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SAMAN YAZDANI KHAN (DR.)
MBBS, MPH, M.Sc. (Community Health),Dublin, Ireland
Center for Health & Population Studies, (CHPS),
2- A/5 Chamba Lane,
G.O.R.-1, Lahore,
Pakistan
Phone: (042) 6375572/3, mobile: 0300 8465328
Fax: (042) 6282450
Email: ,
Summary / Leadership skills with capacity for strategic thinking, both in nationaland in international settings. Ability to be innovative and adapt to different working conditions with strong skills in team building. Created new institutions, departments and sub departments, both at national and international level. Traveled extensively and have experience of working in multi cultural settings.
Areas of Expertise /
  • Public health with emphasis on Reproductive health
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Health systems
  • Leadership Development
  • Team building

CURRENT WORK:

►July 2004 to date: Director, Centre for Health and Population Studies, (CHPS) Lahore, Pakistan. Establishedthe Centre for Health & Population Studies, (CHPS),Lahore, in 1999. Responsibilities at the Centre include both managerialand academic. Administrative duties include managing different organizational and financial systems, liaison with outside agencies and overall coordination of all of the activities of CHPS including faculty hire. Academic duties included teaching, curriculum development and conducting research.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

M.B.B.S. (M.D.)- Completed in March 84, from FatimaJinnahMedicalCollege, PunjabUniversity, LahorePakistan.

MPH - Completed in September 94, from Baqai Institute of Health Sciences, Karachi University, Pakistan

M.Sc. Community Health - Completed in October’ 95, from TrinityCollegeDublin, Ireland.

CERTIFICATE COURSES ATTENDED:

National:

  • 2005: World Bank Procurement Procedure Workshop, organized by Punjab AIDS Control Programme (PACP), Lahore.
  • 2005: Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop, organized by PACP, Lahore.
  • 2005: Training Workshop on "Mapping Techniques, organized by Canada - Pakistan HIV/AIDS Surveillance Project, Lahore.
  • 2004: training on UN Treaty Body System and Mechanisms focusing on CEDAW, Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
  • 2003: Gender Sensitization Workshop, arranged by Pehchaan, Rozan, Islamabad.
  • 2002: Health, Women and Workers, A Third World Perspective, at ASR resource Centre, Institute of Women’s Studies, Lahore.
  • 2000: Geographical Information Systems, organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.
  • 1994: Health Management Information System and First Level Care Facility,Data Collection and Use of Information (HMIS/FLCF), Baqai Institute of Health Sciences, Karachi.
  • 1994: Integrated Child Survival Training Course at Department of Pediatrics, Civil Hospital, Karachi.
  • 1994: Certificate Course in Environment and Occupational Medicine, held at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi. Organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) the Pakistan Society of Environmental and Occupational Medicine.
  • 1990: Personal Development Skills Workshop in Lahore, organized by the Network for enterprising Woman & Academy for Educational Development, Lahore.

International:

  • 2005: Proposal Development Workshop, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), Social and Behavioral Research in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), University of Damascus, Syria, 29 May - 02 June.
  • 2003- 04: Population Leadership Programme (PLP) Fellow & Research Associate, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, USA;
  • 2003: Attended workshop on “Communicating Population and Health Research to Policymakers” held at the Royal Gems Lodge 2000, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand from 13th – 25th July. It was co-organized by the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR), Mahidol University, Thailand and the Population Reference Bureau, USA.
  • 2002: Attended the Health Leadership and Management Course conducted by the Global Health Action, October 28th – November 8th, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
  • 2002: AttendedSalzburg Seminar, Session 400, "Trends and Innovation in Health Professions Education", convened at Schloss Leopoldskron from July 3 – 10th, Salzburg, Austria.
  • 2002/1: Attended and completed the three phases of the 2001/2002 Exchange Programme Institute ISIS-WICCE from October 2001- July 2002, Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange. Theme “Documenting Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict: A Tool for Advocacy, Social Justice and Women's Empowerment to Ensure Respect for Human Rights and Sustainable Peace," Kampala, Uganda.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Previous Internationalwork experience

  • 2004: Professional affiliation with the British Columbia (BC) Health authorities, at the British Columbia’sChildren’s and Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

