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.
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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 →