Habibur Seraji
MBBS, MPH (International Health)
Research Associate
T: +61 08 7221 8468
E: habibur.seraji@flinders.edu.au

Research interests

• Child health (including neonatal health)
• Health services and systems
• Health management information system
• Community health, health promotion and primary health care research
• Community-based intervention trial

Professional interests

• Life Member of Public Health Association of Bangladesh
• Member of Bangladesh Medical Association
• Executive member: HIV/AIDS and STD Support Alliance Bangladesh (HASAB)
• Member of Forum on Health Care Financing and Organization, Bangladesh
• Member of Johns Hopkins Alumni Association

Refereed Papers

Baqui A, Arifeen S, Darmstadt G, Ahmed S, Seraji H , Mannan I, Rahman SM , Shah R. (2008). Effect of a package of community-based newborn care delivered by two strategies in Sylhet district, Bangladesh : a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet ;  371 :1936-1944

Mannan I, Rahman SM, Sania A, Seraji H , Arifeen S, (2008). Can Early Postpartum Home Visits by Trained Community Health Workers Improve Breastfeeding of Newborns? Journal of Perinatology. 2008 (in press)

Bari S , Mannan I, Rahman MA, Darmstadt G, Seraji H , Baqui, Arifeen S, (2006). Trends in Use of Referral Hospital Services for Care of Sick Newborns in a Community-based Intervention in Tangail District, Bangladesh, J Health Popul Nutr; 24(4):519-529

Winch P, Alam M, Akther A, Afroz D, Ali N, Amy A Ellis, Abdullah H Baqui, Gary L Darmstadt, Shams El Arifeen, Seraji H . (2005). Local understandings of vulnerability and protection during the neonatal period in Sylhet district, Bangladesh : a qualitative study, Lancet ; 366: 478–85

Conference Papers

Baqui A, Arifeen S, Seraji H , Mannan I, Rahman SM , Shah R. Community Based Intervention to Reduce Neonatal Mortality in Bangladesh . Concurrent panel presentation at Annual Conference of the Bangladesh Neonatal Forum, Dhaka , Bangladesh , December 2006.

Baqui A, Arifeen S, Seraji H , Mannan I, Rahman SM , Shah. Home versus Clinic-Based Newborn Care in Bangladesh : Early Findings from Projahnmo, a Neonatal Health Intervention Research Project. Annual Conference of the Global Health Council. Washington DC , USA . June 2005.

Research reports and resources

Arifeen S, Baqui A, Seraji H , Rahman SM, Shah R, Darmstadt GL, Anwar T. 2005. Evaluation of CHW skill to recognize and manage sick neonates in the community . Projahnmo Project. ICDDRB/JHU. Dhaka , Bangladesh .

Mannan I , Seraji H , Arifeen S, Baqui A. 2004. Assessment of adequacy of neonatal and maternal interventions of the Projahnmo project in Sylhet , Bangladesh . Projahnmo Project, ICDDRB/JHU, Bangladesh .

Baqui A, Arifeen S, Seraji H , Mannan I, Begum N, Winch P, Darmstadt GL. 2004. Baseline survey of the recently delivered women . Projahnmo Project, ICDDRB/JHU, Bangladesh .

Seraji H , Winch P, Ali NA, Sharmin T, Shah R. 2004. Results of behavioural trials for alternative and family endorsed newborn care practices . Projahnmo Project. ICDDRB/JHU. Dhaka , Bangladesh .

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