Previous National WorkExperience:

  • 2006 – Gender and Reproductive Health Training Officer, World Health Organization, Islamabad
  • 2005–Environmental Health Training Officer, World Health Organization, Islamabad. Attended WATSAN duties and designed/conducted hygiene promotion courses with other Donor and NGO partners in Mansehra, the earthquake affected area in northern NWFP.
  • December 2004 to 2005: Deputy Chairperson of the committee on Women & Health, Punjab Steering Committee on Women Development, Punjab Social Welfare Department – Govt. of Punjab. Responsible for NPA implementation, particularly in the health sector, in the Punjab.
  • 1997 – 1999,Programme Organizer & Assistant Professor- MPH programme; at Pakistan American Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore.
  • 1998 -Programme officer, UNICEF, Lahore, for Health and Nutrition.
  • 1996 – 1997, Senior Health Planner - Provincial Human Resource Development Unit (PHRDU), Department of Health (DoH), Government of Punjab (GoP), Lahore.
  • 1993- Medical Officer on the Baluchistan Health Survey Team for the National Health Survey of Pakistan, Quetta, Baluchistan.
  • 1992- Coordinator and Resident Medical Officer, Rehman Clinic, Baltistan Health and Educational Foundation, Skardu, Baltistan.
  • 1986 - Resident Medical Officer, Red Crescent/Cross Referral Hospital for Afghan refugees, Kalabagh, District Mianwali.
  • 1986 - 1988 Medical Officer, Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan, Internal medicine and 1990 Demonstrator in Microbiology.
  • 1986 - CasualtyMedicalOfficer-ShalimarTrustHospitalLahore, (now BusinessmenTrustHospital).

Consultancy Experience:

2005 – External examiner, for Master in Health administration (evening Program), Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

2005: Visiting faculty, Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore.

2002-2004: Team member for the Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Capacity Development Project of the Community Based Reproductive Health Education Programme (CBRHEP) of the Family Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP), Pakistan.

2001 - Developed Training manual on Social Development for Public Sector Decision Makers, UNICEF, Lahore.

2001: Participated, as resource person, in the pre-testing workshop on Reproductive Health, Rights and Gender Equity arranged by Shirkat Gah, Lahore.

2001 - Conducted Traditional Birth Attendants training at Sahiwal, Punjab.

2001- Resource person of a National workshop on the Advocacy and Reproductive Health, Karachi.

2000 – Trainer for PAVHNA, for a staff-planning meeting for the DFID phase II project on RH; Karachi

2000 - Consultant with UNFPA for operationalization of the Reproductive Health Services package at the community level, Islamabad.

2000 - Consultant for the National Committee on Maternal Health (NCMH) for the preparation of an annotated list of research done in the last 10 years on maternal health in Pakistan in Punjab & NWFP.

1997/1998 Consultant Medical Officer, Shirkat Gah (National Women Resource Centre) on reproductive health research, and again in September 2000.

1997 - Conducted Traditional Birth Attendants training at MalliwalVillage for Shirkat Gah, Lahore, at Rural Health Centre, Warburton, District Sheikhupura.

1997; Conducted a 3 day health education training for Lady Health Workers in Chung, Dist. Lahore.

1990 - Taught Postgraduate Students, at the Federal Post-Graduate Institute, SheikhZayedHospital, Lahore.

Monitoring and Evaluation experience:

July 2005 - Assisted in conducting a final (or ex-post) evaluation of 2nd Family Health Project, Govt. Of Punjab, for KfW, German Development Bank.

September 2004 - Conducted Mid-term review of the Focus Area Project (FAP) of North East, Lahore, for Family Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP), Pakistan, funded by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.

2002 - Member evaluation team looking at “Partnership with NGOs for Reproductive Health Promotion and Services Project” for FPAP, Pakistan.

2000 - For UNICEF, Lahore; Monitoring the 3rd party contracted to evaluate the EPI crash programme in the Punjab.

1997- Conducted research for the Development of the Child Labour Monitoring System for the Pakistan Carpet Association.

