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Malabika Sarker, PhD

Adjunct Professor

Dr. Malabika Sarker is the Adjunct Professor of BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh. She served as the Acting Dean in 2015. As a mixed-method specialist and implementation researcher, Professor Sarker oversees the research activity and leads the Center of Excellence of Science of Implementation & Scale-Up (SISU).

In her 30 years of public health career, she spent ten years implementing community-based programs at BRAC, the world's largest NGO. As the Associate Dean, Prof Sarker manages finance and HR with the Dean and actively engages in developing a wide range of policies for institutionalized infrastructure. Prof Sarker is the inaugural research director and founder chair of the Institutional Review Board. Professor Sarker is a physician with a Master's in Public Health (MPH) from Harvard University, the USA, and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Professor Sarker was a research faculty at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Germany, before joining BRAC JPGSPH and is continuing teaching as an adjunct faculty. During her career, she has taught across four continents and has extensive research experience in Sub- Saharan Africa and Bangladesh. She has been awarded over US$ 10 million in research/capacity-building grants and has published 126 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters.

She is also the international advisory board member of The Lancet Global Health, World Federation Public Health Association, Medical Research Council UK, National Institute of Health Research UK, Chair of the Advisory Board of the HRP Alliance for Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS), and an Evaluation Advisory Committee Member of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Prof Sarker was awarded the Heroines of Health global award in 2018.

James P Grant School of Public Health

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Level 6, icddr,b, 68 Tajuddin Sarani Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212

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malabika@bracu.ac.bd


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  • Education

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    2001-2004: PhD
    Degree awarded with Magna cum Laude.
    Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
    Dissertation: HIV related knowledge, Risk perception &demand
    forecasting for VCT/PMTCT in women living in Rural Burkina Faso

    1995-1996: Master of Public Health (MPH)
    Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, USA

    1994 : Gender and International Health-Certificate
    Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

    1982-1989: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
    Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong University, Bangladesh

    Special Education
    2007- 2010 Diploma in Teaching
    HDZ Arbeitsstelle, University of Heidelberg, Germany

  • Publications

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    Selected Publications

    Books

    Sarker, M. (2010). HIV Knowledge, risk perception, and demand forecasting for VC/PMTCT: A community based study on woman living in rural Burkina Faso. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

    Book Chapters

    Montagu, D., Raman, A. V., & Sarker, M. (2022). Harnessing the contribution of the private health care sector toward public health goals. In A. Mataria, K. D. Rouleau, M. Iqbal, & S. Siddiqi (Eds.), Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries: Textbook for Public Health Practitioners (pp. 421–434). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009211086.028

    Sarker, M., Hossain, M. D., Rawal, L. B., & Alam, D. S. (2016). Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases in Bangladesh. In S. M. Ahmed (Ed.), Non-Communicable Disease in Bangladesh: Current Scenario & Future Direction. Bangladesh Health Watch Report 2016. Dhaka: Bangladesh Health Watch Secretariat; James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University.

    Rashid, S. F., Gani, S., & Sarker, M. (2013). Urban Poverty, Climate Change and Health Risks for Slum Dwellers in Bangladesh. In R. Shaw, F. Mallick, & A. Islam (Eds.), Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Bangladesh (pp. 51–70). Tokyo: Springer Japan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54249-0_4

    T, B., Sarker, M., Ganamé, J., Coulibaly, B., Hofmann, J., Nagabila, Y., … Kräusslich, H.-G. (2004). Introduction of a program for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus from mother to infant in rural Burkina Faso: First operative results. In H. Becher & B. Kouyaté (Eds.), Health Research in Developing Countries: A collaboration between Germany and Bukina Faso.

    Journal 

    Rosenberger D K….. Sarker M… Jaenisch T et al. (2023) Early diagnostic indicators of dengue versus other febrile illnesses in Asia and Latin America (IDAMS study): A multicentre, prospective, observational study. Lancet Global Health (In Press)

    Khatun F,…… Sarker M. (2023) Implementation barriers and facilitators to a COVID-19 intervention in Bangladesh: The benefits of engaging the community for the delivery of the programme. BMC Health Service (In Press)

    Talukder, A., Roy, A., Islam, M. N., Chowdhury, M. A. K., Sarker, M., Chowdhury, M., Chowdhury, I. A., Hasan, M., & Latif, A. H. M. M. (2022). Prevalence and correlates of knowledge and practices regarding infection prevention and control, and triage in primary healthcare settings: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. Infection Prevention in Practice, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infpip.2022.100258

    Akter, S., Williams, C., Talukder, A., Islam, M. N., Escallon, J. V., Sultana, T., Kapil, N., & Sarker, M. (2022). Harmful practices prevail despite legal knowledge: A mixed-method study on the paradox of child marriage in Bangladesh. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/26410397.2021.1885790

    Wahid, S. S., Sarker, M., Arafat, A. S. M. E., Apu, A. R., & Kohrt, B. A. (2022). Tension and other idioms of distress among slum dwelling young men: A qualitative study of depression in urban Bangladesh. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 46(2), 531–563. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11013-021-09735-4

    Barua, M., Saha, A., Chowdhury, S., Chowdhury, S., Sajow, S. H., & Sarker, M. (2022). Referral hub: A timely innovation to improve access to emergency obstetric care in Rohingya population during COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. BMJ Innovations.

    Engelbert Bain, L., Berner-Rodoreda, A., McMahon, S. A., Sarker, M., Tanser, F., Bärnighausen, T., Wikler, D., & Eyal, N. (2022). One lesson of COVID-19: Conduct more health policy trials. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(24). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119887119

    Rasul, F. B., Sarker, M., Yasmin, F., & De Allegri, M. (2022). Exploring health-seeking behavior for non-communicable chronic conditions in northern Bangladesh. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000497

    Sarker, M., Hossain, P., Ahmed, S. T., Barua, M., Sutradhar, I., & Ahmed, S. M. (2022). A critical look at synergies and fragmentations of universal health coverage, global health security, and health promotion in delivery of frontline health care services: A case study of Bangladesh. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100087

    Bischops, A. C., Radev, S. T., Köthe, U., Chen, S., Geldsetzer, P., Sarker, M., Su, T. T., Mohamed, F. A., Darwish, N., Ahmad, N. A., Ould Baba, S. A., Bärnighausen, T., & Barteit, S. (2022). Data Resource Profile: The Global School-based Student Health Survey—behavioural risk and protective factors among adolescents. International Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyac208

    Stevens, J. R., Sabin, L. L., Onyango, M. A., Sarker, M., & Declercq, E. (2022). Midwifery centers as enabled environments for midwifery: A quasi experimental design assessing women’s birth experiences in three models of care in Bangladesh, before and during covid. PLoS ONE, 17(12 December). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278336

