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Suzie Paul
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Medical specialist
, Abt Associates, for profit
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Noida,
Uttar Pradesh
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Public health specialist with 7 years of experience in donor funded projects like USAID. Clinical experience in rural and urban areas. Fluent in English and Hindi. Willing to relocate internationally and nationally with the right opportunity. Strength lies in program development to implementation, monitoring, capacity building and quality assurance, networking with government, civil bodies,stakeho |
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Area of Expertise: |
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Capacity Building, Training, Advocacy
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research
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Private Sector, Corporate Social Responsibility
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Professional Experience: |
I have worked, earlier as a clinician and later as a public health consultant mainly in rural India and Nepal. I bring with me over 25 years of cumulative experience and technical skills in the field of maternal and child health.
Along the way I have trained health care workers at all levels and developed curricula, training modules and guidelines for a wide range of health care providers, adolescents and project staff and also involved in project development, monitoring and evaluation for various national and inter-national agencies. This has been an excellent opportunity for me to translate my clinical skills gained over the years into the broader concepts of providing public health care. I have highlighted a few of these below:
Most recent job involves conducting capacity building and quality assurance (CBQA) tasks in Family Planning, Reproductive Health through market – based approaches (Market Based Partnership in Health – MBPH) to private providers. I was also involved in reviewing and documenting of all the CBQA material during the tenure of the MBPH project.
Assignment with WHO SEARO, for reviewing and documenting the implementation of Maternal Death Reviews in India, has helped to gain valuable insights, not only on the functioning and interacting with international inter-governmental agencies but also on the status of maternal deaths and progress towards attaining MDG 5 in India. Had the privilege to interact with most of the state nodal officers and various other dignitaries.
Evaluation of Reproductive and Child Health Projects spread across 5 states of North India for Emmanuel Hospital Association as a part of their donor commitment (2009 – 2011). Also developed training modules for nurses and medical practitioners in RCH, STI/RTI and HIV. Made and effort to link the programs with the Public health system for sustainability.
My earlier clinical experience include managing routine, preventive and emergency obstetrics and performance of over thousand two hundred surgeries (LSCS, hysterectomies, laparotomies and other gynecological procedures). This experience will help me to provide technical assistance to clients and partners in Reproductive and Maternal and Newborn health.
Experience with Plan International and Population Foundation of India helped me to develop my skills in project planning, develop tools for evaluation and manage a large consortium of NGOs and adolescents.
Management Leads:
I have gained management, training and leadership experience through managing large and small projects and hospitals involving s
Promoting Family Planning in the private sector in three states of India through USAID Market-based Partnerships for Health with Abt Associates as Medical Specialist with the Capacity Building and Quality
Population Foundation of India (2004-2005): As the National Coordinator of the Adolescent and Youth Alliance (Plan International) networked and coordinated activities with
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Education: |
Completed my Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from Christian Medical College, Vellore in 1982. Finished my postgraduation in community Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1991 and MD in Obstetrics and gynecology in 1995 at Kasturba Medical College.
I have done a short course in ADRA on needs assessment to implementation in 1984. Another short training in microfinancing from ILO 2006, India.
Post-doctoral training in Public Health (MPH, UWS Sydney, 2008) has helped me to enhance my public health skills in epidemiology, research methodology, statistical reasoning, project planning and M & E. I also gained experience as an observer in an area of need in Australia (Mt.Isa, Queensland).
I have also completed online courses of Global Health Learning Center (Joint initiative by USAID and John Hopkins School of Public health) in the following subjects as a part of my continuing education in reproductive health(18 courses): Antenatal care, Essential Newborn Care, Family Planning, Family Planning Programming, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maternal Survival- Programming Issues, Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal care, Maternal- to-Child transmission of HIV, Postpartum Care, Youth and Reproductive Health, Malaria in Pregnancy, Childhood Immunization and also an open course of John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health in Reproductive Epidemiology
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Professional societies and activities in civic affairs:
White Ribbon Alliance -Safe Motherhood (2002-present)
National Youth and Adolescent Health Alliance (2004-2005)
Expert Consultant for Red Ribbon Alliance – HIV/AIDS (2005-2006)
Family Planning Association of India (2004-2005)
Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Societies of India (1995 -present)
Publications:
a) Documentation of Implementation of Maternal Death Review in India for SEARO (WHO)
Provided technical assistance for the following:
b) Documentation of Capacity Building and Quality Assurance kit for USAID’s Market-based Partnerships for Health, Abt India for Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Practitioners of ISMH, Chemists, Paramedical staff, village health entrepreneurs
c) Management of STI/RTI and HIV including the syndromic approach for Medical Practitioners: submitted to EHA
d) Best practices and Counseling on Maternal and Neonatal health for nurses: submitted to EHA
e) Guidelines to adolescent health: draft submitted to Plan International
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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Years of Experience:
More than 20 years |
Highest Qualification:
Doctorate |
Languages:
English, Hindi, English, Hindi and Marathi |
Nationality:
Indian
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