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May Haddad has extensive experience working in public health across numerous countries in the MENA region, Arctic Quebec, Canada, and beyond. She has held roles such as public health doctor, regional health coordinator, consultant, faculty member, author, and more with various international organizations, NGOs, and academic institutions. Her work has focused on areas like health promotion, community health, human resources development, and more.
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- 1. May Haddad MD.MPH MayHaddad MD.MPH is a public health professional, educator, animator, human rights advocate, author, artist, and blogger with extensive international experience in health promotion, community health, human resources development, programming community-based local and regional initiatives, curriculum and materials /resources development, projects/research design and implementation, and participatory evaluation. May has worked in the MENA region, Arctic Quebec, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen. Throughout her professional career. May has joined efforts with dozens of international, regional and local NGOs, academic institutions, funders, the UN, and networks (such as AED, ANERA, ARC, AmplifyChange, SCF, UNFPA, UNICEF etc.). Among her work and academic titles: Author, BCC Consultant, Board member, Director, Community Youth Development Evaluation Consultant, Faculty member, Public Health Doctor, Regional Health Coordinator, Regional Projects Coordinator, Reproductive Health Consultant, Senior Associate Member, Team leader, Visiting Scholar etc. May’s work in skills enhancement has directly reached out to thousands of community workers, students and professionals; and some of her numerous publications have been re-printed in tens of thousands copies. She has been influential on social media with tens of thousands views and thousands of followers. May’s aim continues to be: To join e ff orts with individuals, groups and organizations committed to create change & sustaining it towards better survival, human rights, justice, people’s well-being and climate protection; and who value respect, equity, participatory approaches, active learning, creativity, self reliance and environmental wellbeing in their actions. 1 May Haddad MD.MPH E-mail: mayhaddad2013@gmail.com
- 2. May Haddad MD.MPH Tableof Contents Page/s Summary 1 Table of Contents 2 1. Titles and Work Experiences 4-7 2. Countries and Regions 7 3. Organizations and Institutions 7 - 8 4. Refugees, Displaced and Indigenous Peoples 8 5. Academic Experience 9 Attachments A. Publications and Resource Materials Development 10 - 13 B. Skills Enhancement/Capacity Building/Innovations/ Curriculum 14 - 15 C. Research/Reports/Directories 16 - 18 D. Arts and Culture 19 E. Contribution by Region/Country/Theme 20 - 30 I. Regional and International 20 - 22 II. Visioning, Planning, Leadership & Implementation (Canada and Arctic Quebec, E g ypt, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, The Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen) 22 - 28 III. Re fl ect-Improve/Participatory Evaluation (Arctic Quebec, E g ypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Yemen) 29 - 30 2
- 3. May Haddad MD.MPH 1.Titles and Work Experiences Among the titles (alphabetical): Author/ Materials development, Behavior Change and Communication Consultant, Board member, Creative Health Campaigns Director, Community Youth Development Consultant, Evaluation Consultant, Faculty member, Public Health Doctor, Regional Health Coordinator, Regional Projects Coordinator, Reproductive Health Consultant, Researcher, Senior Associate Member, Team leader, Visiting Scholar etc. The following are examples throughout May’s professional career: • Author/ Materials development: May has been the main author of dozens of resource materials that have been published by UNICEF o ffi ce for the MENA region, Arab Resource Collective, Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts ARCPA/Al-JANA, Welfare Association, Kativik Regional Board for Health and Social Services, Save the Children Federation, Arab Research Institute, the Maram Project and other; • Behavior Change and Communication (BCC) Consultant: Academy for Educational Development- The Maram Project for Healthy Palestinian Families, Palestine 2001 - 2004; • Board member/Coordinator: Al-JANA/ Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts ARCPA (to date), Arab Fund for Human Rights 2008 - 2014, Arab Resource Collective (1987 - 2001) etc. • Director of the Creative