Community of Biotechnology is soon to host a WEBINAR with Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr Ruhul Abid from Brown University, whose influence in contemporary healthcare of Bangladesh has been making headlines.
Bangladeshi-American professor, Dr Abid and his non-profit organization, Health and Education for All (HAEFA) have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is one of the 211 nominees for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize; the Nobel L…aureates are to be announced soon in October.
A Dhaka Medical College graduate, Dr Abid received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from Nagoya University in Japan followed by a fellowship from Harvard Medical School. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Brown University Alpert Medical School, USA and an executive faculty member of Brown Global Health Initiative.
HAEFA has been providing free healthcare to the underprivileged in Bangladesh. Currently, the non-profit is involved in providing competency training for COVID-19 management in the 2 Rohingya refugee camps. Earlier, at least 150,000 refugees have been served free healthcare with and through the use of Nirog, a digital innovation by HAEFA; a solar-powered, offline Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
In the past 3 years, more than 30,000 RMG workers have been benefitted by the free on-site treatment. The organization has also helped more than 9,000 female workers in the RMG sector with cervical cancer screening and treatment. In 2018, Dr Abid and HAEFA have been awarded with 'Stars in Global Health' by the Grand Challenges Canada for their revolutionary work in introduction of digital “see and treat” method used in the cervical cancer screening and treatment of these women.
In collaboration with Brown University and international healthcare organisation, Project HOPE, HAEFA initiated a four-day, world-class COVID-19 Competency Training Program for healthcare professionals in government and non-government hospitals of Bangladesh as well as the Upazila Health Complexes.
The collaboration has helped train more than 1,200 Bangladeshi healthcare workers. More 3,600 healthcare workers are expected to be trained by October of this year. His students at Brown University helped raised funds for PPE which included 10,000 KN95 masks, pulse oximeters and other essential medications such as, inhalers for the healthcare professionals in Bangladesh.
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