National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research InstituteDept. of Epidemiology and Research
Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan

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Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan

Additional Program Director BHCI

MBBS, MPH, PGDDP

About

Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan is a public health professional with specific interest on non-communicable diseases (NCD). He graduated MBBS and later completed Master of Public Health from The University of Melbourne, Australia. During his career path, he worked for World Health Organization as National Consultant; Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, USA as Grants Manager. Currently working for National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh as Additional Program Director, Bangladesh Hypertension Control Initiative in Department of Epidemiology and Research. He also looks after the Road Safety and Injury Prevention program as Project Director. JICA SHASTO2 Project as Country Lead and Quality Improvement Consultant.

Research interests

  • Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD)
  • Road Safety and Injury Prevention

Papers on record

37 papers in the department's publication record list Dr Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan as an author.

All papers by Bhuiyan
  1. BMJ Public Health, 2026

    Assessment of 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in Bangladesh: a comparative analysis of laboratory and non-laboratory-based WHO risk prediction models

    Md Mostafa Monower, Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Mahfuz Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohd Abdullah Al Mamun, Sohel Reza Choudhury

  2. Circulation, 2026

    Abstract 42: Opportunistic Screening versus Population-Wide for Hypertension: A Microsimulation Study

    Bunmi Ogungbe, Xiao Hu, Tasfia Hussain, Binh Nguyen, Ahmad Khairul Abrar and 9 others

  3. Global Heart, 2026

    Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Changes, Sociodemographic Variation, and Socioeconomic Inequality from the 2017–18 to 2022 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys

    Md Mostafa Monower, Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Shamim Jubayer, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun and 1 others

  4. European Heart Journal, 2025

    Community control rate of hypertension in Bangladesh: a comparative analysis between the 2017-18 and 2022 demographic and health survey

    Md Mostafa Monower, S U Abid, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Shamim Jubayer, Mahfuz Rahman Bhuiyan and 2 others

  5. Circulation, 2025

    Abstract P2037: Impact of Extended Opportunistic Hypertension Screening on Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes: A Simulation Study

    Bunmi Ogungbe, Xiao Hu, Tasfia Hussain, Binh Huy Nguyen, Ahmad Khairul Abrar and 9 others

  6. European Heart Journal, 2025

    Task-shifting to community clinics: a scalable model for decentralising hypertension care in bangladesh

    Shamim Jubayer, Md Ahsan-Uz-Zaman, Jubaida Akhtar, Sazzad Hossain, Deb Dulal Dey Parag and 5 others

  7. Global Heart, 2025

    Burden and Predictors of Statin Use for Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Bangladesh: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey

    Shehab Uddin Al Abid, Md Mostafa Monower, Ahmad Khairul Abrar, Jannat A Riva, Mahfuzur Rahman Bhuiyan and 2 others

  8. Hypertension, 2025

    Evidence-Based, Streamlined Approach to Measure Blood Pressure in Primary Care Settings

    Kathryn Foti, Andrew E. Moran, Kunihiro Matsushita, Lawrence J. Appel, Stephen P. Juraschek and 8 others