Summary
Professor Salman Rawaf qualified in medicine with training in paediatrics and public health. Prof Rawaf is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training and is well known for his international work and contribution to global health. He is an adviser to the World Health Organisation on primary care, public health, health systems, medical education and human resource for health development. The Collaborating Centre supports several WHO Regions and their Member States.
Professor Rawaf is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians London and the UK Faculty of Public Health and Member of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine Ireland. He is the UK Faculty of Public Health Global Health Adviser, an Executive Member of the International Committee of the UK Academy of the Royal Medical Colleges, a Member of WHO Advisory Committee for Health research, and Programme Leader of the Postgraduate Diploma/MSc in Family Medicine Middlesex University. He is an Honorary Professor at Ghent University, Belgium. Salman’s contributions to public health and primary care in research and service delivery are well known. He is recognised for his work in supporting countries to strengthen their health systems and service development including Bahrain, Brazil, Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Oman, Poland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Palestine, Qatar and Yemen.
Among the many innovative approaches is Staying Healthy: a programme to assess risk factors for chronic diseases in community settings and enable individuals to engage in their own health.
Prof Rawaf is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Public Health Medicine and a member of a number editorial boards and has published several scientific papers, two books and many international reports.
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Hertelendy AJ, Chekijian S, McNulty E, et al.Hertelendy AJ, Chekijian S, McNulty E, Mitchell CL, Grimes JO, Durneva P, Ranse J, Voskanyan A, Nazarian V, Rawaf S, Tabche C, Ciottone GR close, 2022, Crisis leadership: a case for inclusion in accredited Master of Public Health program curricula, Public Health, Vol:209, ISSN:0033-3506, Pages:14-18
Haagsma JA, Charalampous P, Ariani F, et al.Haagsma JA, Charalampous P, Ariani F, Gallay A, Moesgaard Iburg K, Nena E, Ngwa CH, Rommel A, Zelviene A, Abegaz KH, Al Hamad H, Albano L, Liliana Andrei C, Andrei T, Antonazzo IC, Aremu O, Arumugam A, Atreya A, Aujayeb A, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Engelbert Bain L, Banach M, Winfried Baernighausen T, Barone-Adesi F, Beghi M, Bennett DA, Bhagavathula AS, Carvalho F, Castelpietra G, Caterina L, Chandan JS, Couto RAS, Cruz-Martins N, Damiani G, Dastiridou A, Demetriades AK, Dias-da-Silva D, Francis Fagbamigbe A, Fereshtehnejad S-M, Fernandes E, Ferrara P, Fischer F, Fra Paleo U, Ghirini S, Glasbey JC, Glavan I-R, Gomes NGM, Grivna M, Harlianto NI, Haro JM, Hasan MT, Hostiuc S, Iavicoli I, Ilic MD, Ilic IM, Jakovljevic M, Jonas JB, Jerzy Jozwiak J, Jurisson M, Kauppila JH, Kayode GA, han MAB, Kisa A, Kisa S, Koyanagi A, Kumar M, Kurmi OP, La-Vecchia C, Lamnisos D, Lasrado S, Lauriola P, Linn S, Loureiro JA, Lunevicius R, Madureira-Carvalho A, Mechili EA, Majeed A, Menezes RG, Mentis A-FA, Meretoja A, Mestrovic T, Miazgowski T, Miazgowski B, Mirica A, Molokhia M, Mohammed S, Monasta L, Mulita F, David Naimzada M, Negoi I, Neupane S, Oancea B, Orru H, Otoiu A, Otstavnov N, Otstavnov SS, Padron-Monedero A, Panda-Jonas S, Pardhan S, Patel J, Pedersini P, Pinheiro M, Rakovac I, Rao CR, Rawaf S, Rawaf DL, Rodrigues V, Ronfani L, Sagoe D, Sanmarchi F, Santric-Milicevic MM, Sathian B, Sheikh A, Shiri R, Shivalli S, Dora Sigfusdottir I, Sigurvinsdottir R, Yurievich Skryabin V, Aleksandrovna Skryabina A, Smarandache C-G, Socea B, Sousa RARC, Steiropoulos P, Tabares-Seisdedos R, Roberto Tovani-Palone M, Tozija F, Van de Velde S, Juhani Vasankari T, Veroux M, Violante FS, Vlassov V, Wang Y, Yadollahpour A, Yaya S, Sergeevich Zastrozhin M, Zastrozhina A, Polinder S, Majdan M close, 2022, The burden of injury in Central, Eastern, and Western European sub-region: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study, Archives of Public Health, Vol:80, ISSN:0778-7367
Castelpietra G, Knudsen AKS, Agardh EE, et al.Castelpietra G, Knudsen AKS, Agardh EE, Armocida B, Beghi M, Iburg KM, Logroscino G, Ma R, Starace F, Steel N, Addolorato G, Andrei CL, Andrei T, Ayuso-Mateos JL, Banach M, Barnighausen TW, Barone-Adesi F, Bhagavathula AS, Carvalho F, Carvalho M, Chandan JS, Chattu VK, Couto RAS, Cruz-Martins N, Dargan P, Deuba K, da Silva DD, Fagbamigbe AF, Fernandes E, Ferrara P, Fischer F, Gaal PA, Gialluisi A, Haagsma JA, Haro JM, Hasan MT, Hasan SS, Hostiuc S, Iacoviello L, Iavicoli I, Jamshidi E, Jonas JB, Joo T, Jozwiak JJ, Katikireddi SV, Kauppila JH, Khan MAB, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kivimaki M, Koly KN, Koyanagi A, Kumar M, Lallukka T, Langguth B, Ledda C, Lee PH, Lega I, Linehan C, Loureiro JA, Madureira-Carvalho AM, Martinez-Raga J, Mathur MR, McGrath JJ, Mechili EA, Mentis A-FA, Mestrovic T, Miazgowski B, Mirica A, Mirijello A, Moazen B, Mohammed S, Mulita F, Nagel G, Negoi I, Negoi RI, Nwatah VE, Padron-Monedero A, Panda-Jonas S, Pardhan S, Pasovic M, Patel J, Petcu I-R, Pinheiro M, Pollok RCG, Postma MJ, Rawaf DL, Rawaf S, Romero-Rodriguez E, Ronfani L, Sagoe D, Sanmarchi F, Schaub MP, Sharew NT, Shiri R, Shokraneh F, Sigfusdottir ID, Silva JP, Silva R, Socea B, Szocska M, Tabares-Seisdedos R, Torrado M, Tovani-Palone MR, Vasankari TJ, Veroux M, Viner RM, Werdecker A, Winkler AS, Hay S, Ferrari AJ, Naghavi M, Allebeck P, Monasta L close, 2022, The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, Lancet Regional Health-europe, Vol:16, ISSN:2666-7762
Saad RK, Abu Khudair S, El Rabbat M, et al.Saad RK, Abu Khudair S, El Rabbat M, Omar M, Al Nsour M, Khader Y, Rawaf S close, 2022, Published Research on COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: Bibliometric Analysis (Preprint), Interactive Journal of Medical Research
Rawaf S, Tabche C, 2022, Public health workforce development through virtually interactive training courses, Public Health Reviews, Vol:43, ISSN:2107-6952
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