    Barua, M., Chowdhury, S., Saha, A., Mia, C., Sajow, S. H., & Sarker, M. (2022). Community-based referral transportation system for accessing emergency obstetric services in the Rohingya refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: facilitators and barriers through beneficiaries’ and providers’ lens using a mixed-method de. Conflict and Health, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00485-7

    Clech, L., Meister, S., Belloiseau, M., Benmarhnia, T., Bonnet, E., Casseus, A., Cloos, P., Dagenais, C., De Allegri, M., du Loû, A. D., Franceschin, L., Goudet, J.-M., Henrys, D., Mathon, D., Matin, M., Queuille, L., Sarker, M., Turenne, C. P., & Ridde, V. (2022). Healthcare system resilience in Bangladesh and Haiti in times of global changes (climate-related events, migration and Covid-19): an interdisciplinary mixed method research protocol. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07294-3

    Bartels, S. M., Haider, S., Williams, C. R., Mazumder, Y., Ibisomi, L., Alonge, O., Theobald, S., Bärnighausen, T., Escallon, J. V, Vahedi, M., Ramaswamy, R., & Sarker, M. (2022). Diversifying implementation science: A global perspective. Global Health Science and Practice, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-21-00757

    Berner-Rodoreda, A., McMahon, S., Eyal, N., Hossain, P., Rabbani, A., Barua, M., Sarker, M., Metta, E., Mmbaga, E., Leshabari, M., Wikler, D., & Bärnighausen, T. (2022). Consent requirements for testing health policies: An intercontinental comparison of expert opinions. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 17(3), 346–361. https://doi.org/10.1177/15562646221076764

    Pantha, S., Aguinaldo, M. J., Hasan-Ul-bari, S. M., Chowdhury, S., Dendup, U., Gupta, R. D., Sutradhar, I., Bari, R., & Sarker, M. (2022). Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of a Childhood Tuberculosis Control Program in Bangladesh: A Mixed-Methods Study from BRAC Urban DOTS Centres in Dhaka. Nursing Reports, 12(2), 371–386. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep12020036

    Talukder, A., Islam, M. N., Sarker, M., Goswami, I., Siddiqua, R. R., Akter, F., Chowdhury, S., Chowdhury, I. A., Rahman, A.-U., & Latif, M. (2022). Knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 among mothers of under-2 children and adult males: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. BMJ Open, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059091

    Saha, A., Chowdhury, S., Goswami, E. T., Gop, K., Alam, A., Rahman, A., & Sarker, M. (2022). Depriving out-of-school children of deworming tablets for soil-transmitted helminth infection in Bangladesh: The irony of a school-based deworming programme. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7030035

    Fahmi, R., Barua, M., Rizwan, A., Rahman, A., Aarafat, E., Jabbar, A., Rabbani, A., & Sarker, M. (2022). ‘I left my old self in the training session and came back with a new one’: Positive behavioural changes among young male participants of psychodrama intervention living in an urban slum in Bangladesh. Journal of Men’s Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/10608265221130510

    Akter, S., Sarker, M., Hossain, P., Ahmad, N., & Zaman, S. (2022). Solidarity and suffering: enrolled terminal patients’ and their caregiver’s experiences of the community-based palliative care programme in an urban slum of Bangladesh. Palliative Care and Social Practice, 16. https://doi.org/10.1177/26323524221095104

    Rabbani, A., Mehareen, J., Chowdhury, I. A., & Sarker, M. (2022). Mandatory employer-sponsored health financing scheme for semiformal workers in Bangladesh: An experimental assessment. Social Science and Medicine, 292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114590

    Hasan, M., Khan, M. S. A., Sutradhar, I., Hossain, M. M., Hossaine, M., Yoshimura, Y., Choudhury, S. R., Sarker, M., & Mridha, M. K. (2021). Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension in selected urban and rural areas of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Findings from SHASTO baseline survey. BMJ Open, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038975

    Kusuma, D., Pradeepa, R., Khawaja, K. I., Hasan, M., Siddiqui, S., Mahmood, S., Ali Shah, S. M., De Silva, C. K., de Silva, L., Gamage, M., Loomba, M., Rajakaruna, V. P., Hanif, A. A., Kamalesh, R. B., Kumarendran, B., Loh, M., Misra, A., Tassawar, A., Tyagi, A., … Asia, N. G. H. R. U. for D. and C. D. in S. (2021). Low uptake of COVID-19 prevention behaviours and high socioeconomic impact of lockdown measures in South Asia: Evidence from a large-scale multi-country surveillance programme. SSM - Population Health, 13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100751

    Song, P., Gupta, A., Goon, I. Y., Sarker, M., Hasan, M., Mahmood, S., Pradeepa, R., Siddiqui, S., Frost, G. S., Kusuma, D., Miraldo, M., Sassi, F., Wareham, N. J., Ahmed, S., Anjana, R. M., Brage, S., Forouhi, N. G., Jha, S., Kasturiratne, A., … Chambers, J. C. (2021). Data Resource Profile: Understanding the patterns and determinants of health in South Asians - The South Asia Biobank. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(3), 717-718E. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab029

    Imoto, A., Sarker, M., Akter, R., Matsuyama, A., & Honda, S. (2021). Health-related quality of life in parous women with pelvic organ prolapse and/or urinary incontinence in Bangladesh. International Urogynecology Journal, 32(4), 887–895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-020-04410-5

    Haque, A., Sutradhar, I., Rahman, M., Hasan, M., & Sarker, M. (2021). Convolutional nets for diabetic retinopathy screening in Bangladeshi patients. ArXiv.

    Berner-Rodoreda, A., Bärnighausen, T., Eyal, N., Sarker, M., Hossain, P., Leshabari, M., Metta, E., Mmbaga, E., Wikler, D., & McMahon, S. A. (2021). “Thought provoking”, “interactive”, and “more like a peer talk”: Testing the deliberative interview style in Germany. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 1, 100007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100007

    Mehjabeen, S., Matin, M., Gupta, R. Das, Sutradhar, I., Mazumder, Y., Kim, M., Sharmin, S., Islam, J., & Sarker, M. (2021). Fidelity of kangaroo mother care services in the public health facilities in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional mixed-method study. Implementation Science Communications, 2(1), 115. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-021-00215-9

    Fahmi, R., Islam, N., Mohsin, S. M. I., & Sarker, M. (2021). “I have to live for myself”: Exploring isolation experiences of former COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 23(1). https://jbs.bdiusa.org/index.php/article/i-have-live-myself-exploring-is...

