EMPHNET Workforce Capacity Internship Intern Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP)
EMPHNET
Total years of experience :11 years, 6 Months
• Development capacity building curriculum for health promotion.
• Development the model to increase knowledge and skills of health
inequalities Equity analysis tool training.
• Development technical methods and approaches interventions
to response epidemics, pandemics to health emergencies across the region.
• Contributed to designed scientific writing, policy program and strategic development.
• Contributed mentoring relationship for policy influencing across the region.
• Attended several regional meetings.
• Implementation of emergency epidemiological field risk-assessment and reporting HIS data from the health facilities.
• Liaised with Risk Communication and Community Engagement teams to build relationships supported communities and target populations to promote early detection of suspect cases of COVID.
• Conducted community mapping to monitor high-risk and vulnerable groups.
• Collected and analyzed of quality and accurate disease surveillance data (related to COVID-19 response activities) into project M&E and reporting platforms
• Trained staffs and health promoters, contact tracers and case investigators, on identifying and reporting of suspect cases, rumors and misinformation, and community feedback.
• Mobilized focal points to adapt to new circumstances and protocols and technical guidelines may change during COVID-19.
• Provided additional training of disease surveillance data collection to focal points, supporting their use of electronic data collection tools (ODK/KOBO).
• Coordinated with others counterparts in other governorates, IOM colleagues and other representatives to harmonize program implementation and identify best practices.
• Contributed to periodic reports (internal and external).
1. Since 2015 I have designed and performed a number of qualitative and quantitative research projects, including
2. Establishment A Population-Based Cancer Registry in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region: Stakeholders’ Perception
3. Primary Health Care Planning & Approaches for Covid-19 Intervention and Emergency Preparedness and Response
4. Prevalence of Malnutrition and Its Related Factors among Preschool (2-6 Years) Children in the Neighborhood of Chahestaneha, Bandar-Abbas, Iran
5. Assessing the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Students Regarding Ebola Virus
6. Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Among IDPS, In Erbil Governorate in The Iraqi Kurdistan Region, August 2017
7. Assessment of Infant and young child feeding indicators among children aged 0-24months in Khabat district, Iraqi Kurdistan Region: Public health policies and recommendations for optimal IYCF 2019
8. The Impact Of COVID-19 Pandemics on Dietary Habits and lifestyle Performance in Iraqi Kurdistan Region, 2020.
9. Epidemiological approach to reduce health inequalities in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, 202.
In coordination with UNICEF implement nutrition program to monitor nutrition status, defines indicators and nutrition surveillance schemes in 11 IDPs and refugees camp as. We have also focused to:
• Conduct IYCF counselling, to promote and support optimal feeding practices for infant and young children through social behavior changes strategy.
• Train staffs/ volunteers on nutritional anthropometric indicators to monitors malnutrition trends among under 5 years old, malnourished management and complimentary feeding (the role of Micro and Macro nutrients) plus optimal IYCF practice.
• Maintain nutrition databases, monitors malnutrition trends and evaluate the impact of nutrition program and policies Implementation.
• Contributed to provide Nutrition and health awareness program for different group of peoples in humanitarian situation (for Refugees and IDPs living in camps) as well as for local community through nutrition department within the PHC.
Public health officer for emergency response in humanitarian situation.
• Developed and managed the strategic plan, response reports, recommendations and proposals for emergency intervention.
• Created response reports, recommendations and proposals for emergency intervention
• Liaised with UN agencies government officials and local organizations to produce funding proposals and managing budgets.
• Recruited/managed local staff according to the program objectives.
• Ensured about staff and volunteers follow safety and security procedures.
• liaised with donors, local authorities and humanitarian community members
• Carried out WASH activity program and provide public health services for vulnerable peoples
• Assess, implement, monitor and evaluate rapid response operations
• Identify public health priorities in both chronic and acute emergencies settings and monitor the erosion of health services (including aspects of coverage and accessibility)
• Get involved in health promotion interventions that are evidence based,
• Organized induction, support and training to improve the staff capacity in emergency response.
• Conduct community health assessment to identify the priority of public health issues among the community
• Conducted health survey regarding Prevalence of Malnutrition and Its Related Factors among Pre-School (2-6 Years) Children in Neighborhood of Chahestaneha, Bandar-Abbas, Iran
• Developed an action plan and shared with community health leader
• Maintain the epidemic intelligence databases by focusing on early detection of infectious diseases aspects event-based surveillance; confirm and risk assessment and monitoring.
• Providing support in the capacity development on field of surveillance epidemiology and operational research.
• Worked to maintain, and strengthen the Epidemic Intelligence database System through Epi Info software program.
• Providing accurate summaries of epidemics data and circulation of communicable diseases in the region and forwarded for UN bodies and Government.
Thesis Title: Establishment of a Population- Based Cancer Registries: Stakeholder Perceptions under Supervision of prof. Reza Majdzadeh, the study was a qualitative research that analyzed comprehensive perception of stakeholders on Establishment a PBCR scheme in Erbil Governorate in the Iraqi KR with more focus on the current status of the components of planning and characterized the feature of an existing program performance and then extent of the possibility to establish a PBCR in Erbil Governorate which s contributes to categorize facilitators and obstruction for establishment and share it with the authority in a region.