Health Campaigns, ANERA and partners, Lebanon, 2006 - 2011; Health Program, Save the Children E g ypt 1987; • Community Youth Development Consultant: MENA; • Evaluation Consultant: Nunavik, E g ypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen; • Faculty member: Faculty of Health Sciences- University of Balamand, Lebanon Fall 2014; HBS department, Faculty of Health Sciences -American University of Beirut 1981 - 1983; • Public Health Doctor: Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Canada, 1994 - 1995; • Regional Health Coordinator: Save the Children Federation: E g ypt, Tunisia, the Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Greece and Lebanon 1985 - 1991; • Regional Projects Coordinator: Arab Resource Collective 1995 - 2001; UNICEF - MENA region 1983 - 1985; • Reproductive Health Consultant: MENA, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen; • Researcher: MENA, British Columbia, Nunavik, Palestine etc. • Senior Associate Member: St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, Sep.-Dec. 2001; • Team Leader: Amplify Change Scoping Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the MENA region, Sep. 2017 - Feb. 2018; Medical Aid for Palestinians MAP (UK), Health program evaluation, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Aug.-Oct. 2012 etc.; • Visiting Scholar: the Liu Institute for Global Issues in residence at the Green College at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Jan.-April 2012; etc. 3
- 4. May Haddad MD.MPH SUMMARY:WORK EXPERIENCE The following section summarizes selections of May’s work experience at regional (MENA and Nunavik) and at national levels (Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, E g ypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Jordan, and Greece). MENA region • People’s Health Movement/ International People’s Health University (PHM - IPHU), Co- organizer/facilitator and resource person, MENA region training courses, Political Economics of Health, Amman, Jordan June, 2018 and the upcoming PHM - IPHU course, The Struggle for Health, Beirut, October 2022 • AmplifyChange (UK), Scoping Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the MENA region (Team leader and author), Sep. 2017- Feb. 2018 • Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development (DC) and the Ford Foundation (Cairo), Consultant in Community Youth Development, The MENA region, March 2005 –March 2006 4
- 5. May Haddad MD.MPH •Faculty of Health Sciences-American University of Beirut FHS/AUB (Lebanon), Consultant in the project Integrating RH and Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Youth Programmes in the Arab World, Nov. 2003- May 2004 • Arab Resource Collective ARC (Cyprus-Lebanon) and counterparts in the Arab region, Co- founder of ARC, Board member, Author and Regional Projects Coordinator Capacity Building of Arab NGOs, Women and Health etc., 1995 - 2001 • Save the Children Federation SCF (US), Regional Health Coordinator (E g ypt, Tunisia, the Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Greece and Lebanon), 1985 - 1991 • UNICEF o ffi ce for the MENA region, Regional Project Coordinator and Author, 1983 - 1985 NUNAVIK (Arctic Quebec) • Public Health Department at the Kativik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kujjuaq, (Arctic Quebec, Canada), Public Health Physician, in charge of health promotion projects in the Nunavik region, May 1993- April 1994 LEBANON • AL - JANA/Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts ARCPA, Enhanced/integrated active learning/creative arts/community health within the country wide Janana network of CBOs and NGOs working among marginalized, refugee and displaced population; board member; author; facilitator and advisor, 1997 to date • Ras Beirut Cultural Center, Co-founder, organizer and curator of the cultural and artistic events, Beirut August 2018 to date • UNFPA, RH Consultant, Assessment of materials and resources in RH/FP that are addressed to Syrian refugees and the production of E - Inventories, July-Dec. 2017 • Welfare Association, Author and consultant: Smart and Joyful/Healthy Living-Friendly Environment and Responsible Relief addressed to CBOs and NGOs, July 2016- Feb. 2017 • Faculty of Health Sciences/University of Balamand FHS/UOB, PDHP246 course design and implementation, Fall 2014 • Medical Aid for Palestinians, Team leader, Evaluation of MAP’s Child and Maternal Health Program, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Aug.-Oct. 2012 • American Near East Refugee Aid ANERA and partners in Lebanon (Amel International, Al- Jana, PWHO etc., Director/organizer/resource person of the country wide Creative Health Campaigns and author of educational materials and resources, Community health advisor, 2006 - 2011 • The Performance Assessment Resource Center PARC and Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation-Humanitarian Aid SDC - HA , Evaluation consultant of Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon, May-July 2007 • World Vision , Consultant, HIV/AIDS in youth programs, Sep. 2004 • The Cudmos Project for youth development, Consultant/Author 2005 - 2006 • UNFPA, Team member, Country Population Assessment, summer 2001 5
