Samra Mazhar
Islamabad,IS
Summary
Dedicated and experienced healthcare professional with 20 years of expertise in health systems management, health emergencies, and infectious disease control. Proven track record of effectively navigating complex health environments, implementing strategic initiatives, and leading teams to deliver public health interventions. Skilled in project management and public health policy development. Capable of creating value and recognition in the workplace by producing the best result for the organization through synchronization and hard work
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Consultant
World Health Organization
Islamabad
09.2022 - Current
- Effective Coordination with government stakeholders and development partners during floods 2022 and other emergencies
- Enhanced coordination network through arranging more than 90 Health sector partners coordination meetings for Floods 2022
- Coordinated health care facilities Assessment survey for Floods 2022 in all provinces and compiled report
- Development of Flood 2022 Response plan and collation of information on Key Performance Indicators
- Compiled report of Health Partners Response Floods 2022
- Contributed for Pandemic Fund Proposal development for Round 2
- Timely reporting for grants received for Floods 2022
- Contributed development of Dengue Control Strategy and Cholera Control Strategy
- Overall coordination and management of After-Action Review (AAR)of floods 2022
Deputy Director
Ministry of National Health
06.2015 - 08.2022
- Services, Regulations& Coordination, Islamabad
- Coordinated COVID-19 response activities with government stakeholders and Partners
- Ensured Implementation of decisions of NCOC and sub-committees for Covid-19 response
- Developed proposal for SAARC grant for Covid -19 Response and received grant for 1M USD
- Managed grants from Asian Development Bank & World Bank for Covid-19
- Developed project document (PC-1) for Covid-19 grant from Islamic Development Bank
- Documentation and obtaining approvals from the Cabinet Division for exemption of taxes and duties on import of 61 Covid related items and equipment
- Facilitated agreement signing between government and companies for procurements of Covid-19 vaccines
- Timely initiation of process of applying for COVAX facility for vaccines undertaken resulting in receiving Covid-19 vaccine on priority
- Spearheaded development of National Action Framework for NCDs and Mental Health 2021-2030
- National Focal person for Tobacco Control and FCTC
- Headed two projects for Tobacco Control i) Tobacco Control Cell for policy and legislative initiative ii) Smoke free cities for implementation of laws and policies
- Contributed to development of National Tobacco Control Strategy
- Contributed to development of National Hepatitis Control Program PC-1 for 70 billion PKR
- Worked for Injection Safety Action Plan
- Spearheaded initiative of introducing autodisable syringes in place of conventional syringes and a regulation was passed by Cabinet
- Lead for conducting OST Feasibility study for drug use prevention at National and provincial levels
- Focal person for preparation of WHO’s governing bodies meeting (World Health Assembly, Regional Committee, Executive Board)
- Appreciation letter received for Covid-19 response from Chairperson NCOC
- Appreciation letter received for contributing to Health workforce vision from Secretary, M/ONHSR&C
Assistant General Director
Ministry of Health
Islamabad, Cairo
09.2010 - 05.2018
- Workshops & Conferences
- After Action Review Floods 2022,24-26 July,2024,Islamabad
- Global Health Security Summit, January 2024, Islamabad
- Health Emergency Readiness for Response Operations,openWHO.org,2024(online)
- Health-care associated infection surveillance, openWHO.org,2023(online)
- Antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control,2023(online)
- 2nd Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulations,2023, Islamabad
- Consultation on Enhancing Capacity of Member States to Implement Anti-Stigma Programmes in EMR, 28-30 June,2022,Cairo, Egypt
- Multi regional Dementia workshop – MOH Qatar, 9-11 May 2022, Doha, Qatar
- First meeting of WHO FCTC COP Bureau &Regional Coordinator,25-17 April,2022, Geneva
- Health Expo Dubai, 1-2 February,2022, Dubai
