Public Health Services

DR. RAMESH KUMAR

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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-3179

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

With a robust background in public health, specializing in maternal and child health, nutrition, and social mobilization, I possess a comprehensive expertise in health system development and policy planning. My extensive experience in developing and testing infection control models highlights my commitment to improving healthcare systems globally. I bring strong communication skills, leadership abilities, and a collaborative approach, all essential for successfully navigating the complexities of public health initiatives.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Public Health Chulalongkorn University Thailand 2015 MSPH (Public Health) Health Services Academy, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad 2011 MBBS Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro 2001 EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Period Designation Organization Job Description

Dec 2024-till date POI Maclean Hospital,

Harvard Medical

School

Research. Project management, training

August 2009- April

2024

Faculty Public

Health

Health Services

Academy

Department of Public,

Health system and

Policy at Health

Services Academy

Islamabad

Research, teaching, training, fundraising, grant

writing leadership, health budgeting, strategic

planning, Publication, Scientific writing, Data

management, consultancies organizing workshop

& conferences in public health.

Nov 2021-Feb 2022 Deputy National

Coordinator

HIV/AIDS Program Management infectious disease program interventions at National and international Level. Jan 2020-Dec 2022 Consultant USAID and WHO Primary Health Care Measurement and Improvement Strategy and Water Governance

Oct 2015-Sep 2021 Post-doc

fellow/researcher

Public Health,

College of Public

Health, Chulalongkorn

University Bangkok,

Thailand.

Implemented randomized control trials and

research projects awarded for the fellowship and

publish research papers in international Journals. Feb 2006-Aug 2009 National Programme

Officer

Prime Minister’s

Program for Prevention

and Control of Hepatitis

Implement HIV program planning and

management.

3/12/03-15/7/04 Demonstrator Muhammad Medical

College Mirpurkhas.

Teaching undergraduate medical students

Jan 2005-Feb 2006 PG Registrar LUMHS Jamshoro Training to fulfill the requirement for postgraduate family medicine

Sept 2003-Jan 2005 Medical

Director

Arain Human

Foundation Hyderabad

Administration and management of the hospital

Sep 2002-Aug 2003 House Officer LUMHS Jamshoro Completed house job PROJECTS / GRANTS / FUNDINGS

Project Name Donor Year

Consultant Communicable diseases (AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) in Pakistan WHO 2024 Effects of Climate Change on Human Health: A Data-Driven Assessment GIZ Evaluation of DAFPAK Project: Assessing impact and effectiveness Impact Assessment Project supported by OGDCL Pakistan. HANDS

Health Systems Strengthening and Health Insurance Expert, Evidence for Health Integrity Climate Risk Modelling in Pakistan under the Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA) GIZ/GC ISC

2023

Develop Country Profile and vital sign profile for PHC Pakistan WHO 2022 Awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers against COVID-19: An association rule mining analysis of data from 371 hospitals across 57 countries Global

Study

2021

Development of Covid-19 Pandemic Response Plan for Municipal Committee USAID 2020 Personal protective equipment (PPE) training for frontline health workers on COVID-19 in Pakistan WHO Water governance Knowledge Management in WASH in Sindh. Water accounting study USAID Primary Health Care Measurement and Improvement Strategy (PHCMI) in Pakistan. WHO 2019 Development of Human Resource for Health registry in Pakistan. WHO Tropical Disease Research grants for operational research on Malaria in Pakistan. WHO Screening of coal miners for tuberculosis in a key population setting of Balochistan, Pakistan Stop TB National need-based assessment survey on Assistive technology in Pakistan in 2019. WHO Pakistan Human Resource for Health Vision 2018-30. WHO 2018 An integrated approach to governance, management, and coordination for HIV/ AIDs, TB, and Malaria GB Situation analysis of municipal water and sanitation system in North Sindh and Baluchistan. USAID Water & Sanitation Health (WASH) stakeholder analysis HANDS Training manual for LHWs/ LHS working in Sindh on WASH and Nutrition. UNICE Training manual for LHWs/ LHS working in Sindh on Family Planning and Reproductive Health. F Training Need Assessment among staff working in Safe Blood Transfusion in Pakistan. GIZ Assessment on EmONC and MNCH in 10 districts of Sindh. PEI 2017 National guidelines for vitamin A supplementation for children in Pakistan. UNICE F

Hospitals assessment for infection control practices in Punjab Pakistan. WHO 2015 Training modules on infection control practices for health staff. WHO Operational Manual for JIMS Hospital Sindh. JSI/

USAID

Human Resources Strategic Plan for JIMS Hospital Sindh. Training manual, IEC materials, hospital inventory system on Health care waste management. Manual development & taught district Health Management training Save CF Trainer’s manual for IYCF, Birth spacing, Birth preparedness, Child vaccination PSI 2013 IPC toolkit & health communication of MCH program for Pakistan. Training of Health Managers on hospital waste management guidelines in Pakistan. WHO 2012 Human resource for health strategy for all provinces Pakistan. Standardized Human Resource Information System (HRIS) in Pakistan. Hospital safety manual for healthcare waste.