- 6. May Haddad MD.MPH •Marie Stopes International, Consultant, Reproductive Health Directions for Lebanon, summer 2001 • Arab Resource Collective, Regional Projects Coordinator, 1995 - 2001 • Save the Children Federation, Regional Coordinator, 1985 - 1991 • Institute of Arab Research, Consultant, 1979 - 1985 • HBS Department-Faculty of Health Sciences at the American University of Beirut, Instructor and graduate assistant 1981 - 1983 • Community Health Physician, 1979 - 1984 PALESTINE • American Near East Refugee Aid ANERA (US), Programs Appraisal, Palestine, Sep. 2009 • Overseas Development Institute ODI (UK) and UNRWA (Palestine)/ Evaluator of UNRWA’s Emergency Health in Palestine, Nov. 2005 - March 2006 • Academy of Educational Development (AED) (US)- The Maram Project in partnership with the Palestinian Health Authorities, NGOs and institutions (Palestine), Behavioral Change and Communication (BCC) Consultant, 2001 - 2004 • Save the Children Federation, Regional Coordinator, 1985 - 1991 YEMEN • Royal Netherlands Embassy (Yemen) and Ministry of Public Health and Population, RH Consultant, Support to Reproductive Health Formulation in Yemen, Feb.-March 2005 • Royal Netherlands Embassy (Yemen) and Ministry of Public Health and Population, Evaluator, Mid-term appraisal of Dhammar Reproductive Health programme, Yemen, April-May 2005 • Royal Netherlands Embassy (Yemen), Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population and UNFPA (NY), Consultant and evaluator, Midterm Evaluation of the National Community Midwives Program, Oct.-Nov. 2000 • Royal Netherlands Embassy (Yemen), Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population and UNFPA, Consultant and evaluator, Final Evaluation of the National Community Midwives Program, Feb.-April 2005 • UNICEF o ffi ce-Aden and Ministry of Education, Consultant, 1985 EGYPT/GREECE/ SUDAN/TUNISIA • Save the Children Federation, Regional Coordinator, 1985 - 1991 IRAQ • Medico International MI (Germany) and Kurdistan Health Foundation/ Consultant/ N. Iraq / 1993 6
- 7. May Haddad MD.MPH JORDAN •Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme, Appraisal of Traditional Medicine in Safawi area, July 2001 • Save the Children Federation, Regional Coordinator, 1985 - 1991 SYRIA • IOCC/GOPA - DERD, Technical support to health and nutrition project in Syria, Feb.-March & August-Sep. 2018 • Urban Rural Mission/ Middle East Council of Churches, Training of Trainers - Youth in Community Education in Syria, Jazira area, Tel Wardiyat, Syria, July 2001. 2. Countries and Regions 3. Organizations and Institutions Throughout her professional career, May has joined e ff orts with dozens of international, regional and local NGOs, funders, networks, the UN, governments, and academic institutions. Included are: • US and Canada: Academy of Educational Development (DC), American Near East Refugee Aid ANERA (DC), Hesperian Health Guides (CA), Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development (DC), Public Health Department at the Kativik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kujjuaq (Arctic Quebec, Canada), Save the Children Federation SCF (Westport), UNFPA (NY), Oxfam / CUSO/ SUCCESS (BC) • Europe: AmplifyChange (UK), Overseas Development Institute (UK), The Performance Assessment Resource Center (UK), Learning Through Action (UK), Marie Stopes International (UK), Medical Aid for Palestinians MAP (UK), Department for International Development DFID (UK), Medico International MI (Germany), Un Ponte Per (Italy), Associanzione Deposito Dei Segni Ets (Italy), Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation-Humanitarian Aid (Switzerland) • MENA: Arab Resource Collective (Cyprus-Lebanon), the Ford Foundation (Cairo), UNICEF o ffi ce for the MENA region (Beirut-Amman) 7 Work experience in the following regions and countries: • Regions: The MENA region, Nunavik (Arctic Quebec) • Countries: Canada, Cyprus, E g ypt, Greece, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen.
