Herfina Yohanna Nababan herfina.nababan@gmail.com Date of Birth: 27 December 1982 Nationality: Indonesian Gender: Female Mobile Phone: +880-1771779850 Address: Apartment 4, House 41, Road 17A, Block E, Banani, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh EDUCATION The University of Tokyo, Japan (2010 – 2012) Master of Health Science, Department of Global Health Policy, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine Relevant coursework: epidemiology, biostatistics, quantitative and qualitative research methods, health systems, health economics, health policy, other related social sciences Research projects: Systematic review protocol development on "Incentive for increasing prenatal care use" Systematic review on “Structural and community level intervention for increasing condom use to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections” Master’s degree thesis: “Factors associated with condom non-use among adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and the Caribbean” Universitas Pelita Harapan, Indonesia and Cilandak Marine Hospital (2001-2007) Clinical internship, Cilandak Marine Hospital (2005-2007) Bachelor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (2001-2005) Relevant coursework: biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, clinical skills, community health, bioethics, basic counselling and psychosocial support PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); Dhaka, Bangladesh; Project Coordinator (May 2015 – present) Coordinate the implementation of the study to test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a participatory stakeholder monitoring and feedback approach in improving the quality of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) care in urban for-profit private sector health facilities Developed and pretested data collection tools (facility survey, record review, and in-depth interview guideline) and oversee data collection for the private sector quality improvement study Analyze data, conduct literature review, and write manuscript on the association between social capital and health seeking behavior in urban low income settings in Bangladesh Analyze data, conduct literature review, and write manuscript on the effect of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on adherence to essential childbirth practice among health workers in district level public hospital in Bangladesh Centre for Equity and Health System, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); Dhaka, Bangladesh; Consultant (June 2014 – May 2015) Coordinated the implementation of the study to assess the effect of WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist on adherence to essential childbirth practice among health workers in district level public hospital in Bangladesh Developed and pretested qualitative data collection tool, oversee and conducted data collection, analyzed data, and wrote case studies on: A unique contracting out of urban primary health care services from central government to local government in Bangladesh Bringing in water supply in urban poor settlements in Dhaka Wrote manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals Developed the protocol of the study to test the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a participatory stakeholder monitoring and feedback approach in improving the quality of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) care in urban for-profit private sector facilities Mentored the Summative Learning Project activities of MPH students from James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Centre for Urban Equity and Health, James P. Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH), BRAC University and Centre of Excellence for Universal Health Coverage, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); Dhaka, Bangladesh; International fellow (June 2012 – June 2014) Coordinated Bangladesh Health System in Transition project, a health sector review of Bangladesh Analyzed data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 1991-2011 using multivariate regression and concentration index, conducted literature review, and wrote paper on trends and inequities in the use of maternal and neonatal health care services in Bangladesh Analyzed data using multivariate regression and mediation analysis, conducted literature review, and wrote paper on women’s social networks and its association with improvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes in urban poor setting in Dhaka, Bangladesh Wrote reports on: Understanding success factors for the progress in women’s and children’s health (MDG 4 and 5) in Bangladesh Health sector review of Bangladesh Health professional education assessment in Bangladesh Women’s social network and its association with the improvement in maternal and newborn health outcomes in urban settings in Bangladesh Conducted Cochrane systematic review on community mobilization for safe motherhood Wrote a successful proposal, developed protocol, and developed data collection tool (quantitative and qualitative) for piloting the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in Bangladesh As teaching fellow, assisted in the development of syllabus and organized the Health Systems Management course for the MPH program at James P. Grant School of Public Health Developed and organized short course on urban health for health professionals Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Pelita Harapan; Tangerang, Indonesia; Teaching assistant (2008 – 2010) Teaching assistant in tropical and infectious diseases department Directed tutorial (Problem Based Learning) process for different blocks (First Aid, Fundamental Medical Sciences, Genitourinary, Gastrointestinal, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Hemato-oncology Neurology, Obstetrics-gynaecology, Musculoskeletal, Community Medicine) Developed curriculum for and coordinated several blocks (First Aid, Community Medicine) Organized national workshop on Objective Stuctured Clinical Examination (OSCE) development Global Health Policy Department, the University of Tokyo; Tokyo, Japan; Part-time research assistant (October 2010 – January 2011) Verified and prepared data for analysis on blindness and visual impairment, using data from MEPS and NHIS World Vision Indonesia (WVI); Jakarta, Indonesia; Part-time external enumerator (November 2007) Household survey for the evaluation of one of WVI programs in Jakarta area, Indonesia CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Klinik Bahtera Kasih; Tangerang,Indonesia; Part-time General Practitioner (2008 – 2010) Provided primary health care services Health in Harmony Foundation; Ketapang, West Borneo, Indonesia; Volunteer General Practitioner (August 2009) Provided primary health care services PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cochrane Health Economics Workshop, Cochrane Collaboration (27-28 September 2014) Introduction to Health Economics Introductory Course on Health Care Financing, James P. Grant School of Public Health (23-25 March 2014) Basic of Health Economics, World Bank Institute (September 04 – October 09, 2013) Health for All through Primary Health Care, Coursera – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (June – July 2013) Qualitative data analysis using Atlas.ti, JPGSPH, BRAC University (November 2012) Internship, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) (October – November 2011) Project: Field research and data analysis of women’s social network in Dhaka’s urban slums, assessing “Manoshi” – a maternal and child health program in urban slums Global Health Leadership Program, the University of Tokyo, Japan (May – June 2011) Systematic review’ protocol development training, Cochrane Thailand Network, Khon Kaen University, Thailand (March 2011) Project: Protocol development for systematic review on “Structural and community level intervention for increasing condom use to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections” Economic modelling using TreeAge software, the University of Tokyo, Japan (December 2010) AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS Developing Country Stipend Award 2014 (2 July 2014) Selected as the recipient for Developing Country Stipend Award from Cochrane Collaboration to attend 22nd Cochrane Colloquium Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Teaching Fellow Award 2014 (23 January 2014) Received award as the best teaching fellow for the MPH program at the James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC Institute of Global Health, BRAC University Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) Innovation Fund ($40,000), icddr,b (June 2013 - present) Received a grant to conduct innovative research related to quality of maternal and neonatal care in Bangladesh, with proposed project to pilot WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist in Bangladesh Organized Overseas Program for Young Researchers, School of International Health, the University of Tokyo Received a grant to conduct field research in Bangladesh (October 2011) Received a grant to join systematic review training in Thailand (March 2011) Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) Scholar (April 2010-March 2012) Selected as an ADB-JSP scholar to study global health at Global Health Policy Department, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo Exchange program, Fujita Health University (2005) Received scholarship to join clinical rotations at Fujita Health University Hospital in Nagoya, Japan Yayasan Pendidikan Pelita Harapan Scholarship (2001-2005) Selected as Yayasan Pendidikan Pelita Harapan scholar to study medicine at Universitas Pelita Harapan on the basis of academic achievement, community service, and leadership potential. SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science and Foundation for Global Children; Iitate, Fukushima, Japan; Volunteer (August 2011) The University of Tokyo Indonesian Student Association; Tokyo, Japan; Internal Division (April 2011 – March 