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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

Snapshot

Experience

15+ years

Languages

Bengali, English

Countries of Work

Afghanistan, Bangladesh

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

Professional Experience

  • Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

    Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
    As 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 2021
    I 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 2019
    Worked 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

  • University of Dhaka

    Graduated 2009
    Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
  • University of Dhaka

    Graduated 2001
    Masters of Pharmaceutical Technology (M.Pharm)
  • University of Dhaka

    Graduated 2000
    Bachelor 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