Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury
Ahmed Mushtaque Raza Chowdhury is an Adviser to Brac James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University and Convener to Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW).
From population control to policy by numbers
14 March 2026
At the heart of Mamdani’s analysis was Khanna, a district in India’s Punjab, where, in the 1960s, a long-term family planning study led by Harvard University was conducted. The objective was direct: if modern contraceptives were made available and incentives provided, would rural couples adopt them?
14 March 2026
Priorities for Bangladesh’s health sector
28 November 2024
Crucial steps are needed in the health sector for lasting change.
28 November 2024
We must be bold with health sector reforms
29 August 2024
While we have made significant achievements, complacency cannot be allowed
29 August 2024
World Health Day: Let South Asia build its own disease surveillance
6 April 2022
I joined The Rockefeller Foundation in January 2009 as the head of its health portfolio in Asia and was based in Bangkok, Thailand.
6 April 2022
The PM promised universal healthcare. Can she deliver?
1 February 2022
Like many countries, the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of Bangladesh’s healthcare system.
1 February 2022
In remembrance of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
19 December 2020
December is the month of victory. We fought for our flag, our land, and our independence. We celebrate it every year.
19 December 2020