2012) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Indonesia; Supporter (April 2011 – March 2012) World Vision Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Foster parent (January 2009 – December 2009) Teluk Naga Community Development Project; Tangerang, Indonesia; Volunteer general practitioner (November 2008 – December 2009) Yayasan Obor Berkat Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Volunteer general practitioner (January 2006 – December 2009) Yayasan Suluh Kasih Indonesia; Jakarta, Indonesia; Volunteer (December 2005 – December 2007) New Height Clinic (Summer Medical Institute Papua 2004); Papua, Indonesia; Participant (July 2004 – August 2004) Asian Medical Student Association Universitas Pelita Harapan; Jakarta, Indonesia; Member and Representative (July 2004 – July 2007) PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed publication Adams A.M., Nababan H.Y., & Hanifi, S.M.M.A. (2015). Building social networks for maternal and newborn health in poor urban settlements: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE. Published online 24 April 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123817. Anwar I., Nababan H.Y., Mostari S., & Khan J. (2015) Trends and inequities in use of maternal health care services in Bangladesh, 1991-2011. PLoS ONE. Published online 23 March 2015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120309. Moreno R., Nababan H.Y., Ota E., Wariki, W.M.V., Ezoe S., Gilmour S., Shibuya K. (2014). Structural and community-level interventions for increasing condom use to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Published online 29 July 2014. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003363.pub3. Nababan H, Ota E, Wariki W, Koyanagi A, Ezoe S, Shibuya K, et al. (2011). Structural and community-level interventions for increasing condom use to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Published Online 9 November 2011. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003363.pub2. Gazi R., Hossain S.S., Nababan H.Y., Abedin, J., Zaman K., Koehlmoos T.P. Community mobilization for Safe Motherhood: a Cochrane systematic review. In review. Manuscripts in preparation Nababan H.Y., Islam R., & Mostari S. Adaptation and implementation of WHO Safe Child Birth Checklist in Bangladesh: A study to improve quality of care for maternal and newborn health Nababan H.Y & Adams A. Social capital and health seeking in urban areas in transition. Book Ahmed S.M., Alam B.B., Anwar I., Begum T., Osman F.A., Khan J., Nababan H.Y. 2015. Bangladesh Health System Review. World Health Organization. Reports Mostari S., Nababan H.Y., Islam R., Tariqujjaman. 2015. Making WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist work in Bangladesh ‐ a study to identify ways for uptake and sustained use. Maternal Health Task Force. Nababan H.Y., Mazumder T., Akteruzzaman, Alam S., Khan S., Akter S., Saha T. 2015. Dushtha Shasthya Kendra Case Study. Governance for urban health equity: mobilizing demand for Primary Health Care among the Urban Poor in Bangladesh. James P. Grant School of Public Health; Dhaka, Bangladesh. PMNCH, WHO, World Bank and AHPSR. 2014. Success Factors for Women’s and Children’s Health: Policy and programme highlights from 10 fast-track countries. Geneva: WHO. (As Bangladesh country contributor) Nababan H.Y., Mazumder T., Akteruzzaman, Alam S., Khan S. 2014. Chittagong City Corporation Case Study. Governance for urban health equity: mobilizing demand for Primary Health Care among the Urban Poor in Bangladesh. James P. Grant School of Public Health; Dhaka, Bangladesh Mahmud K., Paul D., Selim N., Nuruzzaman Md., Nababan H.Y., Ahmed S.M. 2014. Medical Education. Working paper series on Health Professional Education in Bangladesh. James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH), BRAC University and RTMInternational; Dhaka, Bangladesh Mahmud K., Paul D., Selim N., Nuruzzaman Md., Nababan H.Y., Ahmed S.M. 2014. Nursing Education. Working paper series on Health Professional Education in Bangladesh. James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH), BRAC University and RTMInternational; Dhaka, Bangladesh Mahmud K., Paul D., Selim N., Nuruzzaman Md., Nababan H.Y., Ahmed S.M. Public. 2014 Health Education. Working paper series on Health Professional Education in Bangladesh. James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH), BRAC University and RTM-International; Dhaka, Bangladesh Adams A. and Nababan H.Y. 2012. Building social networks for maternal, newborn and child health in urban slums: the case of Manoshi in Bangladesh. icddr,b and BRAC; Dhaka, Bangladesh SKILLS Languages English (advanced proficiency) French (intermediate proficiency) Bahasa Indonesia (native proficiency) Javanese (native proficiency) Bangla (beginner proficiency) Other skills Statistical software: STATA, SPSS Qualitative data analysis and research software: Atlas.ti Referencing software: Endnote Cochrane review preparation software: RevMan Word processor: Microsoft Word Spreadsheet application: Excel Presentation program: Power Point