Meerjady Sabrina Flora
Meerjady Sabrina Flora is a Bangladeshi physician, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health specialist. She is the additional director general of Directorate General of Health Services (planning and development).[1] Before, she headed the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR),[2] the apex center for conducting disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, disease control, epidemic prevention and research in Bangladesh.
Meerjady Sabrina Flora | |
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মীরজাদী সেব্রিনা ফ্লোরা | |
Additional DG(P&D) of Directorate General of Health Services | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Sanya Tahmina Jhora |
Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research | |
In office 2016–2020 | |
Preceded by | Prof. Mahmudur Rahman |
Succeeded by | Prof. Tahmina Shirin |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Dhaka Medical College University of Cambridge |
She is a fellow of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research. She is also the vice president of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes.[3]
Education and Career
Flora enrolled in Dhaka Medical College in 1983.[4] After obtaining her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree, she worked in several multinational institutions.[4] She received her master's degree in epidemiology from the National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM) and she received her PhD degree from the University of Cambridge.[4]
Later, she worked at the Bangladesh Medical Research Council for three years as the Assistant Director. She joined NIPSOM afterwards as the Assistant Professor of the Department of Epidemiology and was promoted to a Professor gradually.[4] She was appointed as the Director of the IEDCR in 2016 and add'l director general of DGHS in 2020.[5]
Activities
As the Director of IEDCR she has implemented lots of surveillance activities, research, oversaw emergencies while ensuring sreening measures for ZIKA, MERS-CoV etc. at Dhaka Airport. Her team also dealt with the Chikungunya outbreak in 2017 and is currently overviewing the Death review committee for the recent Dengue outbreak.[4] During COVID-19 pandemic, until her promotion, Meerjady was the focal person of COVID-19 situation in Bangladesh as the head of IEDCR.[6]
References
- "Prof Sabrina Flora made new additional director general of DGHS". The Business Standard. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- "IEDCR chief Meerjady Sabrina made DGHS additional director general". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- "Executive Board, IANPHI". ianphi.org. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Women in Science". Ice Today. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- "Sabrina Flora made additional DG of DGHS". banglanews24.com. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- "IEDCR director Meerjady promoted to health directorate ADG". New Age | The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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