1996 - Conducted the evaluation of the Health section of the Baluchistan Rural Support programme (BRSP), Quetta and wrote up a report suggesting recommendations.

1994 - Team Leader of survey team established for evaluation of sterilization procedures organized by the Population Welfare Department (PWD), LahorePakistan -

1990 - Conducted evaluation of a Basic Health Unit (BHU) for Oxfam, Pakistan. The BHU was located in an Afghan refugee camp in Bajuar Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area, NWFP.

Voluntary Work:

International

2005: Champion – Stockholm Challenge

2003-4; Volunteer on the Wolfle Lectureship Committee, University of Washington, USA.

2003; Volunteer “The Business of Hope Luncheon” of Global Partnerships, Seattle, USA

2003; Advisor to the Poverty Advisory Group, UK.

National

2004: July – Compeer at 50th year celebration welcome ceremony of the Family Planning Association of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan.

January 2003; Provincial coordinator of Supercourse in Punjab.

1999-2002; President Asian Study Group, Lahore chapter. This is a voluntary organization, which is involved with dissemination of cultural & historical information on Pakistan.

1993; Medical Officer, CARE.

1984; President Students Federation for Poor Patients (SFPP), FatimaJinnahMedicalCollege (FJMC)Lahore.

1982: English editor, FJMC Magazine, Lahore.

TALKS DELIVERED:

International

2004; Panelist on Health and Development in South Asia organized by the South Asia Center, Jackson School, University of Washington (UW), Seattle, USA.

2004; Panelist - cross-cultural issues for the International Health Course, UW, Seattle, USA.

2004; Panelists for discussion on the “Uneasy alliances: US relations with Pakistan and Indonesia” held in January 15th 2004. Sponsored by FIUTS, the South Asia and Southeast AsiaCenters of the JacksonSchool of International Studies, UW, Seattle, USA.

2004; OnDevelopment in Action, JacksonSchool of International Studies Student Association, UW, Seattle, USA.

2004; Lectured on Abortion to the Population Leadership Programme Fellows 2003-2004 at UW, Seattle, USA.

2004; Lectured on Gender to the Population Leadership Programme Fellows 2003-2004 at UW, Seattle, USA.

2004; Scientific poster presentation titled “Female vulnerabilities in contracting HIV/AIDS in Pakistan” at the Health Disparities Symposium called Social Determinants: Neighborhood & Place. Sponsored by the Social Epidemiology WorkingGroup, Social & Behavioral Sciences Program at University ofWashington, Seattle, & Social & Behavioral Sciences Affinity Group at FredHutchinsonCancerResearchCenter, Seattle, USA.

2004; a talk on Gender disparity in HIV/AIDS treatment and access to reproductive health services at the Radical Women, Seattle, USA.

2004; a talk on “The Concepts of Development, A Debate” at Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, UW.

2004; a talk on “The Role of Gender in the Spread of HIV AIDS in Pakistan” at the Women's Center, UW.

2003; a talk on “Global Gag Rule & Overpopulation”, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA.

2003; a talk on the effects of the Global Gag Rule to Planet Northwestand its affiliates in Seattle, USA.

National:

2006; Importance of celebrating the International Women’s Day

2006: Presented on BCC and the marginalized population, February 16th, Islamabad for FPAP.

2005: Population Leadership Programme, at the Packard Meeting in Islamabad.

2005: Critique of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the light of ICPD; ICPD 10: Emerging Challenges and Solutions, FPAP, Multan.

2005: Critique of (MDGs) in the light of ICPD; ICPD 10: Emerging Challenges and Solutions, FPAP, Lahore.

2005: Panelist for the session “Gender discrimination and Harassment; Impact of working Environment and Productivity, at Workshop on Gender Discrimination Sexual Harassment, organized by Skill Development Council, Govt. Of Pakistan & WEBCOP, Lahore.

  • 2005: On Safe motherhood on Radio FM 100, Lahore.
  • 2005: On HIV/AIDS on Radio FM 103, Lahore.

2005: Public –Private Partnership in Health, at the National Seminar on Pakistan’s Population- Challenges and Opportunities, Dept. of Sociology, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

2005: Public –Private Partnership in Health, at the Marie Stopes Society Seminar on Meeting the Challenge of Unmet Need in Pakistan, Lahore.

