الدكتورة ندى الورد من رموز الأطباء العراقيين المعاصرين
Name
Dr. Nada Al Ward
alwardn@yahoo.com
Linedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nada-al-ward-a3b54b50/
Telephones
Cell: +1 647 949 7796 – Canada
+ 962 79 645 1101 – Jordan, also Viber and WhatsApp
Skype
nada.al.ward
Address
– Unit 13, 1250 Mississauga Valley Boulevard
Mississauga ON, L5A 3R6, Canada
– Building 14, Al Badr 2 Street, Al Rawabi
Amman, Jordan
Main Areas of Expertise (Details available upon request)
Reproductive Health / Maternal and Child Health
Emergencies: Emergency Institutional Readiness, Disaster Risk Reduction and Emeregency Preparedness and Response
Managing and Coordinating Health Programmes in Refugee Settings
Health Systems / Analysing Disrupted Health Systems
Development of Medical Education
Bio-medical Journal Publishing
Education
Degree
Educational Institute
City, Country
Date
M.B.Ch.B. (Batchelor in Medicine and Surgery)
College of Medicine, University of Baghdad
Baghdad, Iraq
June 1978
M.Sc. (Master of Science) in Community Health
Trinity College, University of Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
May 1983
M.F.P.H.M. (Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine)
Royal College of Physicians
Dublin, Ireland
June 1985
Posts Held
Year
Place
Job Title
Sep 78 -Oct 79
Medical City Teaching Hospital
Rotating Physician
Oct 9 -Dec 80
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad
Training Physician
Jan 81 -Jun 85
Postgraduate Study Leave
Jul 85 – Aug 96
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad
Faculty Member
Sep 96 – Oct 98
WHO Office, Baghdad
Public Health Specialist
Oct 98 – Jun 2003
Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad
Assistant Professor
Jun 2003 –
Aug 2006
WHO/Iraq Office, Baghdad
Medical Officer /
Officer in Charge
Aug 2006 –
Mar 2008
Emergency Preparedness and Capacity Building, Health Action in Crises, WHO / HQ
Technical Officer
Apr 2008 –
Apr 2012
Health Assistance Programme for Displaced Iraqis in Neighbouring Countries, WHO/Syria
and Jordan
Coordinator for Emergency Preparedness & Humanitarian Activities
Jan – Jun 2013
Emergency and Humanitarian Actions / WHO / EMRO
Medical Officer
Feb – Jun 2014
International Medical Corps, Amman / Jordan
Director of Health
Jun 2014 –
Jun 2016
Emergency Medical Support Team for the Syrian Crisis, WHO / EMRO Sub-Regional Office in Amman / Jordan
Emergency Medical Support Team leader
Highlight: Successfully completed the assessment and selection process for the WHO Roster for Heads of WHO Country Offices and was officially included in the active roster.
Teaching & Training Experience (Details available upon request)
Teaching Primary Health Care, Maternal & Child Health, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology & Research Methodology to various undergraduate and graduate courses.
Lectures to the “Course on Global Nutrition” / Master Program of Public Health Science with specialization in Public Health Nutrition, Unit for Public Health Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at Novum, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
EMPHNET Rapid Response Teams Training – Introductory Course.
WHO “Public Health Pre-Deployment Training Course” facilitation.
Disaster Risk Reduction (Details available upon request)
First Global Platform of the UN-ISDR/ Workshop on Disaster Reduction in the Health Sector.
WHO/HQ / ISDR campaign on “Hospitals Safe from Disasters”.
UN Joint Program document on “Disater Risk Management in Jordan” under the UNDAF / Jordan emergency preparedness subgroup.
Template for “Hospital Disaster Management Plan” for the Disaster Unit in the MoH / Jordan.
Strategies, Standards, Guidelines and manuals (Details available upon request)
WHO / EMRO Training modules for medical journal editors in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
WHO Six-year strategy for the health sector and community capacity building on emergency preparedness and risk management.
WHO Global Consultation on the Development of Guidelines for Mass Casualty Management.
“Clinical Management of Rape Survivors” Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons.
WHO/HQ “Manual for the Health Care of Children in Humanitarian Emergencies.
Technical papers for the Public Health Pre-Deployment course pre-reading material.
“Humanitarian Action and Older Persons: An essential brief for humanitarian actors” Advocacy Paper.
“National Mental Health Policy 2011 and Mental Health Plan 2011 – 12” Jordan.
Refugee Response
WHO/HQ and EMRO Mission to Jordan and Syria in support to displaced Iraqis in Syria and Jordan.
Development of the health component of the Iraq Consolidated Appeal Process 2009.
Assessment of sentinel PHC centers providing health services for displaced Iraqis in Jordan.
Development of the “Regional Refugee Response Plan 2010, 2011, 2012 , and 2013” for Iraqi refugees in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon.
Workshops for Iraqi outreach volunteers in Jordan” to raise awareness of Iraqi refugees on the health services.
Workshop on the “Integration of the Management of Non-Communicable Diseases in PHC Services in Jordan”, under the WHO displaced Iraqis program.
UNFPA / IMC Jordan SPRINT training workshop on the “Minimum Initial Service Package for Sexual and Reproductive Health in Crises”, facilitation and presentations.
