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OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM
Meet the dedicated people behind Maa
Founder & Chairman
Dr. Aqil Jaigirdar is the founder and chairman of Maa. He founded Maa in 2016 after witnessing first hand the disparity in healthcare between the UK and developing countries and provides the strategic vision for Maa..
Dr. Jaigirdar graduated from King’s College London with a degree in Medicine (MBBS), as well as an Immunobiology & Infectious Diseases BSc. He is currently a practicing doctor in the Midlands.
Trustee
Dr. Usman Haroon is member of the Board of Directors and consults on the strategic direction of Maa. He is also the founder of his own design and photography agency.
Dr. Haroon graduated from King’s College London with a degree in Medicine (MBBS), as well as an Immunobiology & Infectious Diseases BSc. He is currently a practicing doctor in North London
Academic Advisors
University College London
Professor Edward Fottrell is Director of the University College London’s (UCL) Centre for Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Senior Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Global Health with special interests in Epidemiology and Maternal, Neonatal & Child Health. Also a Lancet first author of many papers, he is esteemed in his fields. Dr Fottrell’s work focuses largely on Sub- Saharan Africa and rural areas of Bangladesh.
Academic Advisors
Ibrahim medical College, Bangladesh
Professor Kishwar Azad is Professor of Paediatrics at Ibrahim Medical College, Bangladesh and senior paediatrician at BIRDEM Hospital, Bangladesh. Professor Azad is involved in creating low cost innovative solutions to improve neonatal and maternal health with Professor Antony Costello, Director of Institute of Global Health, UCL.
Academic Advisors
LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
Professor Quazi Monirul Islam was a Director of the World Health Organisation. He is currently a Senior Specialist at the Centre for Maternal and Newborn Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Prof. Islam has also gone on to provide healthcare policy and strategic support to over 90 countries across six continents.
Academic Advisors
ZH Shikder Women’s Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka
Professor Shaikh Zinnat Ara Nasreen is the Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the ZH Shikder Women’s Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka. She was also elected as the Chairperson for the Bangladesh Division of the Royal College Obstetrics.
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Head of Academics
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