Health System Review in the context of devolution in Pakistan Health System Profile of Pakistan in EMRO Region.

National Consultative meetings for the development of national Strategy in Gender and Health HRH strategy and Plan in Pakistan with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders WHO National Country Coordination Mechanism in HRH and National Stakeholders Analysis National Healthcare Waste Management Plan in Ten District hospitals of KP WHO 2010 PUBLICATIONS (120 Research Papers)

Published 120 research papers in indexed peer review journals with h index >26. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EizTXXIAAAAJ&hl=en https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1ZGrs6J6FIe5hi/bibliography/public/ 1. Kumar, R., Mahmood, T., Naeem, N. et al. Minimum dietary diversity and associated determinants among children aged 6– 23 months in Pakistan. Sci Rep 2024; 14, 2639.

2. Mahmood T, Kumar R, Ali TM, Naeem N, Pongpanich S. Determinants of the food insecurity at household level in Pakistan: A multilevel model approach. PLoS ONE 2023 18(10): e0291343. 3. Kumar R., Mehraj V, Ahmed J. et al. Barriers experienced by community midwives to provide basic emergency obstetric and newborn care in rural Pakistan. Serv Res 2023; 23, 1305. 4. Kumar R, Amir-ud-Din R, Ahmed J, et al. Correlates of early initiation of breastfeeding and pre lacteal feeding: a cross- sectional study in Sindh province of Pakistan. BMJ Open 2023;13:e069902. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-202*-****** 5. Ahmed J, Kumar R, Mehraj V, Almarabheh A, Khowaja SA, Khan SA, Naeem N, Pongpanich S. Perceptions of health care workers on maternal and child health services in Pakistan during COVID-19: A cross-sectional study. Dialogues Health. 2023 Jun 26:100145.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

• Key note speaker/chair/ presented research papers and collaboration with stakeholders/ colleagues in more than 70 international conferences.

RESEARCH/ THESIS SUPERVISED

• Supervised 90 Master’s student’s thesis project and 28 Doctoral research projects. EDITORIAL ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

• Editor/ managing editor and board members in 20 international indexed Journals. WORKSHOPS/TRAININGS/CONFERENCES

• Organized 20 international conferences, conducted 500 trainings and workshops in the filed of Public Health. HONOURS AND AWARDS

• External peer reviewers, Global Health Research Program, National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), Southampton, UK.

• Member Technical Advisory committee (TAC) of Health Research Institute (HRI).

• Member Technical Advisory Group for the Primary Health Care Consortium by AKU Pakistan.

• Expert Group Coordinator Health for Climate Risk Modelling in Pakistan under the Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA) notified by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, GCISC, and GIZ.

• Technical expert on climate change and Health and Adaption.

• Global Assessor Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) London UK.

• Member Senate Health Services Academy Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Member of technical working group Establishing/ strengthening institutional biosafety committees.

• Member of the Association for Environment Management and Sustainability.

• Wecare program, personal protective equipment (PPE) training for frontline health workers on COVID-19 in Pakistan.

• Technical working group for a Scoping study to establish a baseline for a report to SDG for WASH in health care facilities.

• Member of the Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group-Middle East. By Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar.

• Global Survey. Awareness and Preparedness of Hospital Staffs against Novel Coronavirus / COVID-19.

• HEC/PMDC/CPSP External Examiner/ Supervisor for PhD Public Health.

• Faculty Exchange at Agha Khan University Karachi from 17-28 February 2020.

• Technical member on WASH and climate change in Health in Pakistan.

• Technical member for scoping/audit study of WASH in health facilities in Pakistan.

• Technical committee member for Pakistan Health Research Council.

• Member of Multilateral Organization Performance Assessment Network

• Mid-Term Review of Naushero Feroze Neonatal Survival Project- A Cluster Randomized Trial.

• Public Health Specialist with Prime Minister’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Network in Flood.

• Coordinator for Country Coordination and Facilitation in Pakistan.

• Coordinator for Hospital Waste Management Project.

• Oversight committee member for Global Fund to fight HIV, Malaria, and TB in Pakistan.

• PhD research award 2014 by Chulalongkorn University

• Fellowship awarded by the International Vaccine Institute Seoul Korea.

• Minority Scholarship from the Government of Pakistan for MPhil Health Informatics.

• Quaid-e-Azam Scholarship for undergraduate studies.

• USAID, HEC and Health Services Academy, Government of Pakistan support for Masters & PhD.

• Pakistan Science Foundation support for paper presentation in USA.citations

• 90th Chulalongkorn University Thailand award for PhD research.

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