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Saifuddin Ahmed

Saifuddin Ahmed

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Saifuddin Ahmed, MBBS, PhD, is a Professor at the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, with a joint appointment in the Department of Biostatistics. His research interests include improving estimates of maternal mortality and morbidity in resource-poor settings, family planning modeling, and survey design and intervention evaluation. He served as a technical advisor to the World Health Organization for maternal mortality estimation at global and national levels from 2007 to 2017. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, such as The Lancet, The Lancet Global Health, BMJ Global Health, and American Journal of Public Health, collectively garnering more than 16,000 citations.

Contact: Saifuddin Ahmed

+1 301-537-6774

mailto:sahmed@jhu.edu
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/5/saifuddin-ahmed

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Effect of maternity care improvement, fertility decline, and contraceptive use on global maternal mortality reduction between 2000 and 2023: results from a decomposition analysis

May 28, 2026

Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso

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Progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in the use of modern contraceptives in 48 focus countries as part of the FP2030 initiative between 1990 and 2020: a population-based analysis

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