
Dr. Fatema Shabnam
Director, Research & Grants
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)