- 8. May Haddad MD.MPH •Countries (Lebanon/Palestine/ Yemen/ Syria/Jordan/ Iraq): AL - JANA/Arab Resource Center for Popular Arts ARCPA and the Janana network of dozens of NGOs and CBOs (Lebanon), Amel International (Lebanon), Arab Research Institute (Lebanon), The Cudmos Project (Lebanon) GOPA - DERD (Syria), Faculty of Health Sciences-American University of Beirut FHS/AUB (Lebanon), Faculty of Health Sciences/University of Balamand (Lebanon), IOCC (Lebanon), Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme (Jordan), Kurdistan Health Foundation (Iraq), The Maram Project in partnership with the Palestinian Health Authorities, Academic institutions and NGOs (Palestine), Middle East Council of Churches (Lebanon and Syria), Ministry of Public Health and Population (Yemen), Ministry of Education (Yemen), Palestinian Women Humanitarian Organization (Lebanon), PARD (Lebanon), Ras Beirut Cultural Center (Lebanon), Royal Netherlands Embassy (Yemen), UNFPA (Lebanon and Yemen), Welfare Association (Lebanon), World Vision (Lebanon), UNRWA (Palestine and Lebanon), dozens of CBOs/NGOs/groups in Lebanon/Palestine and Yemen. 4. Refugees/ Displaced People/ Indigenous Peoples Most of May’s work has been focused on improving the lives and survival of people living in marginalized and remote communities. Additionally, May has worked with refugees, internally displaced people and indigenous peoples, included are: • Syrian refugees (Lebanon) • Palestinian refugees (Lebanon; Jordan; West Bank and Gaza) • Bedouins in Jordan (Jabal Bani Hamida and Arid Badia) and S. Lebanon (refugees from N. Palestine) • Kurds in Lebanon and N. Iraq • Eritrean refugees in the Sudan • Indigenous peoples of Canada (Inuit and Indians) • Chinese immigrants in Vancouver • Gypsies in Greece • Assyrian / Syrian / Kildani minority groups in Syria • Internally displaced families in war torn zones in Lebanon • Iraqi refugees in Lebanon etc. 8
- 9. May Haddad MD.MPH 5.Academic Experience May has attended universities and institutions in Canada, Lebanon, the US and the UK: • Canada: Green College at the University of British Columbia /Liu, Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, McGill University (Montreal) , Wild Rose College (Vancouver) • Lebanon: Faculty of Health Sciences-American University of Beirut • US: Illinois Mental State Hospital in Chicago • UK: St. Antony’s College at Oxford University, and Victoria University Upon Tyne. TITLES AND DEGREES • Visiting Scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, in residence at the Green College at the University of British Columbia; Vancouver; Jan.-April 2012 • Senior Associate Member at St. Antony’s College at Oxford University; Sep.-Dec. 2001 • Masters in Public Health MPH; Faculty of Health Sciences; the American University of Beirut; 1982 • Medical Degree MD; Faculty of Medicine; the American University of Beirut ; 1981 • Bachelor of Sciences; Faculty of Arts and Sciences; the American University of Beirut; 1976 • Social and Preventive Pediatric residency; the American University Hospital; the American University of Beirut ; 1982 • Pediatrics internship at the American University Hospital; the American University of Beirut; 1980 - 1981 • Clinical residency in Ambulatory Pediatrics at Victoria University Upon Tyne; UK; 1981 • Psychiatry rotation at Illinois Mental State Hospital in Chicago; US; 1979 • Part time studies in Arts; Creative Writing and Herbolo g y at Emily-Carr Institute; Langara and Wild Rose College; Vancouver; BC; Canada; 1993 • Attended classes in Qualitative Research and Trans-cultural Psycholo g y at McGill University; Montreal; Quebec; Canada; 1992. OTHER ROTATIONS: • Ajoya Project for the Disabled, Mexico, 2012 • Arts residency at Deposido dei Segni, Hausgallerie 5+, Spoltore, Italy, May 2015 • Certi fi ed Laughter Yoga leader, Laugha Yoga training, Yogaville, Virginia, August 2015 etc. 9
