Muhiuddin Haider, PhD, MA, MSMuhiuddin Haider is an Associate Professor of Global Health in the Department of Global Health. 
From Asia and the Middle East, to sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, Professor Haider has worked on the ground to strengthen the health systems of developing nations. While the senior-level managerial, financial and technical expertise he brings to his tasks are essential, so, too, is his unique ability to communicate. Following a recent series of discussions he led in Tajikistan about the risk of HIV/AIDS, U.S. State Department officials praised Dr. Haider's "easygoing, approachable style and clear manner of presenting information" and his ability to maintain "good rapport with audiences from every sector." Among his areas of special expertise are health communications, infrastructure development, training, capacity building and health care reform, with an emphasis on reproductive health, family planning, AIDS prevention, maternal and neonatal health, child survival and water management. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Professor Haider is senior associate of the School's Center for Global Health. He also serves as adjunct faculty at Johns Hopkins University's School for Advanced International Studies, where he teaches courses on HIV/AIDS prevention and communication, and as a visiting professor in health communication at the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University in Bangladesh. Dr. Haider, a native of Bangladesh, was country representative for Nepal for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Program, leading USAID-funded public health activities in behavior change and has also served as training director for the Pakistan Private Sector Population Program. EducationMaster of Arts (Sociology), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1969 TeachingPubH 324-Introduction to Global Health Communication Skills, Department of Global Health ResearchWith funding from GWU's Center for Study of Globalization, Dr. Haider has been principal investigator of research projects focused on public-private partnerships in HIV/AIDS program implementation, and on public health preparedness and the anthrax vaccine, among others. He has also served as principal investigator for a Robert Wood Johnson-funded initiative on the diffusion of innovations in public health. Current work includes: developing a website on vaccines and immunization; a social mobilization/communications program in Kenya under WHO's Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis; an NIH-funded project to prevent cancer in the Latino community through the use of social marketing messages; and a cancer prevention project funded by the Washington, DC Department of Health through the Latino Health Care Collaborative. Community ServiceProfessor Haider is a member of the World Health Organization's Global Technical Network Committee, which helps to develop global strategies for social mobilization to control the spread of communicable diseases. He also works with the USAID-funded Academy of Educational Development to strengthen primary health care in Afghanistan and has been an evaluator for the United Nations Population Fund-sponsored Population Sciences Program at the Dhaka University in Bangladesh. DepartmentsInstitutes & CentersCommunity ActivitiesPublications |
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