Dr Rabeya Khatoon is a Medical Doctor with specialization in Paediatrics.
She studied in Russia and obtained her Medical degree from Moscow in 1982, completed specialization and PhD in Paediatrics from Moscow in 1989. She has Joined Dhaka Shishu Hospital, the tertiary level paediatric hospital in Dhaka as Registrar in Paediatric Cardiology unit. In 1997, she switched to Public Health joining a National NGO-Bangladesh Population Health Consortium (BPHC),
Dr Khatoon has worked with organizations like ICDDR,B, USAID, UNFPA. She joined World Health Organization in 2002 as National Professional Officer, where she supported GOB in implementation of Integrated Management of Childhood illnesses (IMCI) till end of 2005. Dr Khatoon joined MSF in December 2007 as International staff –Consultant-Paediatrician and worked till 2008. Again joined WHO as National Professional Officer in 2009 and retired from the organization in 2017.
Currently Dr Khatoon is working with MSF-India (since 2017) and MSF-Bangladesh (since October 2020) as consultant.