- 10. May Haddad MD.MPH AttachmentA Publications and Resource Materials Development • May has developed dozens of resource materials and publications in health and development: 10
- 11. May Haddad MD.MPH •May has designed and provided visuals in the process of authoring, pretesting and development of the materials. She has mobilized dozens of educators/experts/ fi eld workers in the process of production, crediting all contributors for their speci fi c inputs. The process of developing the materials has often been an integral part of the strate g y in skills enhancement of individuals and capacity building of organizations. • Publishers: Most of the materials have been published by: Arab Research Institute, Arab Resource Collective, UNICEF (Regional O ffi ce, Lebanon, and Yemen); the Maram project (Palestine), ARCPA/Al-JANA, ANERA, MAP, UNRWA, Save the Children and several other NGOs (Lebanon, Palestine), Welfare Association (Lebanon) and the Hesperian Health Guides (Berkley, California) etc. • Quantities: Several of the materials were published in big quantities and/or re-printed several times. Examples: (1) 45,000 copies, 15,000 copies and 10,000 copies of the Arabic adaptation of the international resource books of “Where There Is No Doctor” ـميعــجلل ـصحةــلا ـتابــك, “Where Women Have No Doctor” ـنساءلا ـميعجل ـصحةلا ـتابك and Training for Transformation ـناسلا ـعم ـعمللا ـيف ـكارفأ were printed/re-printed; (2) 1,250,000 pieces of the Creative Health Campaign’s 34 sets of materials (games, activity manuals, calendars, cards, posters etc.) were printed/reprinted and widely distributed. Topics on anti-smoking, infant and young child feeding practices, healthy nutrition, iron de fi ciency anemia, smart use of medicine etc. • Regional and international publications: May has contributed to the contents of the regional and international publications: Hesperian Health Guides’ “Health Actions For Women" (E)/ Boston Women’s Health Book’s "Our Bodies Ourselves" (E), /People’s Health Movement’s "Global Health Watch-2" (E) / ARC’s "Children Rights Resource Manual" (A). Etc. • Resource adaptations into Arabic: She has adapted international resource books into the Arabic culture and engaged hundreds of health and community workers/experts in the process of production and utilization; reaching out to tens of thousands of people with resource books publications and dissemination. Included are: - Training for Transformation /الناس مع العمل في أفكار - Helping Health Workers Learn التدريب و التعلم في الصحي العمل دليل - Where There is No Doctor للجميع الصحة كتاب - Where Women Have No Doctor النساء لجميع الصحة كتاب - Institute of Child Health "Child-To-Child" طفل إلى طفل من • Developed/authored resource books, materials and inventories : - Authored “Smart and Joyful” ذكاِب فرحِب resource materials, two books and DVD - Authored "Women Health Workers in the Arab World" العربي العالم في الصحيات املرشدات 11
