Researcher Profile

I am interested in maternal and child health and nutrition, especially in the areas on how to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. Currently I am involved with number of intervention programs which primarily focus on reduction of maternal and newborn death. Also I am involve with a feasibility study where we are integrating both conditional cash transfer and community based counseling to successfully promote healthy behaviour for mother and child using mobile technology in rural areas of Bangladesh.Cost effectiveness is another area of my interest and most recently I am also involved with another project which will do the cost effectiveness study of Ponseti method of clubfoot treatment in Bangladesh.

Selected publications include:

• Haider, M. Rifat*, Rahman, M. Masudur*, Moinuddin Md., Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, Ahmed, Shakil, Khan, , Khan, M. Mahmud. Ever-increasing Caesarean section and its economic burden in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0208623, December 10, 2018
• Rahman, M. Masudur*, Haider, M. Rifat*, Moinuddin Md., Rahman, Ahmed Ehsanur, Ahmed, Shakil, Khan, Khan, M. Mahmud. Determinants of Caesarean Section in Bangladesh: Cross-sectional analysis of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 Data. PLoS ONE 13(9): e0202879. Huda, Tanvir Mahmudul, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202879, August 12, 2018 
• Huda, Tanvir Mahmudul, Rahman, M. Masudur, Raihana, Shahreen, Islam, Sajia, Tahsina, Tazeen, Alam,  Ashraful, Agho, Kingsley, Rasheed, Sabrina,  Hayes, Alison, Qazi Sadeq-ur Rahman, MS; Siddique, Abu Bakkar, Moinuddin Md., Chowdhury, Morseda, Afsana, Kaosar, Ghose, Lucky, Raynes-Greenow, Camille, Arifeen, E Shams, Dibley, Michael J. A community-based cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Bangladesh to evaluate the impact of the use of iron-folic acid supplements early in pregnancy on the risk of neonatal mortality: The Shonjibon Trial. BMC public health 18 (1), 816. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5713-1. July 18,2018
• Huda, Tanvir Mahmudul, Alam,  Ashraful, Tahsina, Tazeen, Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad, Khan, Jasmin,  Rahman, M. Masudur,  Siddique, Md. Abu Bakkar, Arifeen, E Shams, Dibley, Michael J. Mobile-based nutrition counseling and unconditional cash transfers for improving maternal and child nutrition in Bangladesh: pilot study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 6 (7). (JMIR Mhealth Uhealth 2018;6(7):e156. https://doi:10.2196/mhealth.8832,July, 2018
• Rahman,  Ahmed Ehsanur, Perkins, Janet, Islam, Sajia, Siddique, Abu Bakkar, Moinuddin, Md, Anwar, Mahammed Rashidul, Mazumder, Tapas, Anser , Adnan, Rahman, M. Masudur, Raihana, Shahreen, Santarelli, Carlo, Arifeen, E Shams, Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul. Knowledge and involvement of husbands in maternal and newborn health in rural Bangladesh. BMC pregnancy and childbirth 18 (1), 247. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1882-2, June 18, 2018
• Islam, Sajia, Perkins, Janet, Siddique, Abu Bakkar, Mazumder, Tapas, Haider, M. Rifat, Rahman, M. Masudur, Capello, Cecilia, Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul, Santarelli, Carlo, Arifeen, E Shams,  Rahman,  Ahmed Ehsanur. Birth preparedness and complication readiness among women and couples and its association with skilled care at birth in rural Bangladesh. PloS one 13 (6), e0197693. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197693, June, 2018
• Haider, M. Rifat, Rahman, M. Masudur, Islam, Farahnaz, Khan, M. Mahmud. Are Trained delivery assistants better than non-trained personnel in practicing Essential Newborn Care in home deliveries? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey in Bangladesh. Int Health. https://doi:10.1093/inthealth/ihx071, February 9, 2018
• Ansar, Adnan, Rahman,  Ahmed Ehsanur, Haider, M Rifat, Rahman, M. Masudur, Moinuddin Md.,  Siddique, Md. Abu Bakkar, Al Mamun, Md., Mazumder, Tapas, Pyarali Pirani, Shafique, Mathias, Richard Gordon,  Arifeen, E Shams, Dewan Md Emdadul. Systematic review and meta-analysis of Global birth prevalence of clubfoot: a study protocol. BMJ open 8 (3), e019246. January 3, 2018
• Mohammad Rifat Haider, Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Md Moinuddin, Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Shakil Ahmed, M. Mahmud Khan. Impact of maternal and neonatal health initiatives on inequity in maternal health care utilization in Bangladesh. PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181408, July 25, 2017
• Haider, M. Rifat, Rahman, M. Masudur, Islam, Farahnaz, Khan, M. Mahmud. Association of low birthweight and indoor air pollution: Biomass fuel use in Bangladesh. Journal of Health and Pollution 6 (11), 18-25. September, 2016

Note- * denotes lead author