Dr. Babar Tasneem Shaikh

HSS Team Lead
Chemonics International Inc.

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Health Systems from University of Liverpool, UK

My URL
https://livedna.org/92.13925

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Biography

A Public health professional with sound expertise in Health Systems dynamics especially policy, management, administration, strategic planning, financing, reforms and capacity building. Besides several book chapters, reports and policy briefs, his research work is extensively disseminated through more than 130 peer-reviewed publications in both national and international indexed journals.

Area of Interest:

Public Health
Health Management
Health Informatics
Patient Outcomes
Health Policy

Selected Publications

  1. Shaikh, B.T., A. Chaudhry, I. Yousaf and N. Ali, 2023. Engagement of lady health workers for COVID-19 home-based care in Pakistan: An example of task shifting. J. Coll. Physicians Surgeons Pak., 33: 227-231.
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  2. Shaikh, B.T. and N. Ali, 2023. Universal health coverage in Pakistan: Is the health system geared up to take on the challenge? Global. Health, Vol. 19. 10.1186/s12992-023-00904-1.
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  3. Shaikh, B.T., A.K. Laghari, S. Durrani, A. Chaudhry and N. Ali, 2022. Supporting tuberculosis program in active contact tracing: A case study from Pakistan. Infect. Dis. Poverty, Vol. 11. 10.1186/s40249-022-00965-1.
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  4. Qamar, M.K. and B.T. Shaikh, 2022. Out of pocket expenditure on thalassemia major and its implications on the household economics. J. Ayub Med. Coll. Abbottabad, 34: 91-94.
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  5. Shaikh, B.T., 2021. Strengthening health system building blocks: configuring post-COVID-19 scenario in Pakistan. Primary Health Care Res. Dev., Vol. 22. 10.1017/s1463423621000128.
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  6. Abdullah, M.A., B.T. Shaikh and H. Ghazanfar, 2021. Curing or causing? HIV/AIDS in health care system of Punjab, Pakistan. PLoS ONE, Vol. 16, 10.1371/journal.pone.0254476.
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  7. Shaikh, B.T. and N. Ali, 2020. COVID-19 and fiscal space for health system in Pakistan: It is time for a policy decision. Int. J. Health Plann. Manage., 35: 813-817.
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  8. Qamar, M.K., B.T. Shaikh and A. Afzal, 2020. What do the dental students know about infection control? a cross-sectional study in a teaching hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. BioMed Res. Int., Vol. 2020. 10.1155/2020/3413087.
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  9. Khan, A., B.T. Shaikh and M.A. Baig, 2020. Knowledge, awareness, and health-seeking behaviour regarding tuberculosis in a rural district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. BioMed Res. Int., Vol. 2020. 10.1155/2020/1850541.
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  10. Shaikh, B.T., A. Hafeez and N. Ali, 2019. Pakistan`s health and population think tank: a policy platform for achieving sustainable development goal 3 national targets. East. Mediterr. Health J., 25: 754-759.
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  11. Haq, Z., B.T. Shaikh, N. Tran, A. Hafeez and A. Ghaffar, 2019. System within systems: challenges and opportunities for the expanded programme on immunisation in Pakistan. Health Res. Policy Syst., Vol. 17. 10.1186/s12961-019-0452-z.
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  12. Basharat, S., B.T. Shaikh, H.U. Rashid and M. Rashid, 2019. Health seeking behaviour, delayed presentation and its impact among oral cancer patients in Pakistan: A retrospective qualitative study. BMC Health Serv. Res., Vol. 19. 10.1186/s12913-019-4521-3.
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  13. Shaikh, B.T., Z. ul Haq, N. Tran and A. Hafeez, 2018. Health system barriers and levers in implementation of the expanded program on immunization (EPI) in Pakistan: An evidence informed situation analysis. Public Health Rev., Vol. 39. 10.1186/s40985-018-0103-x.
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  14. Shaikh, B.T., S. Hamid and A. Hafeez, 2018. Capacity building on health diplomacy: a training experience from Pakistan. East. Mediterr. Health J., 24: 933-939.
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  15. Shaikh, B.T., Q. Noorani and S. Abbas, 2017. Community based saving groups: an innovative approach to overcome the financial and social barriers in health care seeking by the women in the rural remote communities of Pakistan. Arch. Public Health, Vol. 75. 10.1186/s13690-017-0227-3.
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  16. Basharat, S. and B.T. Shaikh, 2017. Polio immunization in Pakistan: ethical issues and challenges. Public Health Rev., Vol. 38. 10.1186/s40985-017-0049-4.
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  17. Shaikh, B.T., 2016. Development without human development. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 28: 217-218.
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  18. Qamar, F.N., U. Zaman, F. Quadri, A. Khan and B.T. Shaikh, 2016. Predictors of diarrheal mortality and patterns of caregiver health seeking behavior in Karachi, Pakistan. J. Global Health, 10.7189/jogh.6.020406.
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  19. Naveed, Z., B.T. Shaikh and M.A. Nawaz, 2016. Induced Abortions: Expositions, destinations and repercussions-A qualitative descriptive study in District Rawalpindi, Pakistan. J. Biosocial Sci., 48: 631-646.
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  20. Mazhar, M.A. and B.T. Shaikh, 2016. Constitutional reforms in Pakistan: Turning around the picture of health sector in Punjab province. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 28: 386-391.
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  21. Basharat, S. and B.T. Shaikh, 2016. Primary oral health care: A missing link of public health in Pakistan. East. Mediterr. Health J., 22: 703-706.
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  22. Sultana, N. and B.T. Shaikh, 2015. Low utilization of postnatal care: searching the window of opportunity to save mothers and newborns lives in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan. BMC Res. Notes, 10.1186/s13104-015-1646-2.
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  23. Shaikh, B.T., 2015. Private sector in health care delivery: A reality and a challenge in Pakistan. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 27: 496-498.
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  24. Rabbani, F., B.T. Shaikh and M.A. Mazhar, 2015. Role of development partners in Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (MNCH) programming in the post reform times: A descriptive qualitative study from Pakistan. BMJ Open, 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008665.
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  25. Noureen, N., R. Kumar and B.T. Shaikh, 2015. Knowledge about Hepatitis B vaccination among women of child bearing age in rural district of Punjab, Pakistan. East. Mediterr. Health J., 21: 22-26.

