MBBS(Dhaka); MPH (Thailand), PhD Osaka University, Japan

Personal Information

Name: BHUIYAN Shafi Ullah

Year of Birth: 1967, Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Present Contact Address: Osaka Uni, Suita-shi, 1-2 Yamada-oka, Osaka 565-0874, Japan

Phone/Fax:+81-6-6870-8041

E-mail:shafinini@hotmail.com

Academic Profile

2005    Ph.D., Osaka University, Japan

1999    M.P.H, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

1993    M.B.B.S, S.S.M.C Mitford Hospital, Dhaka University, Bangladesh

1985    H.S.C (Higher Secondary School Certificate), Dhaka, Bangladesh

1983    S.S.C (Secondary School Certificate), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Job Experience

9/1993 to 5/1995   Residential Medical Officer , S.S.M.C Mitford Hospital, Dhaka

Bangladesh

5/1995 to 2/1997    Medical Officer (Maternal and Child Health & Family Planning), DG-FP

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOH&FW), Dhaka, Bangladesh

2/1997 to 2/1998    UNFPA Reproductive Health Physician, S.S.M.C Mitford Hospital,

Dhaka, MOH&FW, Bangladesh

2/1998 to 3/2001    Liaison Officer for Improvement of MCHTI (Maternal and Child Health

Training Institute) Project by Japanese Grant Aid and Anesthesiologist

MCHTI, MOH&FW, Bangladesh

5/2000 to 6/2000    EC/UNFPA Short Term Consultant for Reproductive Health Initiative

(RHI), Bangladesh

8/2000 to 1/2001   Short Term UNFPA Consultant for Urban Primary Health Care Project (UPHCP), Bangladesh

International

Training

Experience

Participated in various International Seminar/Symposium, Workshop and Training in Bangladesh, Bangkok, South Korea, Indonesia ,U.K, U.S.A and Japan, Organized by:

§         UNFPA / JICA / KOICA / MOH&FW Bangladesh / Mahidol University

§         Melbourne University /Osaka University / International Volunteer Studies

§         International Association of Health in Japan /HANDS / MSH and TISCH

Research & Training Interest

Interdisciplinary and collaborative research on International Health, Public Health, Reproductive

Health, Urban Health, Primary Health Care, Maternal and Child Health, MCH Services, Family Planning, MCH Handbook, IEC and Life Skill Education

Publications

And Thesis 

(1) Skilled Birth Attendance and MCH Handbooks: Unmet Challenges for Safe Delivery in Bangladesh. Syn The Bulletin of Volunteer Studies, 2002; Vol.3: 33-45                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(2) An Experience of Low Birth Weight Study:A Major Public Health Challenge in Bangladesh. Syn The Bulletin of Volunteer Studies, 2003; Vol.4: 59-72 [Master Thesis, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Thailand, 2000]                                                                                                                                               

(3) GO -NGO Partnership Challenges and Opportunities in the New Millennium: A Case Study

of Reproductive Health Initiative in Bangladesh. The Bulletin of Human Sciences, 2004; Vol. 30:       

(4) Public-Private Partnership Experiences in Bangladesh: Abstract- The Journal of Japan Association for International Health, 2002; Vol.17 Supplement: 89-89                                                                                    

(5) Report on Mid-Term Review for Reproductive Health Initiative (RHI) in Bangladesh; EC/UNFPA Bangladesh Country Office Report, 2000

(6) Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) Services in Rural Bangladesh. The Journal of Japan Association for International Health, 2004 [Paper Presented in the

Akashi JAIH 22^nd Annual Conference 2004, Japan]

Major Paper

Presented

(1)    Family Planning Program in Bangladesh: Volunteerism and Partnership Experiences.

The 4^th Annual Conference of the International Society of Volunteer Studies in Japan (Osaka University, 2002)

(2)    Public-Private partnership Experiences in Bangladesh. The 17^th Annual Conference of

Japan Association for International Health (Kobe University 2002)

Recent

International

Achievement

Bhuiyan Shafi and Yasuhide Nakamura.Pilot Development and Preliminary Assessment of

MCH Handbook in Bangladesh. Paper has been accepted for Presentation:

-18^th World Conference of Health Promotion and Health Education, Melbourne, Australia,

26-30^th April 2004,organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Health Education (IUHPE),France

-10^th World Congress on Public Health, United Kingdom, 19-22 April 2004,Organized by the

World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA)

Academic and Professional Membership

1993   Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)

1995   Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB)

2002   International Volunteer Studies in Japan

2003   International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

2003   Global Health Council (GHC)

Awards

1999           UNFPA Fellowship for M.P.H Study at Mahidol University, Thailand

2001   Japanese Govt. Scholarship for PhD Study at Osaka University, Japan

Reference

Professor Yasuhide Nakamura, MD;PhD

International Collaboration Division

Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Japan