This Expert's name is Maruf Hasan
This Expert's occupation is
International Development Professional
This Expert's location is
Dhaka, Bangladesh
This Expert's nationality is Bangladeshi
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Snapshot
Experience
15+ years
Languages
Bengali, English
Countries of Work
Afghanistan, Bangladesh
Professional Experience
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Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
Feb 2022 - Jul 2022As a Consultant, I was assigned in a health system strengthening project C19RM fast track under the USAID program – the Medicines, Technologies and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) to coordinate the program activities among the stakeholders including the Global Fund, UNOPS, DGHS, NMEP & others.
Establish strong coordination and communication mechanisms among the key stakeholders
Facilitate the timely installation of the PSA oxygen plants in 29 government-selected sites
Assist NMEP, CDC, DGHS through designing the in-country distribution matrix for the oxygen-related equipment
Assist the private sector to maintain the oxygen plants during and after the project period -
Abt Associates
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021I worked at Abt Associates where my major responsibility has to provide technical assistance to a USAID project - Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus, Afghanistan. In SHOPS Plus, I assist the Afghan Social Marketing Organization (ASMO) to develop a sustainable strategic plan, efficient market system, standard commodity procurement system, and partnership through developing SOP and identifying channel partners.
- Develop effective partnership strategy and ensure private sector engagement
- Conduct the need gap assessments within market systems, training and develop effective strategies and plans to address the gaps
- Develop long-term business plan -
Population Services International (PSI)
Nov 2018 - Dec 2019Worked as a consortium strategic market lead for USAID’s Advancing Universal Health Coverage project, led by Chemonics where I have demonstrated experience in developing sustainable business models and private partnership strategies for the Surjer Hashi Network (SHN) – the largest primary healthcare network in Bangladesh.
- Provide technical support to achieve the business goal for social enterprise
- Develop an efficient value chain for commodity items and pharmaceutical products
- Develop both internal & external relationships with potential partners
- Ensure proper communication strategy and coordinate all stakeholders
Education
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University of Dhaka
Graduated 2009Masters of Business Administration (MBA) -
University of Dhaka
Graduated 2001Masters of Pharmaceutical Technology (M.Pharm) -
University of Dhaka
Graduated 2000Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm)
Areas of Expertise
- Civil society engagement
- Social accountability and community advocacy for health
- Social participation and health communication
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Contracting health providers
- Domestic resource mobilization
- Provider payment
- Strategic health purchasing
- Private sector engagement
- Strategic planning
- Strategy development
- Behavior and health literacy
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
- Cost benefit analysis
- Indicator development
- Research
- Family planning
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Costing
- Health provider capacity mapping
- Community health services
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- Pharmaceutical management
- PHC
- Service delivery networks
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Cold chain
- Forecasting/quantification
- Product selection and registration
- Supply chain and commodity costing
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
- System design