Habib Ahmed Afsar
international public health consultant


Expertise and Services

Strategic Health Planning and Systems Development, Individual and Group Coaching, Disaster Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Capacity Strengthening, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Programme Management






Habib Afsar is a medical doctor specializing in public health and health systems management with a specific interest in the social dimensions of health and participatory development methodologies. He has extensive experience of HIV/AIDs behavior change and sexuality, as well as gender and rights. He has worked for a range of organizations that include the Aga Khan University, WHO and national and international NGOs in Pakistan, Somalia, Kenya, Southern Sudan, Switzerland and the UK, often in difficult and complex situations. While he enjoys working at the grassroots level most, he is interested in bridging the gap between community and policy makers through dialogue, research and designing activities that enable people from all levels and sectors to interact. Currently he is based in Switzerland where he divides his time between freelance health consultancy work and his art.

Following his passion for personal and social change and the arts, he is currently enrolled at the European Graduate School in Switzerland studying for a Masters in Inter-modal Expressive Art Coaching, Education and Consulting. He is currently exploring the various applications of these techniques in his consultancy work and aims to develop health projects using these highly affective tools and advocate for the same.

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Last updated on February 21st 2012.

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