About
With over a decade of experience as a development professional in areas of telemedicine and public health, I am exploring the scope of innovative ideas and skills in research, designing essential and need based study, surveys and techniques. Being a focal point of Eminence, I have been providing overall technical and strategic leadership for the expansion and scale-up of activities for sustainability of the Organization and maintaining excellent relations with high government officials, policy makers, donors and coordination and strong partnerships. Moreover, having scopes to work as secretariat of different national and international society related to health and nutrition leading participation in policy formulation and implications process. Acquired combine strong analytical, and management skills with expertise in participatory appraisal, Strategic Planning, Operations and Program Management, Review, Policy Advocacy and Analysis, research and evaluation focusing Telemedicine Services, Maternal and Child Health, Reproductive Health, Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs), Urban Health, Communicable Disease and Nutrition.
Project/Organization:
Eminence Associates for Social Development (EASD) emerged as a not-for-profit organization with its brand name ‘Eminence’ to reach out the health, nutrition, education, climate change, governance, poverty, livelihood, food security and human rights realm of Bangladesh alongside contributing its potential to invigorate the existing development system. Today, Eminence is a vibrant, rapidly growing NGO, who strives to bring about a progressive Bangladesh where people live in health equity. Eminence envisions reinforcing an extensively and intensively participatory society that will be sustainable in terms of healthcare, education and economy locally as well as globally.
Membership in Professional Association:
- International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
- Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
- World Heart Federation (WDF)
- International Lactation Consultation Centre (ILCC)
- International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)
- Diabetes in Asia Survey Group (DASG)
- Global Health Council (GHC)
- International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
List of papers published in my name in peer reviewed/national/international journals:
- Vitamin D supplementation and adverse skeletal and non-skeletal outcomes in individuals at increased cardiovascular risk: Results from the International Polycap Study (TIPS)-3 randomized controlled trial.
Journal: PobMed – Nov’ 2022
- Client Satisfaction with Community Clinic Services in Bangladesh.
Journal: International Journal of Public Health Research – Aug’ 2022
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes among Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the World Heart Federation COVID-19 Study.
Journal: Global Heart – Jun’ 2022
- The cost implications of a polypill for primary prevention in the TIPS-3 trial.
Journal: European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes – Dec’ 2021
- Dengue in Dhaka, Bangladesh: Hospital-based cross-sectional KAP assessment at Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporation area.
Journal: PLOS one – Mar’ 2021
- Polypill with or without aspirin in persons without cardiovascular disease.
Journal: PobMed – Nov’ 2020
- Misinformation sharing and social media fatigue during COVID-19: An affordance and cognitive load perspective.
Journal: ScienceDirect – Oct’2020
- A two-stage structural equation modeling-neural network approach for understanding and predicting the determinants of m-government service adoption.
Journal: Emerald Insight – Nov’2019
- Nutrition for Rohingya Refugees.
Journal: ResearchGate – Apr’2019
Work Experience
1998 to Present (27 Years)
Summary of activities performed relevant to the assignment
Team Leader
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases through collective advocacy, capacity building, and resource mobilization, together with effective multi-sectoral engagement. NCD Alliance – Advocacy Institute Seed Programme grant, Switzerland.
WHF COVID-19 Long-term follow-up study. World Heart Federation and Sanofi Pasteur, Switzerland.
Gender-Based Violence and Health System Response: A Situation Analysis During COVID-19 in Bangladesh.
WHF COVID-19 and Cardiovascular disease Extension Study. World Health Organization and World Heart Federation.
Development of Training Manual and Messages on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) for BDRCS. Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.
Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) in the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
Study to Assess the Relation between the Mental Health and GBV focusing on the Influences of the Stress Emerged from COVID-19 Pandemic in Escalating Gender Based Violence; Health Economics Unit, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Bangladesh.
Supporting people living with NCDs and promoting community engagement and resilience. Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 (2nd phase). NCD-Alliance, Switzerland.
Final Evaluation of Economic Empowerment of Rural Women (EERW) Programme in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Bangladesh.
Conducting an Evaluation of Community Mobilization Activities of SMC Program on Critical Program Indicators, Social Marketing Company (SMC), Bangladesh.
Tools Development, Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting on Nutrition Sensitive Partner Mapping- Save the Children
Global Charter on Meaningful Involvement of PLWNCDs-NCD Alliance
Advocacy Institute Seed Programme-2021 Grant-NCD Alliance
People’s Coping Strategy and Practice on Food and Nutrition for the Public Health Emergency Situation During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 (2nd Phase)-NCD Alliance
Civil Society Solidarity Fund Grant (1st Phase)-NCD Alliance
Capacity Building of Health Care Providers to address CVD during the COVID-19-World Heart Federation
Developing a comprehensive and cohesive NCD advocacy and communications strategy for the COVID-19 response. Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 (1st phase),NCD-Alliance, Switzerland.
Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 (2nd Phase)-NCD Alliance
- Study to Access the Relation between the Mental Health and Gender Based Violence (GBV) focusing on the Influences of the Stress Emerged from COVID-19 Pandemic in Escalating Gender Based Violence-Health Economics Unit, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Food Security Assessment in Leda Makeshift Settlement in Tekhnaf Upazilla under Cox’s
Bazar District, World Food Programme (WFP), Bangladesh.Mother-friendly urban workplace model to support working mothers in appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding, DFID, PATH
Building a mother-friendly urban workplace model to support working mothers in appropriate Infant and Young Child Feeding, UNICEF, 2014
Role of School Garden and Nutrition Education in Primary Schools, under MDGF Project Fund of WFP, FAO and UNICEF.
