1 Cite as: Habib GMM, Uzzaman MN, Malik P, Rabinovich R, Uddin A, Alam SMR, Williams S, Pinnock H. Engaging with stakeholders in a research programme to promote implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities. J Glob Health 2020;10:020384. Engaging with stakeholders in a research programme to promote implementation of pulmonary rehabilitation in Bangladesh: Challenges and opportunities GM Monsur Habib 1,2 , Md Nazim Uzzaman 2 , Poonam Malik 2 , Roberto Rabinovich 3 , Aftab Uddin 4 , SM Rowshan Alam 1,5 , Sian Williams 2,6 , Hilary Pinnock 1 1 Bangladesh Primary Care Respiratory Society (BPCRS), Khulna, Bangladesh 2 NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE), Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 3 ELEGI/Colt laboratory, Centre for Inflammation Research, QMRI, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 4 International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh 5 Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur, Bangladesh 6 International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Edinburgh, UK Photo caption: Engagement meeting in action (used with permission). The engagement of stakeholders can improve research prioritisation, implementation, and outcomes [1]. Stakeholders may be defined as the individuals and organisations having an interest or ‘stake’ in the outcome of a programme or project [2]. Stakeholder engagement is a process of building relationships through communication and shared decision-making at all stages of the research cycle [3]. Although the concept has been well established in high income countries for at least two decades, even there the optimal timing and methods remain uncertain due to inadequate evaluation [1]. In contrast, it is still a new concept in many low and middle income countries (LMICs) [4] including Bangladesh. An estimated 85% of global investment in health and biomedical research is wasted each year because of redundancy, failure to prioritise the needs of stakeholders, poorly designed research