Yusra Khalaf
Huntington Beach,CA
Summary
Dependable expert with proven ability to design health education campaigns and programs to raise awareness of health issues. Experienced in assessing needs for health education and developing strategies to promote health and wellness. Skilled in teaching, mentoring and developing relationships with individuals to support health initiatives.Works and respects teamwork as well as individually. Maintaining of performance indicators at difficult times and situations. Computer skills with the ability to access information, data analysis and presentation.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Public Health Officer
Iraq Ministry Of Health
03.2005 - 04.2022
- Worked as National Polio Coordinator for (19) years (2005-2022). i.e., Till the date of retirement in May 2022.
- Deputy manager of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) (2005- 2019), Also assisted in the development of strategy and policy formulation that related to Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) at Ministry of Health (MoH), Baghdad, Iraq.
- Certificate of teaching methods from the Technology University-Baghdad (June 2021).
- Actively participated in the epidemiological investigations and risk mitigation of polio outbreak which occurred in February/ 2014 due to East Mediterranean region outbreak. Iraq was declared as free from polio virus transmission in May 2015.
- Functioned as National Measles and Rubella surveillance officer for (6) years (2006-2011).
- Trained more than (2000+) health staff on different aspects of EPI program in Iraq on polio, measles, rubella, and Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) surveillance.
- Assigned as a lecturer for Iraqi and Arabic Certificate board for community medicine, public health, and family medicine for a period of (8) years.
- Established Environmental surveillance (ES) for polio viruses in Iraq for the first time in May 2022.
- Coordinated AFP surveillance functionalities in Iraq with World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Net (EMPHNET) and United State Agency for International Development (USAID). Ministry of Health / Iraq, Iraq-Baghdad 2005 to Present National Polio/ Measles coordinator
Education
Master of Science - Public Health
College of Medicine -Baghdad University
Baghdad-Iraq01.1994
Bachelor of Science - Human Medicine
College of Medicine-Al Mustansereyah University
Baghdad-Iraq07.1988
Skills
- Outbreak investigation
- Health Policy Development
- Disease Control
- Research design
- Health staff trainer
- professional managerial skills
- Teaching of biology and health sciences IT skills (word Excel ,Power point)
- Hard worker
- serious and well organized
- Problem Solving
- Bilingual (Arabic-English)
- Clinical Social Work
Timeline
Public Health Officer
Iraq Ministry Of Health
03.2005 - 04.2022
Master of Science - Public Health
College of Medicine -Baghdad University
Bachelor of Science - Human Medicine
College of Medicine-Al Mustansereyah University
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