Dr. Muhammad Faruk Bashir

Site Director, CHAMPS Nigeria (Bauchi State)

Dr. Muhammad Faruk Bashir is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, Nigeria and a Chief Consultant in Pediatric Endocrinology at the affiliated teaching hospital, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi. With over a decade of teaching, practicing and research in Pediatrics, he has 37 peer-reviewed journal article publications in different aspects of pediatrics with particular focus on childhood diabetes, malnutrition, and vaccine preventable diseases. 

Over the past 10 years, Dr. Bashir has served as the Principal Investigator for several critical disease surveillance projects, including those on Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Rotavirus, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome. The findings from these projects have played a vital role and supported policy changes, such as the inclusion of pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines into the routine immunization schedule in Nigeria. 

Served as the Mortality Surveillance Team Lead that helped in laying the foundation for establishing Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Project at ATBU Bauchi, and in August 2024 became the Principal Investigator of the site. In this expanded role, he now oversees all aspects of the project, from community engagement, public health advocacy to data collection and analysis as part of a global effort to better understand and reduce childhood mortality through data-driven interventions.