    Rahman, M., Tamjid, R., Islam, M. N., Rahman, M., Rabbani, A., & Sarker, M. (2021). Visual storytelling for knowledge translation: A study on BRAC’s novel health loans in protecting the poor against health and asset vulnerability in Bangladesh. Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 2. https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2021.758904

    Hasan, M. Z., Biswas, N. K., Aziz, A. M., Chowdhury, J., Haider, S. S., & Sarker, M. (2021). Clinical profile and short-term outcomes of RT-PCR- positive patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMJ Open, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055126

    Wahid, S. S., Sandberg, J., Sarker, M., Arafat, A. S. M. E., Apu, A. R., Rabbani, A., Colón-Ramos, U., & Kohrt, B. A. (2021). A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: a mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh. BMC Psychiatry, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03259-2

    Talukder, A., Das Gupta, R., Hashan, M. R., Haider, S. S., Sajal, I. H., & Sarker, M. (2021). Association between television viewing and overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Timor-Leste: Evidence from the demographic health survey 2016. BMJ Open, 11(8). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045547

    Rodriguez, D. C., Neel, A. H., Mahendradhata, Y., Deressa, W., Owoaje, E., Akinyemi, O., Sarker, M., Mafuta, E., Gupta, S. D., Salehi, A. S., Jain, A., & Alonge, O. (2021). The effects of polio eradication efforts on health systems: A cross-country analysis using the Develop-Distort Dilemma. Health Policy and Planning, 36(5), 707–719. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czab044

    Kalbarczyk, A., Rodriguez, D. C., Mahendradhata, Y., Sarker, M., Seme, A., Majumdar, P., Akinyemi, O. O., Kayembe, P., & Alonge, O. O. (2021). Barriers and facilitators to knowledge translation activities within academic institutions in low- and middle-income countries. Health Policy and Planning, 36(5), 728–739. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czaa188

    Das Gupta, R., Jahan, M., Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Sajal, I. H., Haider, S. S., Joshi, H., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2020). Factors associated with tobacco use among Nepalese men aged 15–49 years: Data from Nepal demographic and Health Survey 2016. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2020.01.014

    Sarker, M., Saha, A., Matin, M., Mehjabeen, S., Tamim, M. A., Sharkey, A. B., Kim, M., Nyankesha, E. U., Widiati, Y., & Shahabuddin, A. S. M. (2020). Effective maternal, newborn and child health programming among Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Implementation challenges and potential solutions. PLOS ONE, 15(5), e0234227. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234227

    Adams, A. M., Vuckovic, M., Graul, E., Rashid, S. F., & Sarker, M. (2020). Supporting the role and enabling the potential of community health workers in Bangladesh’s rural maternal and newborn health programs: a qualitative study. Journal of Global Health Reports, 4, e2020029. https://doi.org/10.29392/001c.12682

    Chang, K. T., Hossain, P., Sarker, M., Montagu, D., Chakraborty, N. M., & Sprockett, A. (2020). Translating international guidelines for use in routine maternal and neonatal healthcare quality measurement. Global Health Action, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1783956

    Do, D., Sarker, M., Chen, S., Lenjani, A., Tikka, P., Bärnighausen, T., & Geldsetzer, P. (2020). Healthcare worker attendance during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of fingerprint-verified data from all public-sector secondary and tertiary care facilities in Bangladesh. Journal of Global Health, 10(2), 20509. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.10.020509

    Peters, M. A., Deressa, W., Sarker, M., Sharma, N., Owoaje, E., Ahmad, R. A., Saljuqi, T., Mafuta, E., & Alonge, O. (2020). Sampling method for surveying complex and multi-institutional partnerships: Lessons from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. BMC Public Health, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08592-x

    Alonge, O., Neel, A. H., Kalbarczyk, A., Peters, M. A., Mahendradhata, Y., Sarker, M., Owoaje, E., Deressa, W., Kayembe, P., Salehi, A. S., & Gupta, S. D. (2020). Synthesis and translation of research and innovations from polio eradication (STRIPE): Initial findings from a global mixed methods study. BMC Public Health, 20. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09156-9

    Vallières, F., Kok, M., Mahmud, I., Sarker, M., Jeacocke, P., Karuga, R., Limato, L., Kea, A. Z., Chikaphupha, K., Sidat, M., Gilmore, B., & Taegtmeyer, M. (2020). Measuring motivation among close-to-community health workers: Developing the CTC Provider Motivational Indicator Scale across six countries. Human Resources for Health, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-020-00495-7

    Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Sharkey, A. B., Jackson, D., Rutter, P., Hasman, A., & Sarker, M. (2020). Carrying out embedded implementation research in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. PLoS Medicine, 17(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003148

    Gupta, R. D., Haider, S. S., Hashan, M. R., Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Sajal, I. H., Joshi, H., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2020). Association between the frequency of television watching and overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: Analysis of data from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016. PLoS ONE, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228862

    Nyirenda, L., Kumar, M. B., Theobald, S., Sarker, M., Simwinga, M., Kumwenda, M., Johnson, C., Hatzold, K., Corbett, E. L., Sibanda, E., & Taegtmeyer, M. (2020). Using research networks to generate trustworthy qualitative public health research findings from multiple contexts. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0895-5

    Sutradhar, I., Akter, T., Hasan, M., Das Gupta, R., Joshi, H., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2020). Nationally representative surveys show gradual shifting of overweight and obesity towards poor and less-educated women of reproductive age in Nepal. Journal of Biosocial Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932020000152

    Rasul, F. B., Kalmus, O., Sarker, M., Adib, H. I., Hossain, M. S., Hasan, M. Z., Brenner, S., Nazneen, S., Islam, M. N., & De Allegri, M. (2019). Determinants of health seeking behavior for chronic non-communicable diseases and related out-of-pocket expenditure: Results from a cross-sectional survey in northern Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-019-0195-z

    Aftab, A., Hasan, M., Bari, R., Hossain, M. D., Hasan, M., Azad, A. K., Islam, B., & Sarker, M. (2017). Facility assessment for maternal and child health services in Bangladesh using Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (Sara) tool: A cross-sectional pilot study. Public Health of Indonesia, 3(3), 77–88. https://doi.org/10.36685/phi.v3i3.125

    Sarker, M., Schmid, G., Larsson, E., Kirenga, S., De Allegri, M., Neuhann, F., Mbunda, T., Lekule, I., & Müller, O. (2010). Quality of antenatal care in rural southern Tanzania: A reality check. BMC Research Notes, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-209

    Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Dureab, F., Agbozo, F., & Jahn, A. (2019). Overall care-seeking pattern and gender disparity at a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. Materia Socio-Medica, 31(1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.5455/msm.2019.31.35-39

    Das Gupta, R., Haider, S. S., Sutradhar, I., Hashan, M. R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., … Sarker, M. (2019). Association of frequency of television watching with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in India: Evidence from a nationally representative study. PLoS ONE, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221758