  26. Mehboob, G. and B.T. Shaikh, 2015. A systematic review of output-based aid for the reproductive health services in developing countries: making a case for Pakistan. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 27: 695-701.

  27. Abdullah, M.A. and B.T. Shaikh, 2015. Review of HIV response in Pakistan using a system thinking framework. Global Health Action, 10.3402/gha.v8.25820.
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  28. Zafar, S. and B.T. Shaikh, 2014. Only systems thinking can improve family planning program in Pakistan: A descriptive qualitative study. Int. J. Health Policy Manage., 3: 393-398.
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  29. Shaikh, B.T., S. Khan, A. Maab and S. Amjad, 2014. Emerging role of traditional birth attendants in mountainous terrain of Chitral District, Pakistan. BMJ Open, 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006238.
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  30. Shaikh, B.T., 2014. Sustaining the stride of health agenda beyond 2015 in post MDGs scenario: A projected roadmap for the developing countries. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 26: 640-643.
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  31. Sana, T., A. Zahidie, A. Ahsan, A. Kazi and B.T. Shaikh, 2014. A case study of outsourced primary healthcare services in Sindh, Pakistan: Is this a real reform? BMC Health Serv. Res., 10.1186/1472-6963-14-277.
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  32. Rizvi, N., K.S. Khan and B.T. Shaikh, 2014. Gender: Shaping women`s personality, lives and health in Pakistan. BMC Women Health, 14: 53-53.
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  33. Rehman, A., B.T. Shaikh and K.A. Ronis, 2014. Health care seeking patterns and out of pocket payments for children under five years of age living in urban slums, Islamabad. Int. J. Equity Health, 10.1186/1475-9276-13-30.
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  34. Abdullah, M.A., F. Mukhtar, I. Gillani, M.S. Wazir, Z. Gorar and B.T. Shaikh, 2014. The health workforce crisis in Pakistan: a critical review and the way forward. World Health Popul., 15: 4-12.

  35. Abdullah, M.A. and B.T. Shaikh, 2014. Confusion and denial: Need for systems thinking to understand the HIV epidemic in Pakistan. J. Ayub Med. College Abbottabad, 26: 396-400.

  36. Shaikh, B.T., S.K. Azmat and A. Mazhar, 2012. Family Planning and Contraception in Islamic Countries: An annotated bibliography. Lambert Academic, Saarbrucken, pp 1-56.
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  37. Kumar, R., B.T. Shaikh and J. Ahmed, 2012. Role of Health Management Information System in Disease Reporting: Health Informatics in Pakistan. Lambert Academic, Saarbrucken, pp 1-68.
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