Dr. Muhiuddin Haider Highlighted for Global Health Efforts

Associate Research Professor Dr. Muhiuddin Haider was recently highlighted for his efforts to improve global health around the world.

On a recent trip to Ecuador sponsored by the Fulbright Scholars Program, Dr. Haider conducted workshops for The Institute for Research in Health and Nutrition of the University of San Francisco de Quito. The workshops with local health professionals aimed at improving prevention and health promotion strategies through education and communication.

Dr. Haider’s work in Ecuador and elsewhere is described in this month’s Between the Columns, a magazine published by the University of Maryland. For one, Dr. Haider consulted on a program based in the African nation of Malawi that sought to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The program particularly sought to erase the stigma surrounding the disease “so that people would be more comfortable seeking treatment,” the article reads.

“It’s been working,” Dr. Haider is quoted as saying. “The idea is to treat the person with HIV as a patient and not judge their character."

Beyond Ecuador and Malawi, Dr. Haider has managed health programs in 21 countries, including avian flu work in Afghanistan and Bangladesh and reproductive health education in Pakistan. At the Maryland SPH, Dr. Haider teaches several courses on global health and is working to expand the global health efforts of the school.

Click here to read the entire article on Dr. Haider’s work. (Photo Courtesy of Between the Columns)