Sirajganj-6: Dr Muhit promises change
Dr. M A Muhit, the leading nomination seeker of BNP in Sirajganj-6 (Shahjadpur) in the upcoming parliament elections, promises to change the culture of blame game in election campaigns in the country.
Speaking at a spontaneous public gathering, Dr. Muhit promised to run a positive campaign and focus on providing vision and leadership in the constituency.
Dr. M. A. Muhit, a career academician and international public health researcher has worked as a full-time faculty at the University of London for almost a decade.
After returning to Bangladesh back in 2009, Dr. Muhit has dedicated his life towards establishing the freedom of speech and rights of the people of Shahjadpur, Sirajganj-6.
While conducting a nationwide research on visual impairment among the children in rural Bangladesh back in 2000, Dr. Muhit travelled all 64 districts in the country and realized that major policy intervention is needed to establish the rights of people with disabilities in the country.
He established CSF Global and since then, Dr. M. A. Muhit through CSF Global has conducted cataract operations free of cost for more than 10,000 people throughout the country. The majority of the operations were done in Sirajganj, especially in Shahjadpur area.
Dr. Muhit has also distributed hundreds of wheelchairs among the children with disabilities in Shahjadpur, Sirajganj area in the last five years.
He has a PhD in International Public Health from the University of London. He has taught post graduate students, doctors, health professionals as well as policy makers belonging to more than 15 countries. He has published more than thirty original research articles in international peer reviewed journals.