    Das Gupta, R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2019). Frequency of television viewing and association with overweight and obesity among women of the reproductive age group in Myanmar: Results from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024680

    Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Delvaux, T., Nöstlinger, C., Sarker, M., Bardají, A., Sharkey, A., … De Brouwere, V. (2019). Maternal health care-seeking behaviour of married adolescent girls: A prospective qualitative study in Banke District, Nepal. PLoS ONE, 14(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217968

    Islam, M. N., Rabbani, A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Health shock and preference instability: Assessing health-state dependency of willingness-to-pay for corrective eyeglasses. Health Economics Review, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-019-0249-3

    Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Beiersmann, C., & Jahn, A. (2019). Experience and perceived quality of care of patients and their attendants in a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0303-x

    Gupta, R. D., Haider, S. S., Sutradhar, I., Hashan, M. R., Sajal, I. H., Hasan, M., … Sarker, M. (2019). Association of frequency of television watching with overweight and obesity among women of reproductive age in India: Evidence from a nationally representative study. PLoS ONE, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221758

    Sutradhar, I., Gayen, P., Hasan, M., Gupta, R. D., Roy, T., & Sarker, M. (2019). Eye diseases: The neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh. BMC Ophthalmology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z

    Alonge, O., Rao, A., Kalbarczyk, A., Maher, D., Gonzalez Marulanda, E. R., Sarker, M., … Vahedi, M. (2019). Developing a framework of core competencies in implementation research for low/middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health, 4(5). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001747

    Sarker, M., Homayra, F., Rawal, L. B., Kabir, R., Aftab, A., Bari, R., … Mahbub Latif, A. H. M. (2019). Urban-rural and sex differentials in tuberculosis mortality in Bangladesh: results from a population-based survey. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 24(1), 109–115. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13171

    Saha, A., Sarker, M., Kabir, M., Lu, G., & Müller, O. (2019). Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh. Malaria Journal, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0

    Islam, M. N., Engels, T., Hossain, S., Sarker, M., & Rabbani, A. (2019). Willingness to pay for cataract surgeries among patients visiting eye care facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 17(4), 545–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40258-019-00478-3

    Sutradhar, I., Gupta, R. Das, Hasan, M., Wazib, A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Prevalence and risk factors of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bangladesh: A systematic review. Cureus, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3970

    Das Gupta, R., Haider, S. S., Hashan, M. R., Rahman, M. A., & Sarker, M. (2019). Association between height and hypertension in the adult Nepalese population: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Health Science Reports, 2(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.141

    Das Gupta, R., Shabab Haider, S., Sutradhar, I., Hasan, M., Joshi, H., Rifat Haider, M., & Sarker, M. (2019). Gender differences in hypertension awareness, antihypertensive use and blood pressure control in Nepalese adults: Findings from a nationwide cross-sectional survey. Journal of Biosocial Science. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932019000531

    Ridde, V., Benmarhnia, T., Bonnet, E., Bottger, C., Cloos, P., Dagenais, C., … Sarker, M. (2019). Climate change, migration and health systems resilience: Need for interdisciplinary research. F1000Research, 8(22). https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17559.2

    Hossain, M. S., Sarker, M., Nazneen, S., Basu, B., Rasul, F. B., & Adib, H. I. (2019). How health shocks and its relationship to repayments of loans from microfinance institutions can affect migrant households in Bangladesh. Migration and Development, 8(3), 370–393. https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2019.1565088

    Das Gupta, R., Gupta, S., Das, A., Biswas, T., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2018). Ethnic predisposition of diabetes mellitus in the patients with previous history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a review. Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 13(3), 149–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2018.1471354

    Berner-Rodoreda, A., Bärnighausen, T., Kennedy, C., Brinkmann, S., Sarker, M., Wikler, D., … McMahon, S. A. (2018). From doxastic to epistemic: A typology and critique of qualitative interview styles. Qualitative Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077800418810724

    Williams, A., Sarker, M., & Ferdous, S. T. (2018). Cultural Attitudes toward Postpartum Depression in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 37(3), 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2017.1318875

    Begum, T., Ellis, C., Sarker, M., Rostoker, J.-F., Rahman, A., Anwar, I., & Reichenbach, L. (2018). A qualitative study to explore the attitudes of women and obstetricians towards caesarean delivery in rural Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1993-9

    Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Beiersmann, C., & Jahn, A. (2018). Pathways to care of patients with mental health problems in Bangladesh. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-018-0218-y

    Nuri, N. N., Sarker, M., Ahmed, H. U., Hossain, M. D., Dureab, F., & Jahn, A. (2018). Quality of the mental health information system in a specialized mental hospital in Bangladesh. Acta Informatica Medica, 26(3), 180–184. https://doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.180-184

    Sarker, M., Homayra, F., Barua, M., Paul, S., Saha, A., Akter, R., & Latif, A. H. M. M. (2018). A matched case-control study to identify risk determinants of tuberculosis in Bangladesh. Journal of Nursing and Health Care.

    Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Gupta, R. D., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in South Asia: A systematic review 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services. BMC Nephrology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1072-5

    Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Akter, T., Gupta, R. D., Joshi, H., Haider, M. R., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among adult population in Nepal: Data from Nepal demographic and health survey 2016. PLoS ONE, 13(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198028

    Rabbani, A., Biju, N. R., Rizwan, A., & Sarker, M. (2018). Social network analysis of psychological morbidity in an urban slum of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study based on a community census. BMJ Open, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020180

    Hossain, M. D., Aftab, A., Al Imam, M. H., Mahmud, I., Chowdhury, I. A., Kabir, R. I., & Sarker, M. (2018). Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and ergonomic risk assessment among readymade garment workers of Bangladesh: A cross sectional study. PLoS ONE, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200122

    Shahabuddin, A., Nöstlinger, C., Delvaux, T., Sarker, M., Delamou, A., Bardají, A., … De Brouwere, V. (2017). Exploring maternal health care-seeking behavior of married adolescent girls in Bangladesh: A social-ecological approach. PLoS ONE, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169109

    Ooms, G., Beiersmann, C., Flores, W., Hanefeld, J., Müller, O., Mulumba, M., … Jahn, A. (2017). Synergies and tensions between universal health coverage and global health security: Why we need a second “Maximizing Positive Synergies” initiative. BMJ Global Health, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000217

    Hossain, M. D., Ahmed, H. U., Jalal Uddin, M. M., Chowdhury, W. A., Iqbal, M. S., Kabir, R. I., … Sarker, M. (2017). Autism Spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Asia: A systematic review. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1440-x