Evaluation Study of Blue Star program for Social Marketing Company
Improving the IYCF through Strengthening the Capacity of Community Volunteers and
Traditional Birth Attendants (ongoing) for Alive and ThriveAssessment of Response of Local Government Institutions (LGIs)/Public Service Delivery Institutions (PSDIs) in Response to The Community Demand Creation for Water Aid Bangladesh.
Baseline survey of MSB-Plan urban health project for Marie Stopes Clinic Society
Baseline study of knowledge, attitude and practices of Reproductive and Sexual Health Service in southern 3 districts in Bangladesh for EC Co financing project of Marie Stopes Clinic Society (MSCS).
Principal Investigator
- End line evaluation of Community Action for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Policies in four division of Bangladesh”, HASAB
End-line Evaluation of Joint Program on Protecting and Promoting Food Security and Nutrition for Families and Children in Bangladesh, under MDGF Project Fund of WFP, FAO and UNICEF.
Identifying ways to improve access of FP services for NIPORT, Government of Bangladesh
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on IYCF Components in Northern Bangladesh for ACF
End of Project Evaluation Study of EC co-financing project for MSCS
Determinants of Patients Provider Interfacing, For Directorate General of Health Services
Governance Assessment of the GFATM Partners for Save the Children USA.
Quality of Services for ESD Services for James P Grant School of Public Health and BRAC University
Community Perspectives on Water and Sanitation towards-Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) for Concern Universal Bangladesh (CUB)
Baseline, Midterm and Follow up study on iron Folate supplementation for adolescent girls to reduce anemia, for The Micronutrient Initiative
Post Disaster Food Security and Nutritional Status of Children Age Under Five for Plan, Bangladesh.
End-line evaluation of Integrated Nutrition Project (INP) for Plan Bangladesh.
Mid-Term review of Integrated Nutrition Project (INP) for Plan Bangladesh
Baseline evaluation of Integrated Nutrition Project (INP) for Plan Bangladesh
Baseline Survey of Competitive Literacy Initiative Project for Care Bangladesh.
Developing Program Implementation guideline on Software Component for Environmental Sanitation, Hygiene and Water Supply in Urban Slums and Fringes Project for CARE Bangladesh.
Evaluation of Reproductive and Sexual Health Services in Bangladesh for Block Grant Clinics of Marie Stopes in Six district of` Bangladesh
Co-Investigator
Assessing the clinic activities through Mystery Shopping for Smiling Sun Franchise Program.
End of Project Evaluation Study of EC co-financing project for MSCS
Qualitative Assessment of Client Satisfaction on Sexual and Reproductive Health Service, for Marie Stopes
Rapid Nutritional Assessment of Rat Infested Chittagong Hill Tracks Areas, Save the Children UK
End line Evaluation on Knowledge Practice and Coverage of Urban Nutrition and Household Food Security Program for Concern Worldwide Bangladesh
Determinates of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Bangladesh funded by Breastfeeding Foundation.
Scoping Study of Water and Sanitation for Urban Poor (WSUP) study for CARE Bangladesh
Evaluation of Arsenic Mitigation Pilot Project at Shitakundu of Bangladesh implemented by VARC and funded by Water Aid
Research Associate
Study on Strategy and Policy Mapping on Health in Bangladesh for Action-Aid Bangladesh
Role of health care professionals and communities for community based rehabilitation of disabled children in Bangladesh funded by Red Barnna, Norway
National Childhood Nutritional Survey in Bangladesh (CNS) 2000 in Bangladesh, UNICEF and BBS
Improve weaning practice through behavior change communication for Asian Development Bank
Prevalence of jaundice among community children of Bangladesh for Institute of Child and Mother Health
Knowledge, attitude and practice about health care of newborn parents at the community level for Institute of Child and Mother Health
Youth protective factor in the urban area of Bangladesh for Institute of Child and Mother Health
Skilled Midwifery for Save Motherhood at the Urban Community of Bangladesh for Institute of Child and Mother Health
Newborn care through behaviour change communication at community level of Bangladesh for Institute of Child and Mother Health
Etiology of child hood anemia at community level in Bangladesh for IEDCR
Technical Advisor
- AMAR MA (My Mother- Awareness rising among Mothers and Relatives for healthy Mother And baby), State department USA.
Reproductive Health Behaviour and Institutions in Climate Vulnerable Areas in Bangladesh: Identifying Measures for Policy Reforms for Population Action International (PAI), Washington DC.
Need Assessment of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Services of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh for World Health Organization
Survey Investigator
Updating frequently asked question databank on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Bangladesh, Project (INP) of ICDDR,B,
- Exit Interview Data Validation Survey for Marie Stopes Clinic Society (MSCS
Research Investigator
Food and Nutrition Security in Vulnerable Communities Affected by Cyclical Climate
Related Hazards and Climate Change and Practical Guideline Development for ACFAssessing the Occupational Health Issues of workers working in production sector of Bangladesh for Shanta Garments Ltd.
Need Assessment of Occupational Health Issues of Garments Worker in Bangladesh for Population Services and Training Centre (PSTC) funded by Action Aid Bangladesh
Co-Principal Investigator
Quality of Services for ESD Services for James P Grant School of Public Health and BRAC University
National Team Leader
Clinical Trial on Hypertensive Patient to Prevent the Early Onset on Hypertension, as National Leader and funded by MacMaster University, Canada.
Video Discussion
A Joint Discussion on Global Cardiovascular Health and Technology .
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