Dr. Fatema Shabnam

HIGHLIGHTS
• 20 years of experience in public health focusing on Reproductive Health
• Accustomed with program management, sub grantee management, human resource management
• Familiar with supervision, monitoring, quality assurance
• Recognized as master trainer on Family Planning and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH)
• Participated in developing of national standard, guidelines, curriculum, job aids on FP and SRH issues
• Good networking with MOH&FW, NIPORT, local government, different stakeholders and International partners and donors
• Participated in different international and national conferences as presenter to share the working experience in FP and SRH arena

AREASE OF EXPERTISE
• Leadership
• Project planning and management
• Staff management
• Resource management
• Risk management
• Work under pressure
• Team building and work as a team
• Networking with public, private, NGOs, stakeholders and donors

TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Reproductive Health
• Family Planning including Postpartum Family Planning
• Adolescent Health
• Counseling
• Infection Prevention
• Gender
• Supervision and Monitoring
• Quality Improvement
• Development of curriculum, manuals, guidelines and technical standards
• Development of IEC/SBCC materials
• Development of booklets, Job-Aids

PUBLICATION
• Blood, men and tears: Keeping IUDs in place in Bangladesh (Co-author) This article was published in an international Journal for research named Culture, Health and Sexuality, volume 11, Issue 5 June 2009
• “Safe Motherhood Initiative: Experiences from Bangladesh Achievements and Challenges” Published in the book Safe Mother Hood Initiative A Silent Revolution under the aegis of Safe Motherhood Committee of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) by Sadhana Gupta, New Delhi, 2014

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
ORAL PRESENTAIONS
• IUD discontinuation in Bangladesh is very High; Challenge to Safe Motherhood, 9th South East Asia Regional Scientific Meeting, 9-12 February 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Involvement of Private Sector in the Delivery of the Reproductive Health Services, 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON), 14 – 17 March, 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Invigorating Vasectomy: NSV Performances is replacing Tubectomy position in Bangladesh, 6th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR), Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Integrating the Prevention of Violence Against Women with Reproductive Health Services: A Missed Opportunity, 2nd Asia Population Association (APA) Conference, 19 -22 October 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
• Female Sterilization: A preferred contraceptive method to address unmet need for family planning in Bangladesh, 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR), 21 – 24 January 2014, Manila, Philippines.
• Strengthening Postpartum Family Planning Service Provision in Bangladesh: Possibilities and Challenges, 4th International Conference on Family Planning to be held on 25 – 29 January 2016, Bali, Indonesia

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
• Husbands’ involvement in IUD use: Does it make a difference? 2nd Asia Population Association (APA) Conference, 26 - 29 August 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
• IUD use in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges, 1st Global Conference on Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC), 22 to 25 May 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Empowered Working Women, Freedom and Lifestyle: Increasing IUD Use in the Hilly
• Areas of Bangladesh, 1st Global Conference on Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC), 22 to 25 May 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Postpartum IUD: a window of opportunity to strengthen IUD service delivery in Bangladesh, 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR), 21 – 24 January 2014, Manila, Philippines.
• Uptake of postpartum IUD in Bangladesh: How program efforts can accelerate performance, XXI FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 4 – 9 October 2015, Vancouver, Canada
• Use of Contraceptive among Adolescents: Bangladesh perspective, 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) to be held on 23 – 26 February 2016, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
• Member of Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)
• Member of Asian Population Association (APA)
• Member of Concerned Women for Family Development (CWFD)