- 12. May Haddad MD.MPH -Co-authored/coordinated the development of the educational active learning package "Our Country, Why Did You Leave Us" هجرتينا ليه بالدنا يا - Developed “Photo-voices of Palestinian Children in Lebanon” ـاـــــــــــــــــنـورـــــــــــــــــص ـوتـــــــــــــــــص (The book has been translated from Arabic into English, Italian, German and Spanish and received “Voices of Courage” Award from the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children NYC) - “From Us to Us” إلنا و منا activity cards + DVD, a manual in community youth development - “Resources in Reproductive Health in the Arab World” العربي العالم في اإلنجابية الصحة في املوارد دليل - In 2017 (UNFPA project), she developed twenty fi ve E - Inventories of materials and resources in Reproductive Health that have been developed in Lebanon since 2005 etc. • Authored and designed educational materials in support of national campaigns and health programs in the themes of: Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices (Tenderness, Love and Care ـنانـــــــــــح و ـنيةـــــــــــح ), Antismoking (Powerful World ـياـــــــــــند ـوىـــــــــــقأ ), No Junk ـنكـــــــــــج ـالـــــــــــب , Iron De fi ciency Anemia (Strong as Iron- Bye Bye Anemia ـيمياــــنأ ـايــــب ـايــــب -ـفيشــــم ـدــــيـدــــحال زي ), the Rational Use of Medicine (Smart Use of Medicine دوا و ـاـــك)ذ, Saving mother and newborn, GOBI - FFF, HIV/AIDS, STI’s, Violence against children العنف من حرة طفوله, active learning and creative arts etc. • The following are selected materials listed per topics: • GOBI - FFF: (1) Training manuals with slides titled: “Diarrhea Management” ـالــهــــــــــــــــــساإل ـةــجــــــــــــــــــلـاــعــــــــــــــــــم , “Immunizing children” ـفالـطاأل ـحصنيـت and “Infant Feeding” ـعـضـرـلا ـةـيـغذـت , ( 2) Posters and calendars in GOBI - FFF, (3) “Farah games ـرحـــــــــــــــــف ـابــعــــــــــــــــــلأ “ : card-board, domino and cards (4) Adult Education package: “Dirham Wikaya” ـةـــــــــــــــــيـاـــــــــــــــــقو ـمـــــــــــــــــهدر: reading materials, trainers guide and illustrated story boards, (5) “Um Iyoun” ـونيــــــــــــــــــع أم (The mother of Wells), Children’s story books and cassettes , (6) “Al-bitaqa al-sihiya” الصحية البطاقة : road to health growth monitoring chart • Emergency Mother and Child Health: (1) “Mother Hold Me” ـمينيــــــــض ـيــــــــمأ activities manual, radio spots, jingle and audio-cassette, (2) “Hayyat” ـاةـــيــــــــــــــــــح three newsprints and updated booklet, (3) “Health for All Women”, a guide to using the book “Where Women Have No Doctor”, (4) ACNM manual adaptation: “Ya Wadoud, Ihfaz al-Mawloud” ـودــــــــلـوــــــــملا ـفظــــــــحإ ودود ـاــــــــي : audio-cassette and booklet production etc. • Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices: (1) “Breastfeeding: An Update booklet” , (2) “Infant Appeal” ـطفلــــــلا ـداءــــــن cards, (3)“Yummy Numie” ـميــــــن ـميــــــي accordion booklets and updated booklet, (4) “Mother Support: Going for the Gold” ـنانـح و ـنيةـح ـيةـلـيداـم medal/ coaster, (5) “Heniyeh wa Hanan” ـنيةـح حنان و newsletter , (6)“The Code in Cartoons” booklet بكاريكاتير املدونة etc. • Nutritional iron de fi ciency anemia: (1) “Bye Bye Anemia” ـيميانأ ـايب ـايب booklet, (2) Best practices booklet draft for the “Nothing Like Iron” campaign ـشيـفــــــــــــــــــم ـدـــــــــــــــــيـدـــــــــــــــــحـلا زي ( 3) two cardboard games, (4) Contributed to the productions of the MARAM project materials in iron de fi ciency anemia, included were booklets and games etc. • Nutrition (other): (1) “No Junk” ـنكج ـالب cards game, (2) “Health crown” origami game ـصحةلا ـاجت, ( 3) Our Nutrition during Ramadan booklet etc. 12
