Summary

A Medical Doctor with a Masters degree in Bioethics/Public Health; proven excellence in leadership, networking and coordination; strong communication skills in diverse cultural settings; over five years of experience spearheading UN and USAID funded integrated emergency nutrition response in Low-middle income countries; Certified by Johns Hopkins COVID-19 contact tracing training program; Fluent in English Urdu and regional languages; experienced in emergency disaster preparedness and response, training and leading multi-disciplinary teams, Project management, health informatics and proficient in data analysis, epidemiology research methods; demonstrated skills in documentation, report writing and situation reports/bulletins seeks a challenging leadership opportunity in order to make a positive impact on the lives of the most vulnerable flood affected communities.

Projects

Global Health Security Agenda CDC

Experience

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Provincial Nutrition Working Group/Cluster Coordinator
UNICEF
Feb 2016 - Aug 2020 | Karachi, Pakistan

Provincial Nutrition Working group Coordinator at UNICEF Karachi. Career level: NO-C. SSA Consultancy.Responsible for leading the Nutrition Cluster/Working Group at Provincial level in Sindh. Identify key humanitarian partners ensure appropriate coordination between all Nutrition humanitarian partners as well as provincial and local authorities. Ensure and maintain sector coordination mechanisms. Develop an exit/transition strategy for Nutrition programs working in Nutrition in different districts. Promote and support capacity building of Govt. NGO and INGOs and civil society in Nutrition; Advocate to carry out priority interventions /activities in sector and resource mobilization. Preparing and updating needs assessment and gap identification reports to identify gaps in Nutrition Interventions in province.

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Coordinator, Nutrition Section
Planning and Development Department, Sindh secretariat
Sep 2015 - Dec 2015 | Karachi, Pakistan

: Provincial Coordinator, Nutrition, Sindh, Inter-sectoral Nutrition Secretariat INSS (Nutrition section) at Planning & Development Dept. Government of Sindh; As Head of the Nutrition Section and leading the Inter-sectoral Nutrition Secretariat established at the Planning & Development Dept. responsible to facilitate stewardship and coordination over the planning, implementation, management, oversight monitoring and evaluation of sector-specific operational plans with line departments and development partners. Integrate Nutrition- Sensitive interventions into various action plans of line departments like Agriculture, Water Sanitation Hygiene and Education, Social protection and Women’s Development Department. Monitor and supervise the implementation and ensure coordination with World Bank-funded Nutrition Support Program in 9 Districts of Sindh. Focal Person for FAO s Zero Hunger Project. Focal Person for all Nutrition related foreign funded programs in Sindh.

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Nutrition Manager
CMP- USAID
Jul 2014 - Oct 2014 | Karachi, Pakistan

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General Practitioner
Medilink Consultant Clinics
Sep 2007 - Dec 2010 | Karachi, Pakistan

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Research officer
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi
Feb 2006 - Aug 2007 | Karachi, Pakistan

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Resident Physician Internal medicine
Michigan State University
Jul 2002 - Jun 2003

Education

Aga Khan University
Masters, , MPH‎
Public Health
CGPA 3.7/4
2010
Baqai Medical University
Bachelors, , M.B.,B.S‎
2000

Skills

Expert Conflict Management
Expert Coordination Abilities
Intermediate Data Visualization Skills
Expert Disaster Response
Intermediate Disaster Risk Reduction
Intermediate Disease Surveillance
Expert Ecellent Communication Skills
Expert Emerging Infectious Diseases
Expert End to End Project Management
Expert Excellent Coordination Skills
Expert Excellent Presentation Skills
Expert Feedback Assessment
Intermediate Health Information Management
Intermediate Knowledge Management Systems
Expert Operational Tasks Handling
Expert RESTful APIs

Languages

Expert Urdu
Expert English

Nida Contacts

Dur Muhammad Muhammad
Shifa foundation
RAFAY HAROON
Care International in Pakistan
Sidra Mahmood Mahmood
Empact Activation Services Pvt. Ltd
Aziz Hassan
Aga Khan Agency for Habitat