    Nababan, H. Y., Islam, R., Mostari, S., Tariqujjaman, M., Sarker, M., Islam, M. T., & Moucheraud, C. (2017). Improving quality of care for maternal and newborn health: A pre-post evaluation of the Safe Childbirth Checklist at a hospital in Bangladesh. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1588-x

    Kambala, C., Lohmann, J., Mazalale, J., Brenner, S., Sarker, M., Muula, A. S., & De Allegri, M. (2017). Perceptions of quality across the maternal care continuum in the context of a health financing intervention: Evidence from a mixed methods study in rural Malawi. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2329-6

    Sarker, M., Mohammad, D., Paul, S., Akter, R., Islam, S., Biswas, G., … Islam, A. (2017). Lost in care pathway: A qualitative investigation on the health system delay of extra pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2181-8

    Joarder, T., George, A., Ahmed, S. M., Rashid, S. F., & Sarker, M. (2017). What constitutes responsiveness of physicians: A qualitative study in rural Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189962

    Ooms, G., Flores, W., Mulumba, M., Sarker, M., Van de Pas, R., & Jahn, A. (2017). False and real, but avoidable, dichotomies. The Lancet, 390(10095), 647–648. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31445-9

    Ginsburg, O., Bray, F., Coleman, M. P., Vanderpuye, V., Eniu, A., Kotha, S. R., … Conteh, L. (2017). The global burden of women’s cancers: A grand challenge in global health. The Lancet, 389(10071), 847–860. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31392-7

    Hasan, M., Sutradhar, I., Shahabuddin, A., & Sarker, M. (2017). Double burden of malnutrition among Bangladeshi women: A literature review. Cureus, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1986

    Rashid, M. M., Chisti, M. J., Akter, D., Sarkar, M., & Chowdhury, F. (2017). Antibiotic use for pneumonia among children under-five at a pediatric hospital in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Patient Preference and Adherence, 11, 1335–1342. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S140002

    Joarder, T., Mahmud, I., Sarker, M., George, A., & Rao, K. D. (2017). Development and validation of a structured observation scale to measure responsiveness of physicians in rural Bangladesh. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2722-1

    Joarder, T., George, A., Sarker, M., Ahmed, S., & Peters, D. H. (2017). Who are more responsive? Mixed-methods comparison of public and private sector physicians in rural Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning, 32, iii14–iii24. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czx111

    Messinger, C. J., Mahmud, I., Kanan, S., Jahangir, Y. T., Sarker, M., & Rashid, S. F. (2017). Utilization of mobile phones for accessing menstrual regulation services among low-income women in Bangladesh: A qualitative analysis. Reproductive Health, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-016-0274-1

    Kim, D., Sarker, M., & Vyas, P. (2016). Role of spatial tools in public health policymaking of Bangladesh: opportunities and challenges. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 35, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41043-016-0045-1

    Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Nöstlinger, C., Delvaux, T., Sarker, M., Bardají, A., De Brouwere, V., & Broerse, J. E. W. (2016). What influences adolescent girls’ decision-making regarding contraceptive methods use and childbearing? A qualitative exploratory study in Rangpur District, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 11(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157664

    Jaenisch, T., Tam, D. T. H., Kieu, N. T. T., Ngoc, T., Nam, N. T., Van Kinh, N., … Wills, B. (2016). Clinical evaluation of dengue and identification of risk factors for severe disease: Protocol for a multicentre study in 8 countries. BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1440-3

    Adams, A., Sedalia, S., McNab, S., & Sarker, M. (2016). Lessons learned in using realist evaluation to assess Maternal and Newborn health programming in rural Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning, 31(2), 267–275. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czv053

    Sarker, M., Barua, M., Guerra, F., Saha, A., Aftab, A., Mahbub Latif, A. H. M., … Islam, A. (2016). Double trouble: Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis and diabetes comorbidity in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165396

    Paul, S., Akter, R., Aftab, A., Khan, A. M., Barua, M., Islam, S., … Sarker, M. (2015). Knowledge and attitude of key community members towards tuberculosis: Mixed method study from BRAC TB control areas in Bangladesh. BMC Public Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1390-5

    De Allegri, M., Agier, I., Tiendrebeogo, J., Louis, V. R., Yé, M., Mueller, O., & Sarker, M. (2015). Factors affecting the uptake of HIV testing among men: A mixed-methods study in rural Burkina Faso. PLoS ONE, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0130216

    Kambala, C., Lohmann, J., Mazalale, J., Brenner, S., De Allegri, M., Muula, A. S., & Sarker, M. (2015). How do Malawian women rate the quality of maternal and newborn care? Experiences and perceptions of women in the central and southern regions. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0560-x

    Mahmud, I., Chowdhury, S., Siddiqi, B. A., Theobald, S., Ormel, H., Biswas, S., … Rashid, S. F. (2015). Exploring the context in which different close-to-community sexual and reproductive health service providers operate in Bangladesh: A qualitative study. Human Resources for Health, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-015-0045-z

    Brenner, S., De Allegri, M., Gabrysch, S., Chinkhumba, J., Sarker, M., & Muula, A. S. (2015). The quality of clinical maternal and neonatal healthcare - A strategy for identifying “routine care signal functions.” PLoS ONE, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123968

    Shahabuddin, A. S. M., Delvaux, T., Abouchadi, S., Sarker, M., & De Brouwere, V. (2015). Utilization of maternal health services among adolescent women in Bangladesh: A scoping review of the literature. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 20(7), 822–829. https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12503

    Aktar, B., Sarker, M., & Jenkins, A. (2014). Exploring adolescent reproductive health knowledge, perceptions, and behavior, among students of non-government secondary schools supported by BRAC mentoring program in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Midwives (JAM), 1(1), 17–33. Retrieved from http://ecommons.aku.edu/jam/vol1/iss1/4

    Brenner, S., Muula, A. S., Robyn, P. J., Bärnighausen, T., Sarker, M., Mathanga, D. P., … De Allegri, M. (2014). Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model - An explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-180

    Joarder, T., & Sarker, M. (2014). Achieving universal health coverage through community empowerment: A proposition for Bangladesh. Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 39(3), 129–131. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.137143

    Scheibe, F. J. B., Waiswa, P., Kadobera, D., Müller, O., Ekström, A. M., Sarker, M., & Neuhann, H. W. F. (2013). Effective coverage for antiretroviral therapy in a Ugandan district with a decentralized model of care. PLoS ONE, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069433

    De Allegri, M., Ridde, V., Louis, V. R., Sarker, M., Tiendrebéogo, J., Yé, M., … Jahn, A. (2012). The impact of targeted subsidies for facility-based delivery on access to care and equity Evidence from a population-based study in rural Burkina Faso. Journal of Public Health Policy, 33(4), 439–453. https://doi.org/10.1057/jphp.2012.27

    M, D. allegri, V, R., V, L., & Sarker, M. (2012). Subsidizing the cost of deliveries to reduce costs and improve utilization equity in Burkina Faso. J Public Health Policy, 33.

