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Dr. S.J. Habayeb
works as WHO Representative to India since January 2003. Prior to joining WHO, he was Lead Public
Health Specialist at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington,
where he has worked for 16 years in the regions of Europe, Middle East, North
Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, and South Asia.
Dr. Habayeb pursued his training
in France and USA. He
obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Bordeaux.
He holds a Master's Degree in Health Planning & Administration and a
Joint Master's of Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan.
His post-graduate training includes Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine
and Tropical Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College
of Epidemiology.
His main professional interests
include outcome-oriented national health planning; sustainable development, financing,
resource mobilization and partnerships; poverty alleviation; health sector
reform and decentralization; essential public health functions; communicable
disease control; public health policy; regulatory and legal aspects in public
health.
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