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Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain is a project director for the emergency contraception and male involvement program. He designs, implements, supervises, and monitors projects. He has also been assisting the government of Bangladesh to scale up project activities. Hossain's areas of expertise include STIs, HIV/AIDS, reproductive and sexual health, family planning, and diarrheal disease research. Prior to joining to the Council, Hossain worked for International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) as a clinical fellow.
Hossain has been representing the Council at national and international forums and providing technical assistance to NGOs and government agencies. He has given presentations at conferences and workshops throughout southeast Asia. Hossain has a graduate degree in medical science from Chittagong University, Bangladesh and a Masters in Public Health from the National Institute of Preventative and Social Medicine, Bangladesh.
A partial list of publications includes:
Khan, M.E. and Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain. 2001. "Training service providers on emergency contraception: Lessons learned from an OR study," Research Update no 2. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)
Khan, M.E., Ubaidur Rob, and Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain. 2001. "Violence against women and its impact on women's lives: Some observations from Bangladesh," Journal of Family Welfare 46(2): 12 24.
Piet-Pelon, Nancy and Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain. 2001. Success Stories in Bangladesh and Future Directions of the Country Programme. Dhaka: UNFPA.
Rob, Ubaidur, Sharif Mohammed Ismail Hossain, Ismat Bhuiya, Ahamed Al Sabbir, and Ahsanul Alam. 2001. "Integration of reproductive health services for men in family welfare centers," FRONTIERS Final Report. Dhaka: Population Council. (PDF)
A partial list of presentations includes:
Hossain, Sharif Mohammed Ismail. 2002. "Introducing emergency contraception. Experience from Bangladesh," paper presented at the Conference on "Information, Education and Communication on ECP," organized by ICMR, Mumbai, India, 26 28 August.
Hossain, Sharif Mohammed Ismail, M.E. Khan, and Ubaidur Rob. 2001. "Emergency contraception. A reproductive health intervention," paper presented at the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health, Manila, Philippines, 15 19 February.
Hossain, Sharif Mohammed Ismail, Ubaidur Rob, and M.E. Khan. 2001. "Health sector reform in Bangladesh as committed In ICPD 1994," paper presented at the Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health, Manila, Philippines, 15 19 February. | 