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Abdullah Baqui was born and grew up in Gopalganj district in Bangladesh. He graduated from Dhaka Medical College in 1976, and completed his Masters studies in Public Health (MPH) and Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA in 1985 and in 1990 respectively. Abdullah Baqui is a Public Health scientist who confirmed effectiveness of simple but effective strategies to reduce preventable newborn deaths. In last 3 decades, Dr. Baqui's research works confirmed: (a) the use of zinc supplementation during diarrhea to reduce the severity of child mortality.〔Community randomized trial of zinc supplementation started during diarrhoea reduces morbidity and mortality in Bangladeshi children. BMJ. 2002 Nov 9;325(7372):1059.〕 (b) the effectiveness of trained community health workers providing home based health care to reduce neonatal mortality by one-third.〔Lancet. 2008; 371 (9628): 1936–44.〕 and (c) use of Hib vaccination in Bangladesh to reduce the incidence of meningitis and X-ray documented pneumonia in children.〔Effectiveness of Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccine on prevention of pneumonia and meningitis in Bangladeshi children: a case-control study. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Jul;26(7):565-71.〕 Each of these studies has resulted in influencing policy decisions. For example, (WHO ) and (UNICEF ) have now recommended the use of zinc as an adjuvant therapy for diarrheal episode. (National Neonatal Health Strategy in Bangladesh ) has been developed in 2009. More recently a (WHO-UNICEF joint statement ) recommends home visits by trained community health worker as a strategy to improve neonatal survival. Abdullah Baqui became a Professor in the Department of International Health in Bloomberg School of Public Health in Johns Hopkins University in 2009. In May 2012, the (CORE Group ) honored Dr. Baqui with the (Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award ).〔Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award by CORE group is accessible at http://www.coregroup.org/component/content/article/113 .〕〔Media Report published by Gulf-Times:"Bangladeshi origin health scientist awarded in US" accessible at http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=519432&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 .〕 Prof. Baqui also received 'Recognition Award' from (Bangladesh Medical Association in North America )〔Media Report published by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) accessible at http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=264322$date=2012-07-13&dateCurrent=2012-07-17 .〕〔Media Report published by Financial Express accessible at http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?date=2012-07-14&news_id=136478 .〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abdullah Baqui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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