Contribution to National and Regional Child Health programs

WHO Child Health programs

  • Member of consultation group on IMCI pre-service training, Geneva ,Feb. 1998.
  • Member of consultation meeting on IMCI re-adaptation of the fever box, Geneva, Feb. 2001.
  • Regional consultation meeting (EMRO), Morocco, October 1999.
  • Plenary Presentation on (IMCI strategy as a tool to improve health services and medical students training in primary health care). Arab Pediatric Societies meeting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. November 2001.
  • WHO EMR Task Force for development of evaluation tool for IMCI pre-service training .Cairo 9-12 April 2006 .Khartoum august 2006
  • Field testing of IMCI pre-service training evaluation tool : Alexandria University 26 June- 2 July 2006. University of Khartoum  11-16 August ‏ 2006 .
  • WHO Regional consultation ( EMR ) on IMCI Pre-service Training Evaluation . Cairo 26-29 August 2006 ( Presentation of Sudan experience ).
  • WHO Temporary Adviser for Conduction of Workshop on curriculum reform , University of Sanna ,Yemen & Production of Curriculum Document for Medical & Health sciences Divisions    May 2007
  • WHO regional Consultation on Child Health Policy .Tunisia December 2006
  • Regional Consultation on Teaching & Training of Breast Feeding Counseling in EMRO . Morocco May 2007
  • WHO Regional Consultation on Scaling Up of IMCI in EMRO . Amman , WHO Jordan September 2007
  • WHO Global Consultation on IMCI Training Approaches . Geneva November 2007
  • Introduction of the Regional Package on Infant and Young Child Feeding. 11-17 April 2008, Amman, Jordan
  • WHO Meeting of experts on standardized IMCI pre-service education package, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. 26 July-1 August 2008
  • WHO experts meeting for final country adaptation and conduction of the first national IMCI training course. Tripoly, Libya. November 2008
  • Who consultant: Inter-country training on the regional guide of evaluation of IMCI pre-service education. Almansourah, Aegypt, 4-11June2009
  • Who consultant: Inter-country training on the regional guide on the orientation and planning for MCI pre-service education. Cairo, Aegypt, 25-30July 2009
  • Who consultant: Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education in Gezera University using the regional guide of evaluation . Wad Medani, Sudan. 4-10 December 2009
  • WHO/EMRO APW ” Report on breast feeding and young infant feeding in medical schools in Sudan” .September 2009
  • WHO consultant to: Regional IMCI Coordinators meeting. Sanaa-Yemen 6-9 December 2010 presented Sudan e country experience in Pre-service education of IMCI
  • WHO regional consultant. Consultation for establishment of Afghanistan Medical Kabul, June 2011
  • WHO Consultant. IMCI pre-service education orientation and planning workshop for eight medical schools. Islamabad. Pakistan.10-14 October 2011
  • WHO Consultant. Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education at Legat University of Medical and health Sciences. Jamshooro-Sindh. Pakistan
  • APW on Creating ad Sustaining a National Accreditation system for medical, pharmacy and dental schools in Sudan. 2010-2011
  • WHO consultant Inter-country consultation meeting for Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR)/WHO on accreditation of medical health professions in EMR. Tunis-Tunisia, 22-25 November 2011
  • WHO Consultant. Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education at faculty of Medicine. Africa International University. Khartoum Sudan. November 2011………
  • WHO consultant Regional consultation meeting for Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) on updating regional guidelines on feeding infants and young children. Aswan. Aegypt April 2012
  • WHO/AMEEMER consultant/organizer workshop on accreditation of Medical schools in Tunisia. Sousse university .Tunisia 2-6 November 2012
  • Member of Joint Assessment of the National Strategy(JANS) team assigned by WHO for Joint Assessment of Sudan Health Sector Strategic plan II (NHSSP II) 2012-2016. Khartoum 29November 2012 (WHO national consultant)
  • Consultant and chairman of technical task force for Global Fund/ Federal Ministry of health project on linking medical education to the health system and reform of medical school curricula to include social accountability and professionalism in their curricula and training. 2011-2013
  • WHO temporary advisor. Global consultation on IMCI Pre-service Education. Geneva 2-4 December 2012.
  • WHO temporary advisor. Global consultation on updates of Pneumonia and diarrhea management Gneva 5-6 December 2012.
  • Preparatory meeting for high level consultation on reducing mortality from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea in EMR . Cairo December 2012
  • High level meeting on reducing mortality from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea. Dubai 29-30 January2013 (Advisor to WHO)
  • AMEEMER Conference on Quality of Medical Education and Accreditation Riyadh,Saudia Arabia 4-8 February (presentation of QAAC group to executive committee meeting)
  • Quasim Medical school external evaluation WFME/WHO/AMEEMR 2-4 February 2013 ( Team Member)
  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences Sultan Qaboos University SQU/CMHS Accreditation. Oman WFME/WHO/AMEEMR . 14-18 June 2013( Team Member)
  • WHO/EMRO strengthening Medical Education in EM Region.26-29 November 2014. Cairo ( presented SMC sudan  experience in introducing Social Accountability in  curricula of Medical Schools)
  • ARADO Conference: 13th Arab Conference on New trends in Hospital Administration( migration of Health Workers In the Arab  Region: Maximizing the Benefit and reducing the Risk.8-10 December 2014 Dubai .UAE (presented  Sudan situation and perception as a source country. (Invited by The Arab Administrative Development Organization (ARADO)
  • EMRO Inter-country Training of Trainers course on complementary feeding of children 6-24 months. Khartoum, Sudan. 23-27 August 2015 (Course Director)
  • WHO EPI  Twenty-ninth inter-country meeting of the National EPI Managers and the Sixteenth Inter-country  meeting on Measles/Rubella Control and Elimination 29 November- 4th December  Oman Jordan (Chaired the meeting day 2 and 3)
  • EMRO Accreditation for Iraq medical schools. Amman- Jordon 2017
  • Agence de Medicine Preventive(AMP.hpid)/SIVAC WHO Collaborating Centre. First meeting of the International NITAG Network Veryier-du- lac. France 11-12 may 2016. Representing National  Immunization Expert Group (NITAG) in EMRO Sudan
  • WHO HQ Geneva. Technical consultation on conducting paediatric death audits in health facilities in low and middle income countries; Geneva Switzerland 7-8 December 2016

