Naila Zaman Khan

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Naila Zaman Khan
NationalityBangladeshi
Education MBBS, FCPS (Pediatrics) PhD in Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics (London)
Alma mater Dhaka Medical College and Hospital
Occupation(s)Professor of Child Neurology and Development

Naila Zaman Khan is a Bangladeshi neurologist. [1] [2] She was the founder head of the Department of Pediatric Neuroscience, Dhaka Shishu(Children's) Hospital, Bangladesh Institute of Child Health in 1992, till 2018. [3] [4] She is the founder chairperson of the Shishu Bikash Network, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation, Secretary General of the Bangladesh Society for Child Neurology, Development and Disability, and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Society of Pediatric Neuro Electro- Physiologists (BSPNEP). From 2008 to 2018 she was the National Co-ordinator, Ministry of Health, for the establishment of multidisciplinary Child Development Centers in government tertiary and secondary hospitals. [5] [6]

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Early life and education

Khan passed Secondary School Certificate (SSC) from Dhaka board at 1968. In 1970, She completed Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC). In 1977, She completed her M.B.B.S degree from Dhaka Medical College. She was awarded Fellowship (FCPS) from Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1984. She completed her PhD at Neurosciences Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London In 1991. [7]

Career

Khan has been involved with various national issues which is an outcome of her clinical work and research, through health activism, community engagement and socio-political forums. She brought the issue of lead poisoning through leaded petrol into the limelight with her findings. [8] [9] [10] This resulted in the banning of leaded petrol by the government within a few weeks. [11] From 1994 till date she has been actively involved with the Sammilita Nari Samaj to protest against state violence against women and children, and to formulate laws to protect them. [12] [13] [14] [15] She spoke out against injustice. She called for the formation of an EC by law in 2021 And he demanded that former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia take the necessary steps to go abroad for speedy treatment in 2021. [16]

Khan has been the Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Society for Child Neurology, Development and Disability from 2006. [17] [18] She is the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation since 2008. [19]

Chapters

Award

References

  1. ↑ "Professor (Dr.) Naila Zaman Khan". bangladeshyp.com. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "ICNApedia - Naila Zaman Khan". ICNApedia.
  3. ↑ "Technical workshops-Ministry of Health and Family Welfare" (PDF). mowca.portal.gov.bd. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  4. ↑ গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রীক বাংলাদেশ সরকার সমাজকল্যাণ মন্ত্রণালয় নিউরো-ডেভেলপমেন্টাল প্রতিবন্ধী সুরক্ষা ট্রাস্ট (PDF). nddtrust.portal.gov.bd/. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "List of Members, BCNEPS". bcneps.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Advisory Group". bangladeshhealthwatch.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Professor Naila Zaman Khan". bpfbd.org. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Deadly lead in Dhaka air disabling children". The Daily Star. 14 January 1999.
  9. ↑ "Lead Poisoning and Suggested Actions". The Daily Star. 15 January 1999.
  10. ↑ Khan, Naila Z; Khan, Amir H (February 1999). "Lead poisoning and psychomotor delay in Bangladeshi children" . The Lancet. 353 (9154): 754. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)76123-7. PMID   10073543. S2CID   39430851.
  11. ↑ "Govt decides to get rid of leaded fuel". The Daily Star. 24 January 1999.
  12. ↑ আইন করে ইসি গঠনের আহ্বান ৫৩ বিশিষ্ট নাগরিকের. The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  13. ↑ প্রেসিডেন্টের কাছে বিশিষ্ট নাগরিকদের আশা. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Communal Attacks: Law enforcers cannot avoid responsibilities". The Daily Star. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Arrest warrant against Prothom Alo editor condemned". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  16. ↑ খালেদা জিয়াকে দ্রুত বিদেশে পাঠানোর দাবি ২২ বিশিষ্ট নাগরিকের. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "Call to highlight abilities of children with disabilities". The Daily Star. 4 December 2008.
  18. ↑ "Vow to provide neurological services to all children". The Daily Star. 11 April 2011.
  19. ↑ "BPF to release training manual on child development, disability services today". New Age.
  20. ↑ "Mental Health and Trauma in the Rohingya Camps. In Bangladesh Health Watch: Health Sector's Response to The Rohingya Crisis, 2019". researchgate.net.
  21. ↑ অটিজমের বিরুদ্ধে লড়াইয়ে জয়ী তারা. -। সফল বাংলাদেশ ।- (in Bengali). 2 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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