2005: Advocacy in Health for the Master in Health Administration, Institute of Administrative Sciences, PunjabUniversity, Lahore.

1992: Conducted Radio Health Education Programmes, Skardu, Baltistan.

WORKSHOPS ARRANGED/CONDUCTED:

2006 / Designed and (to) conducted the Rights based approach (RBA) to RH, CHPS, Lahore.
2006 / Designed and Conducted the RH and Gender, Adolescent Health, GBSV and Safe mother hood training course for different cadres of the MOH of Mansehra, NWFP, and Muzaffarabad for World Health Organization (WHO), Islamabad
2005
2005 / Designed and Conducted (as part of a UN team) the Hygiene Promotion course working in Mansehra, NWFP for WHO, Islamabad
Established the Health and Population Fellowship Cell, in collaboration with Dept. of Social Welfare, Govt. of Punjab, Lahore.
2005 / Arranged four (4) orientation seminars at Centre for Health Population Studies (CHPS) for Leadership Development Mechanism and CHPS
2004 / Arranged Research Skills Development Workshop at CHPS.
2002 / Lead trainer - conducted 3-day course on National Population Policy and Implementation from 3-5th September 2002 for the Sustainable Policy Development Institute (SDPI), Islamabad.
2001 / Conducted a 2-day workshop on “Human Resource Management”, for the Anatomy Department, FatimaJinnahMedicalCollege, (FJMC), Lahore.
2001 / Participated, as resource person, in the pre-testing workshop on Reproductive Health, Rights and Gender Equity arranged by Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
2000 / Conducted “Female Human Resource Requirements in the paramedical sector for Lahore city” in Holiday Inn, hotel, Lahore 2000, in collaboration with JPC for women and GTZ, Lahore
1996. / Arranged the first Inter-Provincial workshop on Human Resource Development, at the auditorium of Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC), Lahore.

PAPERS PRESENTED/ACCEPTED:

INTERNATIONAL

2006 / A case study on Public Private Partnership in Reproductive Health in rural Pakistan; SID Rome.
2005 / Paper titled “Gender vulnerabilities in contracting HIV/AIDS in Pakistan” presented at the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health held from 17th – 21st November 2005, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
2005 / Paper presented on “South Asia and Pakistan perspective in redefining public private partnership” at the regional conference held in Lahore on “Maternal Health and Well being in south Asia: strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals, February 2005.
2005 / Paper titled “Gender vulnerabilities for HIV/AIDS" accepted for presentation at International Conference: Gender Mainstreaming & MDGs, Islamabad, Pakistan
2004 / Paper titled “Gender vulnerabilities for HIV/AIDS" accepted for presentation at the International First Asia/Pacific Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS Best Practices Conference, held in Islamabad, Pakistan in November 2004.
2004 / Scientific Poster presentation titled “Female vulnerabilities in contracting HIV/AIDS in Pakistan” accepted at the 2004 Health Disparities Symposium, Social Determinants: Neighborhood and Place, at the School of public Health, UW, Seattle USA.
2003 / Paper titled “Female vulnerabilities in contracting HIV/AIDS in Pakistan” accepted under Track 4- Gender Approach to Reproductive and Sexual Health: From Rhetoric to Action for the 2nd Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health held from 6-10th October 2003, in Bangkok, Thailand.
2002 / Presented paper titled “Documenting Women’s Human Rights Violations in the Afghanistan Crisis”, at the 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women (Women’s World Congress) July 24th University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda.
2002 / Submission titled “End of Life Care in Pakistani Society” selected for presentation at the Fifth Annual Global Society for Nursing and Health Conference, Multicultural Issues in End of Life Care: Infant to Elder, October 17th – 19th, 2002, at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA.

NATIONAL:

2002 / Paper titled “Gender Related Social Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS in Pakistan” read in the session on “Sexual Abuse and HIV Threat” in the 3rd Annual Research Conference in Lahore, arranged by the Population Association of Pakistan under the theme “Population and Sustainable Development in Pakistan’ held from 19 to 21 December, 2002.

