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Many consider the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as one of the most important emerging parts of the world economy in the 21st century. MENA is strategically vital as it produces the majority of the world’s oil. However, despite the region’s oil, most MENA countries score lower on Human Development Index (HDI) world ranking, with GDP, productivity and investment rates well below the global average. It is, therefore, becoming widely accepted that the dominant economic model of the region – based on the public sector, oil incomes and workers’ remittances – is not up to the challenges of modern globalisation and the needs of advanced knowledge-based societies.
Given the apparently contradictory needs of economic growth and environmental conservation, it comes as no surprise that knowledge management, innovation and sustainable development (SD) have had such a powerful influence in contemporary discussions on the future of the region.” text_color=”#000000″][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][mkdf_elements_holder holder_full_height=”no” number_of_columns=”four-columns” switch_to_one_column=”” alignment_one_column=””][mkdf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”0px 0% 0px 26%” item_padding_680_768=”0px 13% 50px” item_padding_680=”0px 5% 50px 0%”][mkdf_icon_with_text type=”icon-top” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”” title_tag=”h2″ text_font=”yes” box=”yes” custom_icon=”3984″ title=”1534″ text=”Happy clients” link=”#” title_font_size=”55″][/mkdf_elements_holder_item][mkdf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”0px 8% 0px 17%” item_padding_680_768=”0px 13% 50px” item_padding_680=”0px 5% 50px 0%”][mkdf_icon_with_text type=”icon-top” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”” title_tag=”h2″ text_font=”yes” box=”yes” custom_icon=”4018″ title=”134″ text=”Success Events” link=”#” title_font_size=”55″][/mkdf_elements_holder_item][mkdf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”0px 17% 0px 8%” item_padding_680_768=”0px 13% 50px” item_padding_680=”0px 5% 50px 0%”][mkdf_icon_with_text type=”icon-top” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”” title_tag=”h2″ text_font=”yes” box=”yes” custom_icon=”4021″ title=”157″ text=”business strategies” link=”#” title_font_size=”55″][/mkdf_elements_holder_item][mkdf_elements_holder_item item_padding=”0px 26% 0px 0%” item_padding_680_768=”0px 13%” item_padding_680=”0px 5% 0px 0%”][mkdf_icon_with_text type=”icon-top” icon_pack=”font_awesome” fa_icon=”” title_tag=”h2″ text_font=”yes” box=”yes” custom_icon=”4022″ title=”167″ text=”Projects Plans” link=”#” title_font_size=”55″][/mkdf_elements_holder_item][/mkdf_elements_holder][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1496660590513{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][mkdf_section_title text_alignment=”” title_tag=”” title_mark=”dot” title_separator=”yes” title=”Upcoming Events”][vc_empty_space height=”60px”][fat_event id=”36172″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_text_aligment=”left” css=”.vc_custom_1497519300489{padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1496672984027{padding-right: 25px !important;padding-left: 25px !important;}”][mkdf_section_title text_alignment=”” title_tag=”” title_mark=”dot” title_separator=”yes” title=”Our Network”][vc_empty_space height=”80px”][vc_column_text]
Dr. Mayada Abuaffan
Consultant in Public Health Medicine Dudley Metropolitan Borough CouncilMRCOG MD MSc MBBS Dip
Biography
Dr. Mayada Abu Affan Graduated from Khartoum Medical School in the Sudan , completed foundation training and the MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Sudan . During her working in obstetrics and gynaecology she became convinced that a combination of population and clinical perspectives are the most powerful approaches to improving health and achieving a bigger impact on health and health service quality, as a resulted she entered the Public Health higher specialist training programme in Scotland and obtained the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in 2006. Following the attainment of the membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in 2009, she became one of few people who are dually accredited in Public Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK. Currently she works as a consultant in Public Health with Dudley Local Government leading on maternal and child health, reproductive health, healthy ageing and the lead for Public Heath training and workforce development . She also works as a community gynaecologist on part time bases and as an honorary lecturer at the University of Birmingham. She has worked in different systems and diverse settings in the England, Scotland, the Sudan and Uppsala in Sweden . This has given her the opportunity to experience the impact of culture, resources and political stability on population health. She is passionate about effective system leadership and its impact on developing health systems. In recognition of the importance of effective leadership in developing countries, she co-authored a leadership course for developing countries . The course focuses on System Leadership and addresses challenges facing effective leadership in developing countries such as resource constraints and lack of political engagement. She has been taking part in teaching this course, with colleagues in the Sudan, for the past five years. She is a founding member of the Sudanese Public Health Consultancy Group, a UK based charity focuses on building public health capacity in the Sudan. She is also a founding member and the Treasurer of Public Health Africa, a group of African public health consultants with an overarching aim of improving health in Africa. The group has four main objectives: contribution to health policy development, contribution towards achieving the MDG and other global, national and local priorities, sharing good practice, support partnership working amongst African countries and building public health capacity. She is a keen twitter, very passionate about effective system leadership and brining the best out of people. As a transformational leader, she led a number of integration projects across health and social care systems which has resulted in measurable service transformation and health improvement.
Qualifications: MBBS Medicine and surgery, University of Khartoum, Sudan; MD in obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Khartoum, Sudan; Membership, Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, UK; Masters in Public Health, University of Aberdeen , UK; Fellowship , Faculty of Public Health, UK; Membership, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, UK; Membership, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, UK; Diploma in Leadership and management , Kings Fund, London; Certificate in System Leadership, Local Government Association, UK
Current roles: Consultant in public Health Dudley Local Government, West Midlands; Honorary consultant in contraception and reproductive Health , Birmingham University Hospital; Honorary lecturer, University of Birmingham; Training and workforces development lead , Dudley Local Government.
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