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Anwar ISLAM
 

Professor & Director

Tel: +88 (02) 8824051-4 ext 4082
E-mail: aislam@bracuniversity.ac.bd  

Dr. Islam joined the School in 2007. He has been teaching the course on Health Systems Management since the beginning of the MPH programme as a visiting Professor. He received his Masters and PhD from Canada. He worked at the Canadian provincial Ministries of Health in Alberta and Manitoba. He worked with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) based in Ottawa as a Medical Sociologist/Senior Programme Officer during the1990s. In late1998 he joined the Aga Khan University as an Associate Professor and Head, Health Systems Division, Department of Community Health Sciences. Lately, he worked with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) as the Principle Advisor of Health Systems in its Policy Branch. Throughout his career abroad, Dr. Islam had been involved in teaching in numerous universities in Canada and elsewhere - the University of Winnipeg (Manitoba), University of Edmonton (Alberta), and Carleton University in Ottawa (Ontario), and at the Department of Community Medicine in Kuwait University. He continues to serve as an Adjunct Faculty at the Aga Khan University. He also serves as a member of the International Advisory Board of the School, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the Graduate School of International Health Development, Nagasaki University, Japan. Dr. Islam is the author of two books on Bangladesh and published numerous articles in peer - reviewed international journals.

Recently, Dr. Islam has been coordinating a number of short courses as part of the Continuing Education Programme at the School. Dr. Islam also serves as the Coordinator of the Centre for Health System Studies. His fields of expertise and interest include health systems management, health policy, health sector reform, health care financing, and health systems research.

Publications

  • Islam A. Bangladesh: Society and Culture. (Book in Bengali Language). 
    The Bengali Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1977.

  • Islam A and Turner DL. "Therapeutic Community: A Critical Reappraisal", Hospital and Community Psychiatry. Vol.33, No. 8. 1982.

  • Islam A. "Evaluating Health Care Benefit Demands: Developing a Prioritization Model", Canadian Evaluation Society annual convention, Alberta. 1986.

  • Islam A. "Canadian Natives and the Health Care System", Annual Convention, Native Physicians’ Association in Canada. University of Western Ontario, Ontario. 1993.

  • Islam A and Rosina W. (Eds.). Traditional Health Systems and Public Policy. Proceedings of an International Workshop. IDRC, Ottawa, 1995.

  • Islam A. "Focus Group: A Qualitative Research Technique". Workshop on Health of Indigenous Peoples. Pan American Health Organization, Washington D. C., 1995.

  • Diane, MI and Islam A. "Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery Services: A Comparative Analysis of Policies, Problems and Prospects". Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference, Ottawa, 1996.

  • Islam A. "Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation in the Twenty-first Century: Challenges, Constraints and Prospects". Consultancy report submitted to the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, Winnipeg, Canada, 1996.

  • Islam A. "Understanding Traditional Health Systems: A Sociological Perspective", in Meeting the Health Challenges of the 21st Century, by the Philippine Social Science Council, and Asia Pacific Network of the International Forum for Social Sciences in Health, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, April 1997.

  • O'Brien-Pallas L, Hirschfeld M and Islam A. et al Strengthening Nursing and Midwifery: A Global Study. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1998.

  • Islam A. "Physicians’ Fee-for-Service Structure in Manitoba: Review and Recommendations". Consultancy report submitted to the Department of Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1998.

  • Islam A. "Physician Payment Methods in Canada: Exploring Alternatives". Consultancy report submitted to the Department of Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1998.

  • O'Brien-Pallas L, Hirschfeld M, Islam A. et al. "An Evaluation of WHA Resolution 45.5: Health Human Resource Implications". Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, December 1999, Vol. 31, No. 3, 51-67. 

  • Islam A. "Gender-based Violence and Health: A Neglected Domain of Research", in Sociology, Health, Women and Environment. (Ed. Dr. Nazrul Islam). Dhaka, Bangladesh 1999.

  • Islam A. and Tahir Z (Eds.). Health, Population and the Environment: Knowledge, Lessons and Challenges. Proceedings of an International Conference. The Aga Khan University (City Publishers), Karachi, 2000.

  • Islam A. "Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries: New Challenges and Constraints". International Conference on Priorities in Health Care, Amsterdam, November 23-24, 2000.

  • Islam A. and Malik FA. "The Role of Traditional Birth Attendants in Improving Reproductive Health Services: Lessons from the Family Health Project, Sindh". Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2001; 51:6, 218-21.

  • Islam A. "Engendering the Health Care System in Pakistan: Future Directions", Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health, Manila, Philippines, February 15-19, 2001.

  • Islam A. Bangladesh: A Social Treatise. (A book in Bengali language). Dhaka, Bangladesh, New Age Publications, March 2001.

  • Islam A. Health Sector Reform in Pakistan: Why is it needed? Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2001; 52:3, 95-100.

  • Islam A. and Tahir Z. "Health Sector Reform in South Asia: New Challenges and Constraints". Health Policy 2002: 60 (2); 151-169.

  • Islam A. Health Sector Reform in Pakistan: Future Directions. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2002; 52:4, 174-182.

  • Islam A, Malik FA, Basaria S. Strengthening Primary Health Care and Family Planning Services in Pakistan: Some Critical Issues. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2002; 52:1, 2-7.

  • Rabbani F, Islam A, Memon Y, Siddiqui F, White F. An Opportunity to Engage in People-centered Health and Development. In The Quest for Equity in Access to Health and Development: Scaling Up Best Practices in Decentralized District Systems, Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development in Africa, 2003 (ISBN 9966-9796-0-3), Kisumu, Kenya.

  • Islam A. "Brain Drain? We must Coin a New Term", Review of Laurence F. Levy’s The First World’s Role in the Third World Brain Drain. British Medical Journal 2003/eletters/327/7407/170.

  • Islam A. "Health-related Millennium Development Goals: Policy Challenges for Pakistan." Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2004; 54:4, 175-81. 

  • Mahbubullah, M and Islam A (Ed). Gender and Human Resources for Health in South Asia. Proceedings of a Regional Conference, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (April 2006).

  • Israr S, Islam A. "Good Governance and Sustainability: A Case Study from Pakistan", International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2006; 21:4, 313-325.

  • Shahidullah, S, Islam A, and Salehuddin, A (Eds). Globalization, Growth and Governance: Bangladesh Context (A Reader). BRAC University Publications (Book to be published by 
    July 2009).

  • Islam, A. Introductory Sociology: Context Bangladesh. University Publications Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Book to be published by Dec/2009).

  • Islam, Anwar. Periodically publish health-related articles in the Daily New Age. So far published five articles: Challenges for the Health System in Bangladesh (April 7, 2008); Combating Violence against Women: Need for a Radical New Perspective (April 13, 2008); A More Holistic Approach to Women’s Health Issues (July 23, 2008): Our Population Program Needs Radical Realignment (September 21, 2008); and Urbanization and urban health: a crisis unfolding (November 8, 2008). 

 
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