    Gasasira, R. A., Sarker, M., Tsague, L., Nsanzimana, S., Gwiza, A., Mbabazi, J., … Mugwaneza, P. (2012). Determinants of circumcision and willingness to be circumcised by Rwandan men, 2010. BMC Public Health, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-134

    Conrad, P., De Allegri, M., Moses, A., Larsson, E. C., Neuhann, F., Müller, O., & Sarker, M. (2012). Antenatal care services in rural Uganda: Missed opportunities for good-quality care. Qualitative Health Research, 22(5), 619–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311431897

    Sarker, M., & Joarder, T. (2012). Intersectoral collaboration: A novel path to promote community health promotion. Global Health Promotion, 19(4), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975912464596

    Conrad, P., Schmid, G., Tientrebeogo, J., Moses, A., Kirenga, S., Neuhann, F., … Sarker, M. (2012). Compliance with focused antenatal care services: Do health workers in rural Burkina Faso, Uganda and Tanzania perform all ANC procedures? Tropical Medicine and International Health, 17(3), 300–307. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02923.x

    Conrad, P., Schmid, G., Tientrebeogo, J., Moses, A., Kirenga, S., Neuhann, F., … Sarker, M. (2011). Compliance to focused antenatal care services: Experience from rural health facilities in Uganda, Tanzania, and Burkina Faso. Trop Med Int Health.

    De Allegri, M., Ridde, V., Louis, V. R., Sarker, M., Tiendrebéogo, J., Yé, M., … Jahn, A. (2011). Determinants of utilisation of maternal care services after the reduction of user fees: A case study from rural Burkina Faso. Health Policy, 99(3), 210–218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.010

    Ehrle, N., & Sarker, M. (2011). Emergency contraceptive pills: Knowledge and attitudes of pharmacy personnel in Managua, Nicaragua. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 37(2), 67–74. https://doi.org/10.1363/3706711

    Sarker, M., Schmid, G., Larsson, E., Kirenga, S., De Allegri, M., Neuhann, F., … Müller, O. (2010). Quality of antenatal care in rural southern Tanzania: A reality check. BMC Research Notes, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-209

    Hofmann, J., De Allegri, M., Sarker, M., Sanon, M., & Böhler, T. (2009). Breast milk as the “water that supports and preserves life”-Socio-cultural constructions of breastfeeding and their implications for the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Policy, 89(3), 322–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.06.005

    Sarker, M., Papy, J., Traore, S., & Neuhann, F. (2009). Insights on hiv pre-test counseling following scaling-up of PMTCT program in rural health posts, Burkina Faso. East African Journal of Public Health, 6(3), 280–286.

    Sarker, M., Jatoi, I., & Becher, H. (2007). Racial differences in breast cancer survival in women under age 60. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 106(1), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-006-9478-3

    De Allegri, M., Sarker, M., Hofmann, J., Sanon, M., & Böhler, T. (2007). A qualitative investigation into knowledge, beliefs, and practices surrounding mastitis in sub-Saharan Africa: What implications for vertical transmission of HIV? BMC Public Health, 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-7-22

    Sarker, M., Sanou, A., Snow, R., Ganame, J., & Gondos, A. (2007). Determinants of HIV counselling and testing participation in a Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission programme in rural Burkina Faso. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 12(12), 1475–1483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01956.x

    Sarker, M., Tebit, D. M., Böhler, T., & Kräusslich, H.-G. (2007). Reduction of vertical HIV transmissions - Researching social and biological risk factors. Flug u Reisemed, 14(02), 87–89. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-984569

    Sarker, M., Neckermann, C., & Müller, O. (2005). Assessing the health status of young AIDS and other orphans in Kampala, Uganda. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 10(3), 210–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01377.x

    Sarker, M., Milkowski, A., Slanger, T., Gondos, A., Sanou, A., Kouyate, B., & Snow, R. (2005). The role of HIV-related knowledge and ethnicity in determining HIV risk perception and willingness to undergo HIV testing among rural women in Burkina Faso. AIDS and Behavior, 9(2), 243–249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-005-3905-z

    Sarker, M., M, D. A., B, S., A, P., Snow, R., & T, B. (2005). Knowledge, perception and attitude to HIV/AIDS: Building community support for prevention of mother to child transmission services in rural Burkina Faso. Curare, 28.

    Sarker, M. (1999). Sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus in Asia: a growing crisis. Gynecology Forum, 4(4), 21–24.

    Gibney, L., Choudhury, P., Khawaja, Z., Sarker, M., Islam, N., & Vermund, S. H. (1999). HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: An assessment of biomedical risk factors for transmission. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10(5), 338–346. https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991914087

    Gibney, L., Choudhury, P., Khawaja, Z., Sarker, M., & Vermund, S. H. (1999). Behavioural risk factors for HIV/AIDS in a low-HIV prevalence Muslim nation: Bangladesh. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 10(3), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.1258/0956462991913862

    Monograph/Working Paper Series/Reports

    Hossain S, Huq L N, Mamun R, Tuly I N, Ether S, Sarker, M., Khan A, Adams M A. (2018) Urbanisation, insecurity and violence: A systematic review https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3709

    Sarker, M., Adib, H. I., Rasul, F., & Evans, T. G. (2014). BRAC healthcare innovations programme: Project operational document (Working paper series No. 4). Dhaka: Centre of Excellence for Universal Health Coverage, icddr,b and James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC University.

    Hossain, S., Huq, N. L., Mamun, R., Nowrin, I., Ether, S., Sarker, M., … Adams, A. M. (2017). “What is the impact of approaches for addressing insecurity or violence arising from urbanisation?” Implications of evidence for South Asia. London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education, University College London.