- Training on Public Health Supply Chain-USAID-GHSC-PSM,2021,Islamabad
- Regional Tobacco Control Leadership Certificate program, TFI EMRO, November,2021(online)
- Intercountry Meeting for Mental Health, WHO EMR Office,September,2019,Cairo
- 3rd Stakeholder Meeting on WHO Program for prevention of hearing loss and deafness, 3rd -4th July,2018, Geneva, 71st World Health Assembly,19-26, Regional Meeting for Drug prevention and treatment, Development and review of Project Documents (PC-1) for development projects in Health
- As part of team for implementation and review of USAID Deliver Project in 2007
- Maintaining liaison with Bilateral Donors for Health Financing
- Facilitation for setting up of new health care facilities
- Managing large Government grants for country's health organizations
- Supervision of National Leprosy Program and Blindness program, (As focal person of Health &Human Rights)
Abudhabi
01.2017 - 10.2017
International Public Health Conference
Rome
01.2013 - 10.2014
- At 25-27 0ctober,2017, 64 WHO EMRO Regional Committee Meeting, 9-12 Oct,2017,Islamabad, Pakistan
- First Joint External Review of IHR,2016 Islamabad,Pakistan
- 63 WHO EMR Regional Committee Meeting , from 3-5 Oct,2016,Cairo Egypt
- WHO Training on “School Mental Health” 13-17 May, 2016,Amman Jordan
- World Bank course on “Universal Health Coverage “, 21 Feb to 2nd March,2016,Washington DC
- WHO Training on “Public Health Emergency Pre - Deployment “13-17 February, 2016, Amman, Jordan
- UNFPA, 15th Annual meeting of IWAG, 25-27 February 2015,Dead sea, Jordan
- UNFPA, MISP training for Master trainers, 27-31 October, 2014 ,Bangkok, Thailand
- UNFPA training “Addressing Gender Based Violence (GBV) in humanitarian settings “ , ,Bangkok Thailand
- WHO workshop on “All Hazard Plan for Health Sector”16th-19th,August,2014 Amman Jordan
- WHO Sub Regional meeting on Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (VHF) from 27th-30th November 2011, Tehran, Seminar on HIV/AIDs control and prevention by Red Cross, Red Crescent societies from 13th – 31st July 2011,Beijing, WHO, First Consultative Meeting of Health &Human Rights21- 23
Assistant Director General
Ministry of Health
Islamabad
01.2011 - 01.2013
- Act as Co-Lead for Health cluster and Reproductive Health Technical Working Group
- As part of team for Rapid Need Assessment in floods 2011
- Instructor for HOPE (Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies) course by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Coordination with International Partners and Donors for Health-related projects (USAID, DFID, JICA, World Bank and ADB)
- Focal person WHO's Joint Program Review Management (JPRM) implementation
- Bilateral cooperation and development of MOUs and agreements for signing with other countries and organizations
- Oversight and coordination for International Health Regulations (2005) Implementation, (Medical Education/Public Health
Deputy National Coordinator, Care Provider
Reproductive Health Project, Ministry of Health, Health Department Punjab
Islamabad
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Implementation of Reproductive health and family planning activities in 38 remote districts of four provinces
- Deployment of Lady health workers & Supervisors in underserved districts
- Conducted trainings and supervision of field activities in the districts
- As part of team for developing monitoring tools for Lady health supervisors
- As part of team for developing the PC-1 for Maternal, Neonatal &Child health Program
- As part of team for designing and implementing the Ministry of Health's IEC campaigns with one strategy for all vertical programs Health, Provided curative and preventive Dental Healthcare in Urban and Rural Health facilities
- Worked as In-charge of Rural Health Care Center (primary healthcare facility)
- Capacity building of various cadres of health staff
- Partnered with healthcare teams to address healthcare plan management, development and implementation of preventive health interventions
- Provided "School Health Services" at the primary healthcare level
- Conducted a community survey for deficiency of fluorides
- Received appreciation letter on awareness activities form Director General Health, Punjab, th May,2018 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
- WHO Intercountry Meeting for Drug prevention,30
Deputy Director
