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Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.

Associate

Arshad Mahmood is the director of research, monitoring, and evaluation in the Population Council's office in Islamabad. His responsibilities include evaluation, operations research, knowledge management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity building of the district staff in the USAID-sponsored Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN). Mahmood has professional experience in designing specialized monitoring systems to track quality, measuring the effect of quality improvements in reproductive health services, and designing and evaluating social and economic development programs. He has designed and conducted several household baseline surveys such as that used for the PAIMAN project in ten districts of Pakistan during 2005–06. More recently, after the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, Mahmood conducted the Earthquake Vulnerability Assessment for populations living in planned and spontaneous tented camps in earthquake areas. This assessment is being used as the basis for the preparation of the Government of Pakistan’s rehabilitation plan for the vulnerable people.

Mahmood has designed comprehensive M&E systems for different organizations. In addition to creating the M&E plan for PAIMAN, he has designed M&E systems for Pakistan's National Commission for Human Development. Mahmood has more than 20 years of public and private working experience in different aspects of the population, health, and education sectors.  He also has served as an author and discussant in several conferences and publications on population and health issues in Pakistan and South Asia.

Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.

Associate

Family Advancement for Life and Health (FALAH) (more)
FALAH aims to increase the use of family planning and birth spacing in Pakistan by removing barriers to family planning services and improving knowledge.
(6/2007 - 5/2012)
Topics: Family planning services; Maternal and newborn health
Countries: Pakistan

Monitoring and Evaluating the Primary Healthcare Revitalization, Integration and Decentralization in Earthquake-affected Areas (PRIDE) Program (more)
In Pakistan, the Council is providing support to the overall monitoring and evaluation functions of the PRIDE program.
(1/2007 - 8/2010)
Topics: Newborn/infant health; Postpartum maternal care; Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Pakistan

Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) (more)
The Council is overseeing the management of the monitoring and evaluation component of the Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns (PAIMAN) a five-year project designed to assist the Government of Pakistan in implementing the full spectrum of interventions necessary to address mother and newborn health.
(11/2004 - 9/2009)
Topics: Monitoring and evaluation; Newborn/infant health; Postpartum maternal care; Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Pakistan

Analyzing the Links Between Population and Poverty (more)
Council researchers in Pakistan gathered evidence used to initiate discussion on population issues and ensure their funding.
(12/2006 - 12/2007)
Topics: Population policy and demographic analysis
Countries: Pakistan

Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.

Associate

Assessment of management information system [MIS] of national program for family planning and primary health care [LHW Program]  (PDF) 
Mahmood,Arshad; Naz,Syeda Saman
Publication date: 2012

Contraceptive use dynamics in Pakistan 2008-09  (PDF) 
Mahmood,Arshad; Naz,Syeda Saman
Publication date: 2012

Introduction of emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) through lady health workers (LHWs) program in Pakistan: Findings of an evaluation study  (PDF) 
Mahmood,Arshad; Bin Nisar,Yasir
Publication date: 2012

Improving maternal and neonatal health: Measuring the impact of the PAIMAN project in ten districts in Pakistan--Comparing baseline and end-line household survey findings (2005-2010)  (PDF) 
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2010

Earthquake vulnerability assessment Pakistan, 2005-06  (PDF) 
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2006

Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.

Associate

Improving maternal and neonatal health: Measuring the impact of the PAIMAN project in ten districts in Pakistan comparing baseline and endline household survey findings (2005-2010) (PDF) 
Presentation at PAIMAN End-of-Project National Dissemination Meeting, Islamabad, 11-November
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2010

Unpacking the unmet need for family planning in Pakistan (PDF) 
Presentation at Scaling Up of Best Practices in Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Multan, 9-10 December
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2010

Determinants of skilled birth attendants in PAIMAN districts  
Presentation at the Population Association of Pakistan's Ninth Annual Population Research Conference, Lahore, 2-4 December
Mahmood,Arshad; Wajid,Abdul
Publication date: 2009

Family planning service statistics and contraceptive use in Pakistan  
Presentation at the Fourth Annual Research Conference of the Population Association of Pakistan: Population Research and Policy Development in Pakistan, Islamabad, 9-11 December
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2003

Poverty and reproductive health in Pakistan  
Presentation at the Fourth Annual Research Conference of the Population Association of Pakistan: Population Research and Policy Development in Pakistan, Islamabad, 9-11 December
Mahmood,Arshad
Publication date: 2003

Arshad Mahmood, Ph.D.

Associate

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