  • Professional Activities

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    June 2018- Associate Dean
    Professor & Director Research &
    Director Center for Implementation Science and Scale-Up
    Adivsor, Institional Review Board
    James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

    Chair
    Institutional Review Board
    BRAC University, Bangladesh

    Dec 2016- till Professor & Director Research &
    Director Center for Implementation Science and Scale-Up
    James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

    Oct 2012 – 2018 Professor & Director Research
    Chair, Institional Review Board
    James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

    Jan - Dec 2015 Professor, Acting Dean & Director Research
    James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh


    2011- Sept’12 Professor
    James P. Grant SPH, BRAC University, Bangladesh

    2011- till Adjunct Research Faculty
    Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    2005- 2011 Senior Research Faculty
    Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    2001-2005 Senior Research Associate
    Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    Participation in Capacity Building Projects

    2015-2019 Principal Investigator
    TDR International Post Graduate Training Scheme on Implementation Research ( WHO Funded) US $ 2.2 Million


    2017-2019 Principal Investigator
    Capacity building of officials in Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED, Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh (UNICEF Funded) US $ 50,000


    2013-2014 Principal Investigator
    Capacity building of health managers in Health Management Information System ( GIZ Funded) US $ 30,000

    Participation in Evaluation/Intervention/ Implementation/Epidemiology Research Projects

    2019 Advisor
    How to scale up: Identifying bottlenecks and solution for scaling up of verbal autopsy in Pilot Project ( Bloomberg Foundation Bangladesh, GoB) US $ 15000

    2019-21 Principal Investigator
    Cool roof or wall too? Experimental evaluation of a low-cost multi prong approach for reduction of indoor temperature in low economic house hold in Dhaka, Bangladesh . Use of Innovative Indigenous Materials for Thermal Comfort (Million Cool Roof, NY,USA), US$100,000

    2019-22 Principal Investigator
    Climate Change, Migrations and Health Systems Resilience in Haiti and Bangladesh (ClimHB) (Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR)- France) Euro 173,000

    2019 Principal Investigator
    How to scale up: Identifying bottlenecks and solution for scaling up of Birth and Death registration in Pilot Project (UNICEF Bangladesh, GoB) US $ 50000

    2019 Advisor
    Coverage of deoworming among school children in a northern district Bangladesh (BRAC Funded) US $ 30000

    2019 Principal Investigator
    Implementation Research Focusing on Health System Strengthening in UNICEF supporting intervention for Rohyinga Refugee in Cox Bazar, Bangladesh (UNICEF HQ-NY-Funded) US$ 50,000


    2019 Principal Investigator
    Implementation Research identifying the challenges and facilatators of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) services in Government Health facilities, Bangladesh (UNICEF-Funded) US$ 50,000

    2018-22 Principal Investigator
    Implementation Science for Global Health: Lessons Learned from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (Gates Foundation-Funded) US$ 200,000

    2016-9 Principal Investigator
    Evidence generation on Implementation Science for Policy Makers, Researchers and Managers (UNICEF Funded) US$ 161,000

    2018-21 Principal Investigator
    A multi-country study on NCDs: a global NIHR Global Health Research Unit in Cardiovascular disease and Diabetes. UK £ 1.0 Million

    2016-9 Principal Investigator
    Impact evaluation of Maternal Nutrition Project in Northern Bangladesh (World Vision) CAD 180,000

    2018-19 Principal Investigator
    The ethics of health policy experiments: a global framework for design and oversight. Euro 210,00

    2018-19 Principal Investigator
    Partnership to ensure the sustainability of a public health palliative care project in Bangladesh through community theatre. UK £ MRC 40,000

    2017-9 Principal Investigator
    Evaluation of an Entertainment and Education campaign (E&E) using transmedia for adolescent development (UNICEF) US$ 166,000

    2016-8 Principal Investigator
    Proof of a noble concept: Sexual behavior change of young men living in urban slum, Dhaka, Bangladesh: An Intervention using Psycho Drama (WOTRO,Netherland Funded) US$ 365,000

    2017-8 Adviser
    Outcome Evaluation of a reduction of diarrheal episode among under 5 children after cementing the floor in rural Bangladesh- Explanatory mixed method approach. Archive Global, NY, USA US $ 40,000

    2017 Adviser
    Outcome Evaluation of “m Care” project focusing digitalization of FWA registrar in rural Bangladesh. A Mixed Method Approach. Spider Center, Sweden, US $20,000.

    2017 Adviser
    Testing of Usefulness of MnCH quality criteria developed by the World Health Organization. M4M, USA (US $ 10,000).

    2015-6 Principal Investigator
    Assessment of Water, sanitation, and hygiene practice improvement program, Bangladesh (UNICEF Funded) US $ 75,000

    2015-6 Principal Investigator
    Understanding the Effect of a Health Security Program in Advocating Universal Health Coverage and Improving Productivity of
    Semi-formal Female Workers in Bangladesh (Rockefeller Funded & International Growth Center) US $ 70,000

    2014 -6 Principal Investigator
    Monitoring and Evaluation of UNICEF Communication for Development program(UNICEF Funded) US$ 150,000

    2014-5 Advisor
    Implementing WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in selected district hospitals in Bangladesh to improve the quality of intrapartum care (WHO & Harvard School of Public Health Funded) US $ 40,000

    2013-7 Co-Principal Investigator
    Implementation Research on Reaching out and linking in: health systems and close-to-community services (CTC): A multi-country study (EU Funded) Euro 858,923

    2013-5 Principal Investigator
    Implementation Research on BRAC implemented Tuberculosis prevention & Treatment program (GFATM Funded) US $ 100,000

    2012-4 Team member
    An Impact and Process evaluation of using Performance Based Financing to Improve the Quality of Essential Obstetric and Newborn Care in Malawi (Funded by URC/TRAction by USAID) US $ 1 Million.

    2012-3 Project Leader
    BRAC Health Innovation Program (BHIP), designing & testing a health insurance scheme that offers an equitable, accessible, and quality comprehensive health services (Funded by Rockefellers Foundation). The US $ 1.5 Million

    2011-3 Co-Investigator
    Monitoring of vital events through information technology (MOVE- IT), a feasibility study on registering pregnant mothers and their children in Bangladesh in a unified electronic information system that tracks vital events (births, deaths,
    cause of death), non-fatal health events, and coverage of priority services (Funded by the Health Matrix Network, WHO). US$ 230,000

    2011–2 Principal Investigator
    Review of MCH program in Bangladesh to recommend a single optimum MNCH model using realist evaluation (Funded by the UNICEF). US $ 222,000

    2011 Lead Researcher
    Evaluation of Health program implemented by BRAC Health International and Government of Afghanistan (Funded by Novib-Oxfam). US $ 15,000

    2015 Principal Investigator
    Health care seeking behavior of MDR TB patients (GFATM) US$ 10,000

    2015-6 Principal Investigator
    Assessing long-term health effects of working conditions on female Ready Made Garment (RMG) workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh (ILO Funded) US $ 14,000

    2015-6 Principal Investigator
    Measuring TB mortality trend and factors associated with TB mortality (GFATM Funded) US$ 201, 946

    2015 Principal Investigator
    Developing health communication commodities for improving neonatal health in Bangladesh (WHO Funded) US $ 20,000

    2014- 5 Principal Investigator (Bangladesh)
    International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment, Management,
    and Surveillance (IDAMS), a multi-country study (EC Funded) Euro 50,000

    2014 Principal Investigator
    Health care seeking behavior and willingness to pay for eye care in Urban Slum,
    Dhaka (Sight Saver Funded). US $ 55,000

    2014 Principal Investigator
    Community-based Eye illness Prevalence Survey in Urban Slum Dhaka ( BRAC Funded). US $ 15,000

    2012 Co-investigator
    Exploring roles of informal private provider (IPP) in the treatment of TB in an urban slum area in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Funded by the GFTAM). US $ 20,000

    2011 Program Manager
    National Food Security and Nutritional Surveillance in Bangladesh (FSNSP)(Funded by European Union). Euro 5.2 Million

    2005-11 Lead researcher
    Barriers to implementation for Voluntary Counseling and Testing of HIV (VCT) and Mother-to-Child Transmission Prevention (PMTCT) intervention in Nouna, Burkina Faso (Funded by DFG- German Research Society).

