About the instructor:
Dr. Md. Mosiqure Rahaman, MBBS, MPH is a public health professional and Epidemiologist with 17 years of experience in public health programme design, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, including nearly 7 years specializing in malaria surveillance and elimination. He currently serves as an Epidemiologist with the National Malaria Elimination & Aedes Transmitted Disease Control Program, DGHS, Bangladesh. His expertise includes malaria elimination surveillance, GIS/data-informed programme decision-making, M&E systems, programme coordination, research, and stakeholder engagement.
Earlier, he worked in Monitoring & Evaluation and programme coordination roles with USAID-supported SHIKHA/FHI360, the Global Fund-supported HIV/AIDS programme of icddr,b, and the National Malaria Control Programme. His experience includes developing M&E frameworks and plans, conducting large-scale monitoring visits and surveys, establishing programme databases, coordinating stakeholders, supporting Global Fund grants, and developing research protocols.He also served as a Programme Coordinator Health at Plan International for a significant time at remote settings of Bangladesh. He drafted many training modules published by Directorate General of Health Services, an excellent trainer and mastering all high level meetings and workshops . He is a guest lecturer of Epidemiology at Universal Medical College and Nursing institute.
Event Summary
The presentation outlines Bangladesh’s progress toward malaria elimination and its strategy for overcoming the remaining “last-mile” challenges through case-based surveillance, GIS-supported micro-planning, targeted interventions, rapid diagnosis, public–private partnerships, and carefully monitored innovations such as targeted drug administration and malaria vaccination. Malaria cases declined from 18,195 in 2022 to 10,162 in 2025, although transmission remains concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, especially Bandarban and Rangamati. The presentation concludes that elimination will require investigating and responding to every case, tailoring services to local geographic and cultural conditions, maintaining vigilance against travel-related malaria and diagnostic limitations, and adapting Bangladesh’s transferable lessons—rather than its exact programme model—to the needs and capacities of other endemic settings.
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