Abdur Razzaque obtained PhD in Demography from the Australian National University, Australia and his PhD work examined reproductive preferences and subsequent behavior in a rural area of Bangladesh. He also worked as a Research Fellow at the Australian National University (2006-7). Dr. Razzaque has long experience in managing the longest surviving Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Matlab, Bangladesh and currently has established a Health and Demographic Surveillance System in selected slums of Dhaka (North & South) and Gazipur City Corporations. Dr. Razzaque published over 50 papers in various journals related to population, reproductive health, and infant, child and adult mortality, heath equity, self-rated health and mortality and non-communicable disease risk factors.
Abdur Razzaque research interest is to study the determinants of fertility, mortality, and contraceptive use. I am particularly interested on infant, child, and adolescent health, non-communicable diseases and risk factors, population growth and aging, heath equity and self-rated health and mortality.
