Regional workshop to introduce the WHO new growth curves in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Muscat, Oman, 12–14 September 2005
Objectives: to orient national nutrition, maternal and child health, senior health programme managers about the new growth curves.....to develop a regional plan of action for the implementation of the new growth curves.....
Venue & logistics

:::: Participants

Bahrain
Dr Khairya Moosa
Head of Nutrition Section
Ministry of Health
Manama
int.+973 39628028/17279218
khussain@health.gov.bh
Dr Mona El-Sheikh
Ministry of Health
Manama
int.+973 39682586/17246341
mmahmood@health.gov.bh
Egypt
Dr Azza Salah El Din Gohar
Director, Nutrition Institute
Cairo
int.+20 2 364 6413/12 7437390 (mobile)
azzagohar@redakamel.com
Dr Safaa Abdel Fattah
Ministry of Health and Population
Cairo
int.+20 2 531 3761/10 5172096 (mobile)
safahussein@hotmail.com
Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr Abbas Habibollahi
Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Teheran
Ms Mina Minaei
Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Teheran
int.+983 12 3802798
minaie40@yahoo.com
Jordan
Dr Mai Hadidi
Ministry of Health
Amman
int.+962 795590888 (mobile)
mchd@moh.gov.jo
Dr Adnan Ishaq
Head of Nutrition Department
Ministry of Health
Amman
int.+962 6 5871636/777692702 (mobile)
a_ishaq7@yahoo.com
Kuwait
Dr Rihab Alwotayan
Child Health Department
Ministry of Health
Kuwait
int.+965 2408918/7051449 (mobile)
mcgill1998@hotmail.com
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Dr Mabrouka M. Legnain
Professor in Gyneocology and Obstetrics
Garyounis University
Benghazi
Dr El Mokhtar Mohamed Hadida
Acting Director
Department of Preventive Medicine
Health Planning Authority
Tripoli
int.+21821 93735613
m_hadida@hotmail.com
Morocco
Dr El Arbi Rjimati
Nutritionist at the Directorate of Population
Ministry of Health
Rabat
int.+212 66696665/37691267
lrjimati@hotmail.com
Dr Fatima Dehbi
Paediatrics
Child Hospital
Rabat
int.+212 2223717/61576574 (mobile)
dehbi_fatima@yahoo.fr
Oman
Dr Samira Al-Maimani
Family physician,
Medical Officer In-Charge, Mabela Health Centre
Ministry of Health
Muscat
int.+968 99269191/24454277 (facsimile)
sam91@omantel.net.om
Dr Sahar Abdou Helmi
Director, Department of School Health
Ministry of Health
Muscat
int.+968 2460103/2469788 (facsimile)
dir-sch-nh@moh.gov.om
Ms Hanadi Juman Al Rajab
Head, Dietetics Section
Ministry of Health
Muscat
int.+ 968 24786553/24705594 (facsimile)
hanadi-alrajab@gmail.com
Pakistan
Dr Zafar Iqbal Naeem
Paediatrics Physician
Federal Government Services Hospital
Islamabad
int.+9251 9205677
zafar@comsnts.alet.pe
Dr Malik Muhammad Safi
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (PHC)
Ministry of Health
Islamabad
dr_msafi@hotmail.com
Palestine
Dr Mohammed Jobran
Nutrition Department
Ministry of Health
Northern Governorates
0599832406
mohjubran@yahoo.com
Dr Obaidah Qamhyia
Nutrition Department
Ministry of Health
Northern Governorates
092374545/0599674047
obaidaq@yahoo.com
Qatar
Dr Hamda Qotba
Community Medicine Consultant & Head of NCD Section at the Prevention Health Department
National Health Authority
Doha
int.+974 5522352
hqotba@nha.org.qa
Sudan
Dr Lamia Eltigani Elfadil
Head of IMCI Training Section
Federal Ministry of Health
Khartoum
int.+249 912208293
dr_lamia71@hotmail.com
Dr Siham A. Balla
National Nutrition Director
Federal Ministry of Health
Khartoum
int.+249 912444718
sihammusa@yahoo.com
Syrian Arab Republic
Dr Lamia Abu Ajaj
Children Health Department
PHC Directorate
Ministry of Health
Damascus
int.+963 116318593/94731349 (mobile)
lamia64@ng-scs.org
Dr Mayas Altaweel
Chief of Nutrition
PHC Directorate
Ministry of Health
Damascus
int.+963 92743413
Tunisia
Dr Larbi Hamzaoui
Ministry of Health
Tunis
71789143
arbihamzaoui@yahoo.fr
United Arab Emirates
Ms Asli Aden Ashkir
Ministry of Health
Abu Dhabi
int.+971 507908516
asliashkir@hotmail.com
Yemen
Dr Arwa Hamoud Baydar
Children Health Department
Ministry of Public Health and Population
Sana'a
int.+967 73741700
arwahb@yahoo.co.uk
Mr Nageeb Abdul Baqi
Nutrition Department
Ministry of Public Health and Population
Sana'a
int.+967 1226439/733860731 (mobile)

:::: Other organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Ms Noreen Prendiville
Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU)– Somalia
Nairobi, Kenya
int.+254 203745734
noreen.prendiville@fsan.or.ke
UNICEF
Dr Mahendra Sheth
Regional Health & Nutrition Adviser
UNICEF Regioanl Office for the Middle East & North Africa UNICEF/MENARO
Amman, Jordan
int.+962 65502409
msheth@unicef.org
World Food Programme (WFP)
Dr Pushpa Acharya
WFP Programme Officer
WFP Middle East, Central Asia & Eastern Europe
pushpa.acharya@wfp.org

:::: WHO Secretariat

Dr El Fatih El Samani
WHO Representative, Oman
int.+968 24600989		 WRO/Oman
Dr Kunal Bagchi
Regional Adviser Nutrition
int.+20 22765387
bagchik@emro.who.int		 WHO/EMRO
Dr Mercedes de Onis
Medical Officer, NMH/NHD/HQ
int.+41 227913320
deonism@who.int		 WHO/HQ
Dr Adelheid Onyango
Technical Officer, NHD/HQ
int.+41 227913495
onyangoa@who.int		 WHO/HQ
Dr AbdulRahman Weyrah
Nutrition Officer
int.+252 2456099 (mobile)
weyraha@emro.who.int		 WHO/Somalia
Ms Rachida Souissi
Technical Officer
int.+253 350629
souissir@dji.emro.who.int		 WHO/Djibouti
Dr Mohamed Shahjahan
Nutrition Officer
int.+972 548022753
msh@who-health.org		 WHO/Palestine
Dr Kazuko Yoshizawa
Nutrition Adviser for FMOH
int.+91 2177905
yoshizawak@sud.emro.who.int		 WHO/Sudan
Dr Faiza Majeed
Medical Officer
int.+962 796532848
majeedf@irq.emro.who.int		 WHO/Iraq
Dr Dure Akram
WHO Temporary Adviser
int.+92 219215720
dsakramchk@yahoo.com		 WHO/EMRO
Ms Deena Alasfoor
WHO Temporary Adviser
int.+968 24786553
omanmgrs@omantel.net.om		 WHO/EMRO
Mr Hazem Sakr
Technical Assistant (Web Designer)
int.+20 22765059
sakrh@emro.who.int		 WHO/EMRO
Ms Nashwa Nasr
Secretary
int.+20 22765376
nasrn@emro.who.int		 WHO/EMRO
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