From Research to Practice: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2012
From Research to Practice: Training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research
Abdul Karim Abawi
Dr. Abdul Karim Abawi
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
karim.abawi@gfmer.org
Born and raised in Afghanistan, Karim Abawi studied medicine in Kabul Afghanistan and graduated with honours in 1992. From 1992 to 2000, when Afghanistan was the theatre of wars and conflicts, Dr. Karim Abawi worked for many National and international NGOs and was in-charge of planning and implementing various health and social projects. He is considered as the pioneer of reproductive health services in Afghanistan, as during the war, when health system was almost collapsed, he maintained maternal and child health services in many rural and urban areas.
In 2000, he came to Switzerland and worked as the project collaborator for a Swiss organisation (La société pour des people menacés), an organisation for the defence of indigenous peoples’ rights.
In 2005, Dr. Karim Abawi, successfully obtained a Master’s of Science Degree from the Graduate Institute of Development Studies in Geneva. His thesis was about the policy coherence of development cooperation in the process of post-war reconstruction of health system.
From 2007 to 2009, he has worked as adviser at the Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the World Health Organisation in Geneva.
Currently he works as the coordinator of the post-graduate course on research methodology in sexual and reproductive health “From Research to Practice; Training in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research”, which is provided yearly by the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER), WHO and other training and research institutions, where participate health professionals from all-over the world.
Moreover he is actively involved in overall activities of the foundation, including the collaborative activities with the Foundation partners.
Publications
- Afghanistan, l’analyse de la situation, Switzerland, in collaboration with Alessandro Monsutti, Switzerland 2002
- Afghanistan zwischen Zerstörung und Aufbruch for Vielfalt, the monthly revue of Société pour des peuples menacés, an organization for the defence of human rights Bern, Switzerland, 2002
- Mise en place d’un centre de transfusion sanguine à Kaboul (Afghanistan), for Cahiers Santé, France. In collaboration with Bernadette Dupire 1999
- Guide for Maternal and Child Health (in Dari), 1995
- Immunization Survey in Afghanistan (in Dari), 1995
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