
Mushtaque Chowdhury
Mushtaque Chowdhury is the vice chairperson of BRAC, the world's largest NGO, based in Bangladesh, and founding dean of the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University.
Latest Articles
Opinion: Why has the decline of maternal deaths stalled in Bangladesh?
over 7 years ago // Maternal health
In 2010, economists determined that maternal deaths had plummeted by nearly 70 percent in Bangladesh. Now, they're exploring why that trend has reversed.
Opinion: A vote for the world's health, absent from the headlines
over 9 years ago // Focus on: Global Health
Candidates for the director-generalship of the World Health Organization will face an unprecedented crisis in global health inequalities. Precious Matsoso, director-general of the National Department of Health in South Africa, and Mushtaque Chowdhury, the vice chairperson of BRAC, write how prioritizing the signing of the Framework Convention on Global Health could help.