Islamabad
06.2006 - 09.2006
- National Health Emergency Preparedness &Response Network, Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results
- Coordination with NDMA, PDMAs and INGOS working for Humanatarian response
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents
- Coordinated response activities at federal level in flood in years
coordinator
Ministry of Health
01.1989 - 05.2005
- And academic accreditation bodies like Pakistan Medical &Dental council, Nursing Council of Pakistan
- Human resource deployment and facilitating the medical students going abroad, Review of proposals for establishment of new of Medical and Dental colleges
- Worked as accreditation team member for higher education institutes in Pakistan
- Developing policy guidelines for Public Health issues
Education
Tobacco Control Leadership Program -
John Hopkins School of Public Health
Baltimore,USA 09.2021 - 06.2022
International Diploma(WHO) - Mental Health, Law & Human Rights
Islamabad 09.2018 - 08.2019
Master of Science - Public Health
Health Services Academy, Quaid-e-Azam University
Islamabad 07.2003 - 07.2004
Bachelor of Science - Dentistry
De'Mont Morency College of Dentistry
Lahore, PB 03.1981 - 07.1985
Skills
Strategic Planning
Team Leadership
Analytical Skills
Project Management
Planning and Coordination
Accomplishments
- Training Course on “Health Policy and Program Management”13-31st July,2010 ,Seoul, Korea
- WHO Prevention and Control of H1NI Regional Workshop at EMRO ,Cairo,Egypt,25-27April
- SAARC Regional HIV AIDS Workshop,22-24 February, Kathmandu, Nepal
- UNESCAP Conference on Beijing platform and UN declarations for Gender,16-18 November,2009 Bangkok, Thailand
- Workshop on “Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in South Asia,4-6 November 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal
- WHO workshop on sentinel surveillance in leprosy control ,26-27October,2009 in Paris, France
- South Asia Intergovernmental Peer learning workshop on reporting and implementing CEDAW.26-28 August2009, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Training on “Management, Logistics and Financial Management” by IULTD from 4th Feb-16th Feb,2008, Jaipur, India
- Training on “Project and Program Management” from 16th November to 2nd December, 2007, Thailand
- Training on “Design Implementation of Effective Health Care Programs” from 3rd-7th September,2007, Singapore
- WHO Inter-country meeting on Global Tobacco Surveillance, 8th -10th August 2006, Cairo, Egypt Research & Publications
- An original research paper titled” Hepatitis C Prevalence and Elimination planning in Pakistan, a bottom-up approach for provincial variation”
- J Viral Hepat
- 2023; 00:1–10
- Improving psychosocial distress for young adolescents in rural schools of Pakistan: Study protocol of a cluster Randomized Controlled Trial": Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health (2022) 16:47
- Feasibility and acceptability of a multicomponent, group psychological intervention for adolescents with psychosocial distress in public schools of Pakistan: a feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial (cRCT): BMJ Open 2022;12:e063607
Affiliations
- Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC)
- Member American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Fellow Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH)
Timeline
Consultant
World Health Organization
09.2022 - Current
Tobacco Control Leadership Program -
John Hopkins School of Public Health
09.2021 - 06.2022
International Diploma(WHO) - Mental Health, Law & Human Rights
09.2018 - 08.2019
Abudhabi
01.2017 - 10.2017
Deputy Director
Ministry of National Health
06.2015 - 08.2022
International Public Health Conference
01.2013 - 10.2014
Assistant Director General
Ministry of Health
01.2011 - 01.2013
Assistant General Director
Ministry of Health
09.2010 - 05.2018
Deputy National Coordinator, Care Provider
Reproductive Health Project, Ministry of Health, Health Department Punjab
01.2008 - 01.2010
Deputy Director
06.2006 - 09.2006
Master of Science - Public Health
Health Services Academy, Quaid-e-Azam University
07.2003 - 07.2004
coordinator
Ministry of Health
01.1989 - 05.2005
Bachelor of Science - Dentistry
De'Mont Morency College of Dentistry
03.1981 - 07.1985
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