TraumaLink and its operations, and this conversation was live-streamed to over 20 countries.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article on TraumaLink in GHSP

In August, 2022, we published a research paper on TraumaLink in “Global Health: Science and Practice”, introducing the service model and results from our first six years of operations. The paper highlighted the numerous successes of TraumaLink, including strong and consistent support from the communities we serve, high volunteer recruitment and retention rates, our 100% incident response rate, rapid crash scene response times, and fast and reliable transportation of injured victims to the hospital.

The article is available through open access: https://www.ghspjournal.org/content/10/4/e2100537

Bangladesh Innovation Award 2023

In February 2023, the Bangladesh Innovation Award was hosted by the Bangladesh Innovation Conclave in collaboration with A2I, Cabinet Division, ICT Division & United Nations Development Program. TraumaLink was recognized as the “Best Innovation-Healthcare” after a rigorous vetting process focused on the competing organizations’ merits with specific attention to expertise within their field, dedication to service, and a commitment to promoting excellence. The Honorable State Minister, ICT Division, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest for the ceremony, and presented the award to Arup Saha representing TraumaLink.

Volunteer First Responders Featured in United Nations Road Safety Fund Campaign

The United Nations Road Safety Fund Campaign selected our 10 km pilot program (which was funded by the UNRSF) for the 2023 #moments2live4 campaign. The campaign featured videos and photos of our volunteers, who have earned well-deserved recognition as heroes in their communities.

Links to two of the videos released by the UNRSF are included here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtuPEZByB4Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2DeVxZq5pw

Global South eHealth Observatory Publishes Case Study on TraumaLink

In May 2024 the Global South eHealth Observatory, run by the Pierre Fabre Foundation (PFF), published a case study on TraumaLink's impact in our service areas. Philippe Lepere, who authored the report, visited with our team in Bangladesh to gather information and to visit the call center. He also attended a volunteer first aid training session and visited one of our service areas to conduct interviews with various stakeholders.

Harvard Publishes Second Case Study on TraumaLink

The Case Based Learning Institute at Harvard published a second case study on TraumaLink in August 2025. Replacing the prior case study, it was used to introduce all of the incoming students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to case-based learning at this year’s orientation. The teaching case provides an update since the first case was published in 2018, addressing the ways we have overcome various challenges and continued to expand the program in Bangladesh. It also provides background on how we built a broad coalition, including the crucial partnerships with the Ministry of Health and WHO, to create an official government post-crash response program we have been growing since 2022.

Peer Reviewed Journal Article in BMJ - Public Health

In November 2025 we published an update on TraumaLink’s key performance indicators after ten years of operations, showing that it continues to be an effective, locally appropriate, and scalable model for providing post-crash care on the national highways of Bangladesh. We also provide an overview of the evolution of this grass roots initiative into an official government post-crash response program, providing a model that other countries could adopt.

The article is available through open access: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2025-003482