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Summary
Medical Doctor and Researcher, pursuing a career in public health, with an optimistic vision and a dedicated will to work for humanity, and protect, and promote health. Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health England (FRSPH) and MSPH graduate (2 distinctions' holder Topper of the Fall 2017-19 MSPH batch) from Health Services Academy Islamabad.
I worked as Medical Officer at the Expanded Program of Immunization, Balochistan Headquarters, Quetta where I served as Provincial Focal Person for COVID-19 Vaccination in Balochistan and was responsible for the coordination between Provincial Federal EPI and NCOC Islamabad, establishment of 281 vaccination counters across the province and 2 mass vaccination centers in the capital city, training of health care workers related to COVID-19 Vaccine management systems, and for identifying and reporting vaccine-related issues on the ground. Moreover, I have been part of Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi where I am based in the Department of Community Health Sciences and involved in various projects related to infectious diseases, sexual and reproductive health among many others. Additionally, I am involved in multiple research write-ups that include editorials, commentaries, and systematic reviews. I also teach undergraduate and postgraduate students as a part of my job responsibilities. Moreover, I have the honor of working with local and international organizations like TVI and Jhpiego in leading positions.
Hands-on experience in conducting field research, data collection, and multi-level analyses.
Lastly, I hold numerous certifications on some of the most important public health issues like Inequalities in health, Covid-19 contact tracing, project management, workplace ethics, maternal and child health, research methods, CITI, BLS, and technical report writing from reputable organizations like WHO, Johns Hopkins University, Jhpiego and others.
Projects
Experience
Team Lead
Medical Officer
Senior District Coordinator
Project Manager
As Project Manager for the SEISKA Project, I am responsible for:
Coordination between all the relevant stakeholders, District Health Management Teams, and International donors
Improve routine immunization in the two toughest districts (Killa Abdullah, Chaman) of Balochistan
Reducing missed- and zero-dose children and ensuring their complete immunization
Training of vaccinators, medical technicians, and female medical technicians at every facility level
Hiring of Medical Doctors for providing routine care at the static medical facilitation centers
Resident Medical Officer
- Teaching facilitator - MBBS students
- Teaching facilitator - Masters’ courses
- Mentor to Masters' & MBBS students
- Journal Club Coordinator
- Attend Preventive/Community Medicine core curriculum
- Critically appraise research articles related to middle- to low-income countries in journal club sessions
- Conduct community health center clinics
- Involved in research projects and scientific paper write-ups
- Carry out field research and project management
* Letter of Appreciation by Chair CHS Department, Aga Khan University
For unique facilitation in a short course on “Building capacity of hospital managers in Islamabad and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan” by WHO and AKU
Provincial Lead COVID-19 Vaccine Operation Cell
Responsible for:
- COVID-19 vaccine management
- Maintenance of vaccination data on manual excel sheets with National Command Operation Center (NCOC) Islamabad on a daily basis
- Reflection of vaccinated health care workers’ data on National Immunization Management System (NIMS) portal for verification
- Ensuring smooth vaccine delivery in all districts for timely vaccine administration
- Coordination with Secretary Health, Chief Secretary & Special Secretary Health
Coordination with Federal EPI & NCOC
Provincial Focal Person Balochistan (COVID-19 Vaccine)
Responsible for registration of data on Resource Management System (RMS) of:
- All front-line health care workers of all districts, vertical health programs, private health facilities, and public & private pathology labs
- Health facility mapping at district levels
- Work plan for the elder population at union council level in each district
- Coordination bridge between National Vaccine Administration & Control Cell (NVACC), Provincial (PVACC) & District (DVACC), and between Federal & Provincial Expanded Program on Immunization EPI cell
- Supervision & training of districts’ vaccine and media focal persons for COVID-19 vaccine
Medical Officer
- Involved in Data Quality Assessment (DQA) activities at fixed EPI sites in Balochistan
- Worked in Super High-Risk Union Councils (SHRUCs) Action Plan Committee
- Worked on Integrated Service Delivery (ISD)
- Supported district vaccination teams for monthly immunization data
- Quarterly review meetings
- Meeting minutes’ write-up
Currently, on depuation from the department
Medical Officer
05/2017-09/2017
- Provided emergency medical services
- Conducted out-patient clinics daily
- Provided in-ward management of emergency trauma cases
- Supervised vaccination campaigns during supplementary immunization activities
01/2020-07/2020
- Out-patient services
- Supervised monthly supplementary immunization activities
- Emergency medical services
- In-charge COVID-19 quarantine and isolation wards
- COVID-19 daily data reporting for District Health Information System to district health authorities (District Bolan)
Ambulatory team leader for COVID-19 screening
Resident - (Research Coordinator)
Active field work included spirometries of participants followed by collecting data on their environmental, socioeconomic & nutritional components.
Desk work included data cleaning, filtering and upload on internatiinal servers
Data analysis of BOLD-I which is previous component of this study project
Medical Officer
- Management and treatment of in & out patients’
- Member - Malnutrition & Vaccination programs
- Trainer - Neonatal Resuscitation training
- Intensive therapeutic centers for critically ill children less than 5 years
- Conducted outreach clinics in Kuchlak town (near Quetta city)
- Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis patients, and monitored Leishmaniasis team (a component of Leishmaniasis program in Pakistan by MSF)
Intern
Ward management, daily rounds, intensive emergency care, medical & surgical procedures, files maintenance, and, presentations
- General Surgery rotation - (6 months)
§ General Surgery (3 months) | Radiology & Imaging (3 months)
- General Medicine rotation - (6 months)
§ Pediatrics (4 months) | Dermatology (2 months)
