About Me
Md. Farid Ahamed, MPH, is a dedicated Public Health professional with over a decade of experience in dynamic and resource-limited healthcare environments. He excels in delivering innovative solutions, building strong partnerships with stakeholders, and implementing sustainable health initiatives. His extensive expertise spans project development and management, emergency preparedness and response, monitoring and evaluation, partnership building, and analytical writing. In addition to his technical skills, he is an experienced manager with a strong background in procurement, operations, project supervision, and team management. He was a fellow at the James P. Grant School of Public Health, funded by USAID.
Farid played a key role in supporting the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMN) in Cox's Bazar while working with Community Partners International (CPI) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). At CPI, he led and managed the overall Health System Strengthening (HSS) project implemented at Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital in partnership with the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). At IRC, he held the positions of Dispatch and Referral Unit (DRU) Manager and Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Manager. His work focused on critical areas such as COVID-19 prevention, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Psychological First Aid (PFA), Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Safeguarding, and responding to natural disasters.
He has also contributed to the Bangladesh Institute of Labor Studies (BILS) and conducted research work. Additionally, he has received specialized training from the USA, UK, Netherlands, and Nepal.