Rapid Assessment of the needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan.
WHO / IMC “4Ws Mapping Exercise Workshop”.
Emergency Response Fund (ERF) Advisory Review Board in Jordan to assist displaced Syrians in Jordan.
Health and nutritional assessment of under-five children and child-bearing age women among Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
UN technical group for assessing the readiness of the health system in Jordan to respond to the health needs of the Syrian refugees.
Developing contingency plans for the Syrian crisis both inside Syria and in neighboring countries.
Health Sector Response to the Syrian refugees in countries neighboring Syria.
Proposal Development (Details available upon request)
Proposal on the development of medical and health professional education in Iraq.
Project proposals under the Iraq Consolidated Appeal Process, 2009.
Project proposals under the Refugee Response Plans for Displaced Iraqis (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013).
Project proposals under the Refugee Response Plans for Displaced Syrians (2013).
CERF proposals for the dispalced Syrians in Jordan and Lebanon.
Project proposals on assessing the hospital safety in Jordan.
Participation in / Facilitation of Training Courses / Workshops (Details available upon request)
Reproductive Health / Maternal and Child Health including: IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses), Adolescent Health, Breast-Feeding, and Control od Diarrheal Diseases and Acure Respiratory Infections.
Development of Medical Education
Health Planning, Administration and Management
Health Action in Crises
Security in the Field
Bio-medical Journal Editing
Others including: Communications Training Workshop, Resource Mobilization Capacity Building Workshop, Basic Negotiaition Skills (online), and Writing Effectively (online)
Participation in Surveys / Studies (Details available upon request)
National surveys in Iraq: Taditional Birth Attendants’ Survey; Rapid Evaluation Methodology in Maternal and Child; CDD Health Facility Survey; Client Satisfaction with PHC Services Survey; National Survey on Blindness; ARI Health Facility Survey; National Oral Health Survey; National Survey on Maternal, Infant & Child Mortality; National Study on the Care of the Newborn Child; Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey -3 for Iraq, Iraq Family Health Survey; and Iraq Mental Health Survey.
Health Needs Assessment Survey for the Displaced Iraqis in neighboring countries (Jordan, Egypt and Syria); Study on immunization program drop-out among children living in high risk areas in Jordan; Health needs assessment study on vulnerable Iraqis in Jordan; Rapid assessment of the needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan; Health and nutritional status of under-five children and child-bearing age women among Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon.
Participation in Conferences, Meetings & Seminars (Details available upon request)
General Medical: 14
Development of Medical Education: 3
Health Planning, Administration and Management: 7
Bio-medical Journals’ Editing: 6
Emergencies and crises: “Meeting to support the National Security and Crisis Management Center and its national partners / Jordan in emergency preparedness and response planning; Meeting on “Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon: Linking Policy and Research”, American University of Beirut; and UN Humanitarian Coordination Meeting on the Syria Crisis.
Others in various countries with subjects including: Eighth World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion; Promoting Non-Violence and Networking Peace Initiatives in Iraq; Global Response 2010: Violent Conflict and Health in a Globalized World.
Published Work
Twenty seven papers in national, regional and international journals (Details available upon request)
Supervision of Academic Work (Details available upon request)
Supervised the following dissertations & theses (Details available upon request)
Doctorate: 10
Fellowship of the Iraqi Board for Medical Specialization/ Scientific Council of Community Medicine & Family Medicine: 39
Mastership: 14
Diploma: 17
Others: One volunteer under the UNU Volunteerism Program
Skills
Computer: Professional standard in Microsoft Office and other programs
Languages: Arabic as a mother tongue; Excellent standard in English; and Basic knowledge of French
Volunteering in Canada
Reviewed and copy-edited more than 100 manuscripts for the Journal of the Faculty of Medicine – Baghdad from 2018 – date
Three-day Training for facilitators on “Elder Abuse” in Peel Multicultural Council, Mississauga, ON, July 2019
Delivered two awareness raising sessions for Arabic-speaking elderly people on “Elder Abuse” in MIAG Center for Diverse Women and Families, Mississauga, ON, October 2019
Delivered an awareness raising session for elderly people on “Mental Health and the Elderly” in MIAG Center for Diverse Women and Families, Mississauga, ON, October 2019
Started teaching English Language for new-comer Arabic speaking adults for Seraj Community Organization, Mississauga, ON, October 2020 and completed three 16-week courses
Delivered three zoom sessions under the Peel Multicultural Council “New Horizon Seniors’ Program – Green Initiative”, August 2021, on:
Our Environment.. Our Health – Waste Management
Our Environment.. Our Health – Food Wastage
Our Environment.. Our Health – Dealing with Plastics
Reviewed the Arabic manuscript and translated into English Professor Hikmet Jamil’s biography “A Voyage from the Tigris to Detroit”, January – September 2021
Reviewed the Arabic manuscript and translated into English Professor Hikmet Jamil’s Book “A Journey on the Death Train”, January – October 2022
Certificates in Canada
UFCW Canada Course Certificate on Safe Food Handling, March 2020
BACOFF Food Safety & Hygiene Training & Consulting – Food Handler Certification Program, Mississauga, ON, October 2020
