Afghan Biographies

Salehi, Dr Ahmad Shah


Name Salehi, Dr Ahmad Shah
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth
Function/Grade Afghanistan National Public Health Association Chairman
History and Biodata

Dr Ahmad Shah Salehi
Mobile: +93 700040642
Email: salehiahmadshah@yahoo.com

2. Previous Functions:
Chairman of Afghanistan National Public Health Association (20100301- )
Director of International Relations of the Ministry of Public Health ( 2003 - 2007),
National Technical Coordination Meeting (NTCC), MoPH, Afghanistan, Chairperson (2003-2007)
Executive Board, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Member (2005-2007),
Director of Health Economics and Financing of the Ministry of Public Health ( 2008 - ),

Memberships:  International Health Economics Association, Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM), Afghanistan, Steering Committee Member, Health Systems Strengthening/GAVI, Afghanistan,  Steering Committee, National Health Accounts, Afghanistan, Technical Advisory Group (TAG), MoPH, Afghanistan,  Member, Health and Nutrition Consultative Group (CGHN), MoPH, Afghanistan,nInstitutional Review Board, Afghanista.

3. Biodata:
salehi_ahmad_shahDr. Salehi did his medical training at Kabul Medical University (1988-1995) and from 2007-2008 his Master’s in International Public Health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kindom. .Dr. Salehi has extensive experience of working with the MoPH and NGOs in Afghanistan. Soon after his graduation from university he started working at various levels as a medical officer in a series of health facilities.On completion of his Diploma Course in Otolaryngology he joined the International Medical Corps (IMC) as Health Information System Manager. He was soon promoted to the position of the Deputy Medical Coordinator and later to the position of the IMC Health Program Director. He was awarded "Helth Hero" title by the afghan Ministry of Public Health.

Background:
The Afghanistan National Association of Public Health has recently been established by a number of public health specialists and is aimed to improve and strengthen the public health academic standards, to encourage part taking at doing researches on topics connected with public health affairs, to offer technical support to MoPH and other health agencies, to present update data through conducting seminars, conferences etc and to finally help improve HR department of MoPH.

Last Modified 2011-07-15
Established 2010-03-01