Fourteen published articles by Md Shafaat Ali Choyon (MPH, CHES®) across public health, health policy, health communication, health literacy, and digital health and the economy — in The Daily Star, The Eastern Echo, Dhaka Tribune, The Financial Express, ICE Business Times and The Daily Observer. Each links to the original piece.
A slow, grinding depletion of the people who protect the public's health — epidemiologists, public health nurses, environmental health specialists, behavioral health counselors and community health workers — and what the next crisis will cost when those roles sit empty.
Read on The Eastern Echo →The case for treating public health investment as a national priority in Bangladesh — arguing that under-funding prevention is a false economy that costs far more downstream.
Read on The Daily Star →Michigan's health system is operating close to its limits, and federal coverage, Medicaid and marketplace shifts act like stress tests on hospitals, clinics and public health systems — opening a narrow window where today's policy choices decide tomorrow's capacity.
Read on The Eastern Echo →Medical debt reframed as a public health problem: roughly 41% of U.S. adults carry medical or dental debt — about 100 million people — and around 35% delay or skip needed care because of cost, feeding a cycle of worse health and deeper debt.
Read on The Eastern Echo →Why prevention is the cheapest health spending there is — and how neglecting it quietly shifts far larger costs onto individuals, systems and the economy.
Read on The Eastern Echo →Public health investment framed as an economic requirement, not just a moral one. Citing Bangladesh's record 2023 dengue outbreak (321,179 cases, 1,705 deaths) and one of the world's lowest government health spends (~2.36% of GDP), it argues that harm-mitigation and data-informed policy can secure short-term stability and long-term growth.
Read on The Daily Star →In communities juggling tuition, rent and multiple jobs, confusing health guidance has real consequences. The piece argues for treating health communication as essential infrastructure — funded, empowered communication teams and scaled networks of trusted messengers.
Read on The Eastern Echo →Hospitals that build health education into their communication earn deeper community trust, attract patients earlier in their care journey, and differentiate in a competitive market — a model that works precisely because it aligns public health goals with institutional self-interest.
Read on The Daily Star →The public health cost of health misinformation in Bangladesh — and a practical, four-point framework for countering it across institutions, media and communities.
Read on Dhaka Tribune →How electronic health records, telemedicine and mobile health can widen access to care — especially in underserved areas — with public-private partnerships and data interoperability as the key drivers of a lasting transformation.
Read on ICE Business Times →How a national digital health strategy — led by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with WHO Bangladesh — can improve the accessibility, quality and affordability of care while contributing to the wider economy.
Read on The Financial Express →The economic upside of digital health — particularly telemedicine — for a system straining under access gaps, and why the returns extend well beyond the clinic.
Read on The Financial Express →Technology alone won't save a business in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world without adapted leadership — leaders have to act on short- and mid-term moves as disruptions arrive faster than ever.
Read on The Financial Express →Why both large and small businesses must adapt to digitalization to stay resilient — using AI, data analytics and virtual platforms to improve customer experience, sharpen operations and drive innovation.
Read on The Daily Observer →