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Samir Banoob: M.D, diplomat of internal medicine, diplomat of P.H ( hospital admin), Ph.D in public health policy & management.
- Chair, International Health Section, 2006-2008, continuing service in positions of secretary and chair of the section for 10 years between 1987-1996, received the Section distinguished Service Award in 1997.
- Professor and international senior consultant, member of the founding team of the university of South Florida College of Public Health, serving as professor of health policy & management and director of itsinternational health programs 1983-2002.
- Consultant in national health planning, health reform, human resources development, public health education and management training, primary care and quality of care, in 76 countries with governments WHO, World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, US-AID, IDB and european universities.
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Eckhard Kleinau: I have enjoyed working as a public health physician and epidemiologist on global health issues throughout my career. Starting in a tiny village in Burkina Faso where malaria was common, I treated leprosy and tuberculosis in Sierra Leone, and helped to bring Primary Health Care to hundreds of thousands villagers in Cameroon. I like the challenges of exploring ways to improve human health at the same time as conserving our environment. Caring for both seems to make perfect sense, because our health depends so much on clean water and air, and on a diverse plant and animal life. Beside all this, I have a passion for working with numbers, especially to find out whether the programs we implement in the developing world really improve the lives of families, how they work and why. I have been a member of the APHA International Health Section since 1990. |
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Karen Nielsen, MBA, MPA: For 17 years I have worked in the health care field, predominately focused on collaborative efforts between private and public organizations. I entered the world of blogging during the spring of 2008 to document the challenges of health care delivery in terms of women, children, the HIV-positive and intravenous drugs users in urban and rural India. As we all know, public health professionals bring passion and creative solutions to some of the most challenging environments all over the world. I look forward to sharing their triumphs and challenges with you in “Stories from the Field”. |