    2006-10 Principal Investigator
    Quality of ART, PMTCT, &MCH care (Work Package on ‘Affects of antiretroviral for HIV on African health systems, maternal and child health in Uganda, Tanzania and Burkina Faso’).(Funded by European Union) Euro 260,000

    2001- 4 Senior Research Associate
    Knowledge, perception, and willingness of women, men, and health providers to participate in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in rural Burkina Faso(Funded by DFG- German Research Society Euro 200,000).

    1998-9 Field Researcher
    Prevalence and determinants of STI/HIV among Truck drivers and slum women, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Funded by World AIDS Foundation US $ 50,000).

    Teaching Experience at JPG SPH, BRAC University

    2016-till Convenor & Lecturer ‘Implementation Research’(MPH curriculum)
    2016-till Convenor & Lecturer ‘Quantitative Research Method’(MPH curriculum)
    2015-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘Manuscript Writing’(Independent Course)
    2015-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘ Monitoring & Evaluation’(Independent Course)
    2012-2015 Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘Quantitative Research Method’(MPH curriculum)
    2012-till Lecturer ‘ Mixed Method’((MPH curriculum)
    2012-till Co- convenor & Lecturer ‘ Monitoring and Evaluation’((MPH curriculum)
    2006- till Lecturer ‘Reproductive Health’ (MPH curriculum)
    2016-till Corodinator & Lecturer- Flagship Course: World Bank & WHO funded

    International Teaching and Teaching Experience:
    2010- till Co-convenor and lecturer- Trop Ed accredited: Mixed Method research in
    International Health. IPH, University of Heidelberg

    2012- till Co-convenor and lecturer Trop Ed accredited: Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS:
    New Evidence and Strategy. IPH, University of Heidelberg

    2012 Co-convenor and lecturer-Mixed Method research in International Health.
    Center of Global Health, University of Montreal

    2011-2013: Lecturer in Public-Private Partnership for Primary Health Care a short course
    offered by the Asian network of Health System Strengthening (ANHSS) ( A WB Initiative Capacity Building project, Thailand, Honking, Philippine)

    2008 – 2011 Awarded EU Grant (EDU Link- Africa ) to Coordinate Reproductive Health Course
     Muhimbili University, Dares Salam , Tanzania

     MakarereUniversity, Kampala, Uganda

     MOI University, Nairobi, Kenya

    2004 – 2011 Convenor and lecturer Course Coordinator: Trop Ed accredited:
    Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS: New Evidence and Strategy. IPH, University of Heidelberg

    2002-2011 Lecturer MSc Course at IPH, University of Heidelberg, Germany: Social determinants of health, Gender , PMTCT (prevention of mother to child transmission) , Sexually transmitted infections, Survey design.IPH, University of Heidelberg

    2003-2011 Lecturer in EHCourse (Gesundheitsversorgung in Entwicklungsländen) : Family planning, HIV & poverty, HIV & Gender, High Risk & Vulnerable Group, PMTCT. IPH, University of Heidelberg

    2004- 2012 Guest Lecturer
    Charite, Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health,Berlin, Germany
    Institute of Tropical medicine (ITM), Antwerp, Belgium
    School of Public Health, University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA South Asian Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    University Montreal, Canada

    Programmatic Experience
    2000- 2001 : Zonal Health Manager (32 Districts), Health Program, BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Development). Responsible for implementation of Reproductive and MCH care STI/HIV prevention Nutrition intervention Tuberculosis control Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation


    2000: Sector Specialist in Reproductive Health, Provides technical support Reproductive and MCH services
    Syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases. Community based nutrition program
    Adolescent Reproductive Health Education program Monitoring, Evaluation and Quality Assurance
    Women's & Children’s Death Audits

    1994-95: Sub-district in charge Women’s Health and Development program (WHDP),
    BRAC, Bangladesh.
    Reproductive and MCH services
    Community-based TB control (DOT) program
    Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Program Child survival program (EPI, ARI, Diarrhea)
    The child growth monitoring program


    1992-94: Junior Consultant Women’s Health and Development Program (WHDP) BRAC, Bangladesh, provides technical support to
    Reproductive and MCH services
    Community-based TB control (DOT) program Adolescent Reproductive Health Edu. Program Child survival program (EPI, ARI, Diarrhea)
    The child growth monitoring program

    1991-92: MCH Physician. Marie Stopes Clinic Society: Chittagong, Bangladesh
    Rural Outreach Center, serving pregnancy-related care and
    family planning services in 35 villages.
    1990 Resident Obstetrician. Agrabad Maternity Clinic, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    Consulting Experience

    2009 Consultant to WHO through EVA Plan Heidelberg. Develop a curriculum on HIV/AIDS for WHO staff

    2008 Consultant to GTZ and BRAC University. Develop a 2weeks short course on Quality management of health care

    2005 Consultant to Swiss Tropical Institute, Switzerland. Written with Dr. Claudia Kessler.Reproductive Health Update 2005

    2005 Consultant to GTZ: Human Resource Development in the area of HIV- AIDS in Chittagong, Bangladesh

    2002-3 Consultant to The Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development (BMZ) Project: Evaluation of “Addressing reproductive rights and health needs of young people after ICPD: the contribution of UNFPA and IPPF” Tender awarded to EHG, Options, Heidelberg.

    2002 Consultant for UNFPA: Evaluation “Maternal mortality audit & designing the reproductive health program for 2003-4 in Kazakhstan “

    2002 Consultant for SFB/DFG project: Assessing client and health provide preferences for VCT services in rural Burkina Faso.

    2001 Technical support for Heidelberg University, Germany Implementation of Syndromic Diagnosis of STD in Nepal

  • Awards, Honors

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    2012 Ten years contribution to the Institute
    Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    2011 Five years contribution to the Institute
    James P Grant SPH, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    1999-2000 Population Council Fellow
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA and CV

    1996- 1998 Fogarty Fellow
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

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