Dr. Nazneen Akhter

Experience

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  UTPS ( Unity Through Population Services)

  Dec 1989 - Dec 1990

  Medical Doctor

  Managing medical & reproductive health service

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  Terre des Hommes Netherlands

  Jan 1992 - Sept 1993

  Community Development Manager

  Managing community projects in health care & development. Management of comprehensive development in health care at Dattopara slum community. Offered Maternal & children care including Nutrition.Development of project & writing reports.

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  BWHC

  Oct 1993 - Jan 1997

  Leading planning managing BWHC Reproductive & Sexual Health Rights & Community Development programme across BWHC branches in the different district of Bangladesh. Doing advocacy & research work both national and international level on SRHR & Gender issues. Guiding & Leading the Reproductive Sexual Health Programme of all countrywide branches of BWHC. Engagement in Srhr innovation research & Advocacy

  • Program Director

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  • Director Medical

    Oct 1993 - Dec 1994
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  BWHC ( Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition)

  Nov 1998 - Aug 2002

  Deputy Executive Director

  Leading programs & project. Managing organization Staff of a pioneer Reproductive & Sexual Health organisation. Engaged inFinancial & HR management .doing research & advocacy. Developed protocol, manual policy paper advocacy paper, management of different programs implementation. Training & guiding staff Multi country research & project work Leading strategy development process of NGOS

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  HASAB ( HIV/AIDS & Social Actions Alliance Bangladesh)

  Sept 2003 - Apr 2011

  Executive Director

  Leading & managing organization. Change mgt. Strategy development, partnership mgt of (300 & more NGOs/ CBOs.Consortium lead as Chairman, Engaged im policy papers, protocols, project proposals. Research papers, Training manual, curricula development. Doing multi country research & collaboration project & research. Mentoring & development HR professionals. Guidance to cost effective project development &innovation. National & Intll .advocacy for social change.

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  Friendship NGO

  Sept 2013 - Mar 2015

  Head Of Department

  As Head of Health department strategy guidance, Managing, planning, Organizing, Teambuilding, innovative project development, research work, advocacy & fund negotiations for the Health sector programme of Friendship Bangladesh

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  VAALO avant-garde Ltd

  Apr 2015 - now

  Founder & MD

  VAALO avant-garde is a Value Attention Alternative Development Learning options Platform, a social enterprise in value attention change making. A creative way forward of Humane Development innovation & Social change.

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  SNV

  Sept 2015 - Mar 2022

  Advisory Specialist

  On demand Technical support in Gender focus SRHR issues for RMG sector Inclusive Business Approach program sponsored by SNV Netherlands & EKN ( Netherlands Embassy)

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  Oxford Policy Management

  May 2017 - Apr 2018

  Country Director
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  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  May 2018 - Mar 2019

  Tecnical Coordinator ( Technical Advisory role)

  Provide technical support ( contractual role) and guidance in Data Impact Program ( DIP) of Bangladesh under Data for Health ( D4H ) initiative which is a Multi country capacity building initiative . Provided Technical support in six policy brief development, reviewing and making policy communication of Data 2 Policy ( D2P) component of DIP . Developed Policy Forum guideline for Policy briefing, engaged in Scientific communication Training and also worked as Faculty in Policy Planning and management course of FETP an advance course ( Msc in Applied epidemiology ) offered through IEDCR/DHGS and CDC Atlanta. Show less

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  North South University

  Apr 2019 - now

  Engaged in NGH & CRI Policy development , research , capacity development , and cross country collaboration work in student fellowship , innovation program, exchange learning and capacity building in line with Health, environment and social ethics , gender and human development.Institutional leadership and management support for developing next generation graduates in Leadership, management and Public health science communication within NSU and across the Universities. Supporting the Policy development and policy communication process and platform development of NGH&CRI & Public health deptt on any burning and important Policy matters relevant to national and Global interest.Taking MPH & EMPH courses regularly as Faculty at NSU Show less

  • Faculty Department of Public Health

    Sept 2011 - now

  • Director Policy, Planning & Gender (NGH&CRI) , Asst Prof ( Adjunct) at North South University ( NSU)

    Apr 2019 - May 2020
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  The World Bank

  Jan 2021 - May 2022

  National Consultant

  Engagement as STC team with WBG in national Public Health emergency plan including Public Health work force,

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  Oxford Policy Management

  Jan 2021 - May 2021

  National Consultant

  Technical support to develop Strategic Planning, M&E Framework, & long term budget plan for an NGO in Bangladesh with a country team support from UNAIDS

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  Pathfinder International

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2021

  Consultant

  Technical support in design, development of Gender Based Violence integrated FP Manuals ( Trainer, Trainees & Handouts both English & Bengali both version) for the Health service provider

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  World Health Organization

  Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

  National Consultant

  World Polio Evaluation Report: Bangladesh part Case study

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  EMPHNET

  Jun 2022 - Mar 2023

  Technical Advisor

  Engaged as extending all sorts of technical & program Mgt support to Field epidemiology Training programs in Bangladesh ( FETPB) at IEDCR & affiliated with Dhaka University. This course is supported by US CDC & globally running at 80 countries with the direct fund Mgt & technical support from GHDIEMHNET, Jordan.