Mubina Cassum Agboatwalla

Background

Agboatwalla, Mubina Cassum was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Daughter of Cassum Alimohammed and Rabiabanoo (Cassum) Agboatwalla.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 1976. Department of Community Health, University Karachi, 1988. MCPS, College of Physicians/Surgeons, 1988.

Career

Pediatrician Civil Hospital, Karachi, since 1990, researcher, since 1990. Consultant, private pediatrician Karachi Medicare, since 1990. Consultant Social Development and Health Consultant (SDHC), Measles Surveillence Project, United Nations, Karachi, 1993-1998, coordinator community based program, since 1990.

Head Polio Rehabilitation Center, Karachi, since 1990. Research collaborator Nagoya University, Japan, since 1990. Research collaborator polio group National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, KTL, since 1990, Rivm Bilthoven, Netherlands, since 1990, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1990.

Research collaborator University British Columbia, Canada, since 1990. Research collaborator AFP group John Hopkins, since 1994. Lecturer Aga Khan University Hospital, since 1996.

Correspondent Committee DevJ International. Member advisory board Indiana J Paed.

Membership

Secretary General Health Education and Liberty Project (HELP), Karachi, since 1992. President Health Oriented Preventive Education (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere). Member New York Academy of Sciences.

Interests

• Photography, reading, quotation collection, music.

Connections

Father:

Cassum Alimohammed Agboatwalla

Mother:

Rabiabanoo (Cassum) Agboatwalla