WHO/HQ Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization meeting. Geneva  Switzerland 24-27 April 2017 co-opted member  representing chair persons of National  Immunization Expert Group (NITAG) in EMRO

  • Workshop for priority countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region for establishing and strengthening immunization in the second year of life and beyond.

Beirut, Lebanon, 4-6 March 2019

  • Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (I.M.C.I) local and EMR regional contribution and experience

Personal capacity building for leadership ( WHO/UNICEF)

  1. I.M.C.I standard case management course, Katmandu, Nepal, September 1977.
  2. I.M.C.I training of consultants on Adaptation & Planning, Geneva, Nov. 1998.

   Contribution to adaptation:

  1. Chairman of the National Adaptation Group in Sudan (1996) for adapting training materials for doctors (English) and Medical assistants (Arabic version).
  2. Chairman of the National Committee for introduction of IMCI training in Pre-service training in Medical & Health workers schools, 2000.
  3. H.O Consultant for orientation & adaptation, Baghdad, Iraq, June 1999.
  4. H.O Consultant for adaptation, Baghdad, Iraq, May 2001.

 Contribution to Training:

  1. Clinical instructor: first National IMCI course. Khartoum, December 1997.
  2. Clinical instructor: first Regional IMCI course. Khartoum, March 1998.
  3. Supervision of clinical instructors, second Regional Course. Khartoum Nov. 1998.
  4. Course Director, Facilitators Training, Medani, July 1998.
  5. Course Director, First Arabic course, Khartoum, March 1999.
  6. Clinical Instructor & Trainer of Instructors, First National course ,Egypt, Alexandria Feb. March 1999.
  • Clinical instructor, First National course, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct.-November 1999.

Other contributions:

  1. Member of the National IMCI Steering Committee.
  2. National Focal Point for IMCI Pre-service Training.
  3. Regional IMCI Consultant, EMRO since October 1998.
  4. Member of consultation group on IMCI pre-service training, Geneva ,Feb. 1998.
  5. Member of consultation meeting on IMCI re-adaptation of the fever box, Geneva, Feb. 2001.
  6. Regional consultation meeting (EMRO), Morocco, October 1999.
  7. Plenary Presentation on (IMCI strategy as a tool to improve health services and medical students training in primary health care). Arab Pediatric Societies meeting, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. November 2001.
  8. WHO EMR Task Force for development of evaluation tool for IMCI pre-service training .Cairo 9-12 April 2006 .Khartoum august 2006
  9. Field testing of IMCI pre-service training evaluation tool : Alexandria University 26 June- 2 July 2006. University of Khartoum  11-16 August ‏ 2006 .
  10. WHO Regional consultation ( EMR ) on IMCI Pre-service Training Evaluation . Cairo 26-29 August 2006 ( Presentation of Sudan experience ). Regional Consultation on Teaching & Training of Breast Feeding Counseling in EMRO . Morocco May 2007
  11. WHO Meeting of experts on standardized IMCI pre-service education package, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. 26 July-1 August 2008
  12. WHO Regional Consultation on Scaling Up of IMCI in EMRO . Amman , Jordan September 2007
  13. WHO Global Consultation on IMCI Training Approaches . Geneva November 2007
  14. Introduction of the Regional Package on Infant and Young Child Feeding. 11-17 April 2008, Amman, Jordan
  15. WHO Meeting of experts on standardized IMCI pre-service education package, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. 26 July-1 August 2008
  16. WHO experts meeting for final country adaptation and conduction of the first national IMCI training course. Tripoly, Libya. November 2008
  17. Who consultant: Inter-country training on the regional guide of evaluation of IMCI pre-service education. Almansourah, Aegypt, 4-11June2009
  18. Who consultant: Inter-country training on the regional guide on the orientation and planning for MCI pre-service education. Cairo, Aegypt, 25-30July 2009
  19. Who consultant: Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education in Gezera University using the regional guide of evaluation . Wad Medani, Sudan. 4-10 December 2009
  20. WHO/EMRO APW ” Report on breast feeding and young infant feeding in medical schools in Sudan” .September 2009
  • WHO consultant to: Regional IMCI Coordinators meeting. Sanaa-Yemen 6-9 December 2010 presented Sudan  country experience in Pre-service education
  • WHO Consultant. IMCI pre-service education orientation and planning workshop for eight medical schools. Islamabad. Pakistan.10-14 October 2011
  • WHO Consultant. Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education at Legat University of Medical and Health Sciences. Jamshooro-Sindh. Pakistan.15-22 October 2011
  • APW on Creating ad Sustaining a National Accreditation system for medical, pharmacy and dental schools in Sudan. 2010-2011
  • WHO consultant Regional consultation meeting for Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) on updating regional guidelines on feeding infants and young children .Aswan. Aegypt……….2012
  • WHO Consultant. Evaluation of IMCI pre-service education at faculty of Medicine. Africa International University. Khartoum Sudan. ……………….
  • WHO temporary advisor. Global consultation on IMCI Pre-service Education. Geneva 2-4 December 2012.
  • WHO temporary advisor. Global consultation on updates of Pneumonia and diarrhea management Geneva 5-6 December 2012.