RESEARCH WORK:

2006 / Completed a study titled “A case study on Public Private Partnership working for Rural Women’s Reproductive Health in Pakistan” forSociety for International Development (SID), Rome, Italy. This was a part of a multi-country study
2002 / Co-author of “Transmission of Hepatitis C in Pakistan; are Dental Surgeons safe?”.
2002 / Conducted qualitative research on the “Social Assessment of vulnerable groups for the enhanced HIV/AIDS programme” for “National AIDS Control Programme”, National Institute of Health, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan.
2002 / Conducted qualitative research and report co authored on “Partnership with NGOs for reproductive health promotion and services project “ for the Family Planning Association of Pakistan
2002 / Conducted qualitative research for “Documentation Of Violation of Afghan Women’s Human rights” for ISIS- WICCE, Kampala, Uganda.
1997 / Conducted research for the Development of the Child Labour Monitoring System for the Pakistan Carpet Association 9th July 26th September 1997.
1995 / Conducted quantitative research for M.Sc. in Community Health dissertation thesis titled “Doctor’s Perceptions of their Responsibilities, Performance & Constraints in Rural Punjab, Pakistan”. Submitted to the Department of Community Health, TrinityCollege, University of Dublin, Ireland
1994 / Conducted quantitative research for Master in Public Health (MPH) thesis titled “A comparative study of Knowledge Attitude and Practices regarding Environment Issues of 2 Socio-Economic Groups of Karachi ”, 1994, Karachi University, Karachi.
1994 / Co-author of study - “Air Care”, published in the National Conservation Strategy Bulletin (NCS), International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Government of Pakistan

PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS:

2006 / Health response to the Pakistani earthquake of October 2005 for Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
2005 / Report prepared on the regional conference held in Lahore on “Maternal Health and Well being in south Asia: strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals, February.
2001 / Developed a Training manual on Social Development for Public Sector Decision Makers, for UNICEF, Lahore.
2001 / Report prepared on “Maternal Health Research conducted in Pakistan in the last 10 years” for the National Committee on Maternal Health (NCMH), Pakistan.
2000 / “Female Human Resource Requirements in the paramedical sector” report prepared of workshop conducted on 22nd of November 2000, JPC for women/GTZ, Lahore.
2000 / Report prepared on the all NGOs staff planning meeting, September 18-22, 2000 for PAVHNA –DFID PROJECT (reproductive health).
2000 / Prepared a booklet on the teaching methodology for the training guide for TBA trainings-Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
1999 / Collaborated on study “The Role, Extent and Regulation of private health sector in health care delivery in Pakistan, for Govt. of Pakistan, Islamabad.
1997/8 / Prepared monthly reports on the medical camps for Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
1997 / Reported on Traditional Birth Attendants workshop held in Malliwal village for Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
1997 / Developed booklet on how to utilize health facilities, for community-based organizations on behalf of Shirkat Gah, Lahore.
1996 / Prepared a report titled “Review of the Health Division of Baluchistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP), Quetta”, for BRSP, Quetta.
1996 / Prepared report of the “1st Provincial Human Resource Development Unit’s Workshop, Lahore”, held on the 14th December 1996.
1996 / Edited the “Progress Report of the Health Care Development Project, Department of Health, Punjab, Lahore”, for the 3rd Quarter of 1996.
1996 / Prepared the “Concept Paper of the Provincial Human Resource Development Unit 2, Government of the Punjab, Lahore”.
1996 / Edited report on the “Proposed Changes in the Department of Health for the Inclusion of Family Planning Services in Basic Health Care Facilities in Punjab”, Health Care Development Project, (HCDP) Dept of Health, Punjab.
1996 / Edited report “Qualitative Research Workshop” Quetta, Overseas Development Administration, June ’96, HCDP, Dept of Health, Punjab.
1996 / Prepared a booklet for Shirkat Gah on Health Facilities Utilization by Consumer.
1990 / Prepared the Report on the “evaluation of a Basic Health Unit (BHU)” for Oxfam, Pakistan. The BHU was located in an Afghan refugee camp in Bajuar Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Area, NorthwestFrontierProvince
1988 / Advances in Nephrology, in the Muslim, English Daily Newspaper of Pakistan

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