Ismat Ara Hena
Senior Program Officer
Ismat Ara Hena has been a program officer with the Population Council in Bangladesh since 2007. She is primarily affiliated with the Council's Reproductive Health program. Hena's work has been in the field of population and reproductive and maternal health–related research and evaluation. Her key areas of expertise include providing technical assistance in designing, budgeting, monitoring, implementing, and evaluating health programs. She has expertise in designing operations research and logical framework-based programs and implementation plans.
For the past three years, Hena has coordinated research activities with national and international agencies for Council projects. She plays a key role in disseminating research findings to policy planners and program managers at national and district levels. Prior to joining the Council, she worked with Plan Bangladesh as a health coordinator. She also worked as project manager in Center for Development Services. Hena obtained her medical degree from the University of Dhaka. She completed her master's in health and international development at Flinders University of South Australia.
Ismat Ara Hena
Senior Program Officer
Introducing Medical Menstrual Regulation in Bangladesh (more)
Council researchers are conducting operations research to test the feasibility and acceptability of introducing medical menstrual regulation in government and NGO health facilities.
(1/2012 - 6/2013)
Topics: Maternal and newborn health; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: Bangladesh
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project (more)
Council researchers introduced DBRHCP to increase use of reproductive health services by emphasizing creating demand and improving the quality of reproductive health services through informed choice.
(10/2005 - 8/2009)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Health care financing; Quality of care; RTIs/STIs; Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Bangladesh
Demand-based Reproductive Health Commodity Project: Increasing the Rational Use of Modern Contraceptive Methods During the Reproductive Life Cycle (more)
Operations research in Bangladesh sought to increase the appropriate use of contraceptives based on the reproductive life cycle and decrease discontinuation of methods.
(2/2007 - 3/2009)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Health care financing
Countries: Bangladesh
Contact
E-mail: ihena@popcouncil.org
Address:
Ismat Ara Hena
Population Council
House #15B, Road #13
Gulshan, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
+880 2 882 1227
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