Iqbal Hossain

Iqbal Hossain

Iqbal Hossain is a senior technical advisor with JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. He is a public health physician with over 30 years’ public health experience in immunization, reproductive health and family planning, injection safety and infection prevention and control, and nutrition in Africa, South and Central Asia. He has extensive experience in providing technical assistance to ministries of health in strengthening public health systems and building capacity of health care workers. Iqbal worked with John Snow Inc., World Health Organization, Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival, Save the Children UK, and Pathfinder Fund at global, regional and country-level capacity.

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Opinion: Rethinking immunization strategies to reach the urban poor

Opinion: Rethinking immunization strategies to reach the urban poor

over 8 years ago // Immunization

Traditional immunization schemes may not meet the needs of one of the world's fastest growing populations: The urban poor. Robert Steinglass, director of John Snow Inc.'s Immunization Center, and Craig Burgess, senior technical adviser, detail how and where rethinking is needed.