Habib Ahmed Afsar
international public health consultant


Consultancies



Dataline Services / Internews, Pakistan 2012
Conducted qualitative data analysis on Baseline Survey of Information Dissemination, Access, Gap and Needs for the "Media for Early Recovery Project" in 6 districts in Pakistan


Hoffstr. 45, Public School, Zurich, Switzerland 2012
Conducted a 3 day Art and Poetry Workshop with immigrant children in integration class aimed at exploring internal resources and expression


Naghma Imdad (for Aurat Foundation), Pakistan 2011
Provided technical input for the USAID funded study "Social and Legal Response to Rape in Pakistan" under the Gender Equity Programme (concept, research proposal, tools and report writing)


South Asian Partnership, Pakistan 2011
Designed and conducted four day "Organizational Review and Management Plan of SAP-Pakistan" using inter-modal expressive arts techniques


Imperial Public School, Pakistan 2011
Conducted a 5 day community art workshop using inter- modal expressive arts techniques to develop a mural titled "Health is my Right" with children aged 13 to 16 years


Merlin, UK 2010/11
Conducted a Real Time Evaluation (RTE) of Merlin's health relief and rehabilitation response in Pakistan in five flood affected districts with end of assignment participatory feedback workshop (KPK and Punjab)


South Asian Partnership (SAP-PK), Pakistan 2010
Conducted orientation sessions for staff on disaster management and participatory community disaster preparedness Developed concept (with methodology, work-plan and TORs) for "Model Healthy Villages" for flood affected districts in Pakistan (the project will be implemented in four sites)


Ministry of Health (NHEPPR), Pakistan 2010
Developed report from secondary and primary data on "Health Facility Vulnerability in Pakistan"


WHO, Pakistan 2010
Co-authored report (with Dr. Marium Malick, Advisor Disabilities, Pakistan) titled "Establishing rehabilitation services for post-polio cases in Afghanistan - mission report"
As a result of an initial proposal developed in 2007 (worth 30'000 US dollars) which was subsequently used to advocate for, and initiate a similar project in Yemen and currently in Afghanistan


Kunsthalle Vienna, Austria 2010
Took part as panel expert for HIV/AIDS as a social issue in the cultural programme as part of the International HIV/AIDS conference
Screened short film on Theater for Development in Museums Quartier


Health Services Academy, Islamabad 2010
Developed and facilitated one-day workshop on "Critical review of medical literature" for Master of Public Health students


Grüne Blume Schweiz, Switzerland 2010
Developed information system including forms (registration and follow-up), users manual with analysis plan and EXCEL data-base


Health Services Academy, Pakistan 2010
Developed and facilitated one-day workshop on critique of medical literature for Masters of Public Health students


NGOMS, Geneva, Switzerland 2009
Developed and facilitated course titled "Essentials of Project Management for NGOs", Geneva - September 2009


WHO, Pakistan 2009
Coordinated critical review and developed report on health cluster response in IDP crisis titled: "Overview of health cluster interventions in humanitarian response to IDPs, Pakistan - July 2008 to July 2009"


Aahung and Ministry Of Population Welfare, Pakistan 2009
Designed and coordinated "Impact assessment of Female Welfare Workers (FWW) trainings" by Aahung for the Ministry of Population Welfare, Pakistan.


LATH and Ministry of Health, Southern Sudan 2009
Team leader/health systems expert for health performance mapping of 10 State Ministries of Health under the MDTF "Technical Assistance to Health Priorities" project.


WHO Pakistan 2008
Designed and conducted participatory evaluation and lessons learned of CERF-funded flood response in Balochistan and Sindh, Pakistan


WHO Pakistan 2008
Developed concept, guidelines, tools, manual and LFA for health and nutrition sentinel site surveillance system and conducted training sessions for over 20 staff


Sahir House, Liverpool, UK 2008
Conducted assessment of M&E system, capacity strengthening and development of outcome indicators (as part of Short Course on International Health Consultancies)


Self commissioned, Switzerland 2008
Conducted qualitative study: Health perceptions of Asylum seekers in Zurich, Switzerland (published in Bleiberecht.ch #2 and presented at the Swiss Public Health Conference Geneva, September 2008)


GF Pakistan 2008
Developed monograph for GF funded ARV project roll out


WHO Pakistan 2007
Designed and coordinated "Household Indigenous KAP survey on scabies, ARI and diarrheoa in earthquake affected districts of Pakistan"


WHO Pakistan 2007
Prepared the report of the "First Inter-country Meeting on Developing Regional Strategy for EMR on Community Based Rehabilitation"


WHO Pakistan 2007
Designed and coordinated "An interagency Assessment of Public Health Facilities in eight affected Districts In NWFP and AJK"


FHI Pakistan 2006
Developmeed M&E framework for USAID funded Truckers project for HIV prevention


EC/AAHI Somalia 2005
Facilitated development of five-year strategic plan (based on SWOT analysis) for Bosaso General Hospital, Puntland, Somalia


EC/AAHI Somalia 2005
Coordinated and supervised the establishment of PHC system in seven districts of Puntland, Somalia


AIDOS, Italy and Shirkat Gah, Pakistan 2005
Incorporated a gender and rights perspective in HIV/AIDS in Pakistan in managers training manual 'Reproductive Health for All'


Futures Group Europe and NACP 2004
Developed BCC guidelines for DFID funded 'HIV/AIDS Prevention with Drug Harm Reduction in Pakistan'. Futures Group Europe and National AIDS Control Programme Pakistan


Aahung, Pakistan 2004
Produced -"Breaking Walls": A 20-minute documentary on the use of "Theater for Development" for community development and mobilization in a sexual health initiative by a CBO in Pakistan. see movie here


Population Council and NACP Pakistan 2004
Developed and facilitated of workshop to integrate sexual and reproductive health in social sciences curriculum in universities in Pakistan


Church World Service Pakistan 2003
Designed and facilitated workshop on introducing Rights Based Approach to Health (CBOs of District Sind, Shirkat Gah, Pakistan)


Green Star Pakistan 2003
Developed and trained personnel for peer education Programme for sex workers in Pakistan


Aahung, Pakistan 2003
Designed and facilitated workshop on ' Theater for Development' for sexual health promotion, Larkana, Pakistan. February 2003


AKU and MoH, Pakistan 2002
Took part as member core technical team (AKU): Tawana Pakistan; a nation-wide feeding program for primary school girls to improve nutrition and school enrolment. (development of MIS and baseline survey)


Battersea Research Group, UK 2001
Conducted data collection for study on Ischemic Heart Disease in London, UK


WASEP and AKU, Pakistan 2001
Coordinated case-control study: Water and Sanitation Extension Programme: Health impact evaluation, Gilgit, Pakistan.

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