Curriculum Vita

Name : /

Ghaleb M. M. Abu Bakr

Birth: / 1950, Yaa'bad–Jenin/Palestine
Marital Status: /

Married, parent of 4

Address: / Jenin – West Bank – PNA/Palestine
Tel: 970-04-2502097 ,970-0595-124443
Fax: 04-2435877, email:
Qualifications: / MPH- International Health/ Health Policy and Management – Emory University- (Rollins) School of Public Health and Center of International Health – Atlanta GA USA,1993
B.Sc. in Dentistry – BaghdadUniversity 1973
Experience
2014-2016 / Coordinator of the Health Committee of the Consulting and Executive Council of Jenin Governorate and the Council Facilitator (General Secretary)
2011-2016 / Full time lecturer at AAUJ/Jenin in H. Care Management
2010-2011 / Consultant of H. Policy and Planning of MOH
2004-2011 / Lecturer at AAUJ in Hospitals and H. Care Management
2008-2010 / Member of technical committee of H. Sector Reform and Development (Flagship USAID funded project)
2007-2010 / - General Director of Policy & Planning Directorate MOH/PNA
- General Secretary of Strategic Policy & Planning Council/PNA
2009- 2010 / Team leader of 2011- 2013 National Strategic Health Plan
2009-2010 / National Committee member of the "Monitoring & Evaluation System" of PNA for Strategic Reform & Development
2007- 2008 / Coordinator of 2008- 2010 Midterm Reform & Development Plan
2006- 2007 / Coordinator of Midterm Development Plan 2006- 2008
2005-2007 / Poverty Elimination Council Committee Coordinator/ MOH
1998-2007 / Director of Research, Planning and Development MoH-West Bank / Palestine
Coordinator of Technical Assistance Projects for MoH West Bank / Palestine
2004-2005 / Local health expert for EU Funded Project "Assistance for Planning & Management of the Hospital Sector"
1999-2003 / Member of the Central Policy and Planning Committee of MoH; in charge of Strategic Health Plan, 1999- 2003
1999-2003 / Member of the National Committee for Human Resources Development and Education in Health & Plan,2001
1998-2003 / Director of Research, Planning and Development MoH-West Bank / Palestine
Coordinator of Technical Assistance Projectsfor MoH-West Bank / Palestine
1973-2000 / Private Practice of dentistry
1995-1997 / Director of Arab Care for MedicalServicesDiagnosticCenter in Nablus/West Bank/Palestine
1994-1995 / General coordinator in Jericho area and Intersectoral coordinator, Acting Deputy Director of Palestine Council for Health in Jerusalem
1990-1995 / Board member of the Planning and ResearchCenter in Jerusalem ; in charge of “ National Health Plan” ,1994- 1998
1983-1994 / Elected chairman and director of PFS in Jenin
1988-1992 / Board member of The Steering Committee for Rehabilitation joint to BethlehemUniversity.
1990-1994 / Board Chairman and member of establishing committee of the Community Development Association for the hearing impaired in West Bank and Gaza.
1980-1984 / Board member and vice chairman of the Dental Association in Jerusalem
Training Courses and Seminars:
Healthcare Quality: The Way Forward, June, 28-30th, 2010
Leadership development
MENA Health Policy Forum Conference, June,6-8/2010, Amman, Jordan
Principles ofH. Policy, planning & management course/ Leeds University/ Nuffield Institute for Health Sciences (30 credit hours) Nov. – Dec. / 2007
Hospital Management Development Program as part of the EC "Assistance to the Hospital Sector Planning and Management Project". Total of 120 CEHs, Palestine, April-December 2005
Health Sector Review in Palestine Conference in Rome in 2004
Health Sector Review in Palestine Conference in Cyprus 2004
Fundraising and Proposal writing training organized by Maram [USAID Project], and "Planning and Learning Incorporation" held in Cairo/ Egypt May 3-7th, 2004.
Strategic Management, at General Personnel Council organized by AUC, Institute of Management Development and GPC/PNA, Ramallah Aug 15-20th, 2000
Third National Health Accounts Work Shop for MENA region , Amman – Jordan May 21-24th, 2000
Health Needs Assessment, BirzeitUniversity-Nov 30th, 1999
Flagship Course on Health Sector Reform and Sustainable Financing for the MENA Region, June 7-19th,1999 at AUB-Beirut, Lebanon
Advanced Senior Management Program, Jan, 24 to 28th, 1999 conducted by Harvard Un., GalilleeCollege, The Palestinian Center for Regional Studies, and PeresCenter for Peace
Special Workshop for High Managerial level of PNA Directors on "General Administration and Budgeting", October, 1998, conducted by UNITAR and MOPIC
Training Modules in " Hospital Management (Financial Management, Marketing and Managing People) 6 training days, September, 1997, conducted by Netherlands Red Cross Society and New Horizons/Division of Arabcare Medical Services
Project Management through the use of MS project, 40 hours Training course, Al-NajahUniversity, Nablus, May 10th to June 2nd, 1997
Hospital Management, 3days workshop coordinated by the Netherlands Red Cross, June 1996
Quality Customer Service, 7 hour In-service Training, Feb-March, 1996, Arab Care Medical Services
A Summer Seminar on Reforming Health Systems, Hadassah community HealthCenter, Jerusalem, August 1995. Bruan School of Public Health and community medicine of the HebrewUniversity at Hadassah, Emory Un./SPH, and Palestine Council of Health
Exchange Project on Public Administration, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte and USA Information Agency, June, 4th to July, 14th, 1995.
MPHthesisSchool based Oral Health Education and Implementation in the West Bank Dec., 1993
Continuing Education activity "A Seminar in Computerized Chart Patient Flow Analysis", Emory Un./School of PH and CDC Atlanta; August, 18-20th, 1993
Hospitals Management Training Course " Contemporary Trends and Issues" 40 CEHs,JordanUniversity, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Health Services Management Program, April, 1992
Conferences: / Participation in the Second Public Health Conference; “Public Health in Palestine: Challenges, Research & Implications”, April, 25th, 2013, Al-Quds University, Abu Dis Campus
MENA Health Policy Forum Conference, June, 6-8th , Amman
The First Public Health Conference University "Public Health in the Eyes of Young Researchers/ Al-Quds University, May, 11th, 2011
The Palestinian 2nd H. Conference; “ Our Goal is Patients’ Safety”, May, 14th, 2010
The Palestinian H. Conference; "Towards Quality & Sustainable Health Services" May, 2009
5th Palestinian Conference on Laboratory Medicine, AAUJ March, 28-29th, 2008
Health Sector Review in Palestine Conference in Rome in 2004
Health Sector Review in Palestine Conference in Cyprus 2004
National Conference of the Institute of Health Record Information and Management, held in Dunblane, Scotland April 22-25th, 2001organized by DFID/UK.
First Scientific Conference of Altadamon Islamic MedicalCenter, July,1998, Nablus, Palestine
Palestinian Pharmaceutical Conference, August,18,19th, 1994
American Public Health Association 121st Annual Meeting and Exhibition Oct., 24-28th, 1993; San Francisco,
The Second World Conference on Injury Control, May, 1993; Atlanta, GA (Injury Control in the 1990s; A National Plan for Action)
Epidemic Intelligence Service 42nd Annual Conference, April 19-23rd, 1993 CDC Atlanta, Georgia, USA
The 10th Congress of Jordan Dental association; Scientific days, April 15 –17th, 1992
The Second International Dental Congress of F.D.A. and 11th Arab Dental Congress, March 1980; Baghdad.