- 13. May Haddad MD.MPH •Anti-smoking materials: (1) Aqua Dunia” ـياـند ـوىـقأ cardboard game, (2) WHO smoker’s body poster ـنــــخـدــــملا ـسمــــج , ( 3) the bracelet ـوارةــــساإل , ( 4) the maze game ـةــــهـتاــــملا, ( 5) Tala and Karim ـمــــيـرــــك و ـةــــلـاــــت anti- tobacco posters and stickers, Sara and Shadi ـاديـــــــــــــــــش و ـارةـــــــــــــــــس anti-tobacco posters and stickers, (6) Quitting smoking during Ramadan card, (7) “Powerful World” ـاـيــــــــــــــــــند ـوىـــــــــــــــــقأ calendar, (8) Narghileh Warning stickers, (9) Children appeals, (10) Anti-smoking circular sign etc. • “Smart use of Medicine” دوا و ذكا ( 1) calendar, (2) box and 20 fl yers, and (3) three posters etc. • “Health Here and Now” هنا و اآلن الصحة calendar • “Songs for Health and Happiness” audio-CD etc. • Action cards and guides: (1) “Creative Health: Ten poster-cards + DVD” ـلةـــــــــــــــسال , ( 2) “Fankalouziat” work book+ DVD (draft), (3) “Powerful World” ـياـــــــــــند ـوىـــــــــــقأ activity book +DVD (draft), (4) Compilation of poems /articles /games/recipes from the “Nothing Like Iron Campaign” مفيش الحديد زي etc. • Community Youth Development: (1) Innovation Center’s draft tool kit in Building Community, زمان طيبة , ( 2) “Mina Elna” (From-To-Us) action cards etc. • Violence Against Children: (1) Origami game: al-Taj ـاجتــــــــــــــــــلا , ( 2) Co-production of Children’s books and postcards: (“Two Kids and Two Mothers” ـتنيــــــمأ و ـنــــــيـدــــــلو , “The Fish” ـسمكةــــــلا , “War on Lebanon” لبنان حرب ) & postcards (“I Love to Play” كتير اللعب بحب أنا ) etc. • Other Al-JANA productions: (1) Co-production/ translation of Amy Trabka’s Drawing & Design book “Friday Mornings at AL - JANA”, (2) Input into the development of Janana’s calendars, magazines and newsletters etc. • HIV/AIDS fl yers (Nunavik), • Additionally May has published dozens of illustrated articles/posts, blogs and videos on her on- line channels (YouTube/Wordpress/ SlideShare/LinkedIn, Facebook etc.). 13
- 14. May Haddad MD.MPH AttachmentB Capacity Building/ Skills Enhancement / Curriculum Development / Innovations Addressed to: Hundreds of institutions (included: NGOs, CBOs, networks, governmental structures, academia etc.); Thousands of people have been engaged. Categories included: decision makers, managers, community leaders, counterparts from NGOs/ governments, health workers, doctors, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, social workers, animators, artists, activists, youth, teachers, students, seniors, interns, volunteers, etc. • Conceptualized, conducted, facilitated and coordinated hundreds of consultative, educational and celebrative events, workshops and festivals • Created several learning exercises/modules/curricula in topics of expertise • Developed the concepts of community women health workers (the Murshidat), youth and social workers as health activists in rural and marginalized communities, and directly trained hundreds of people in the Arab world and Arctic Quebec • Published resource materials and training curricula, including the curriculum of “Popular Education in Community Health” • Introduced concepts and skills in Active Learning and Creative Arts into the work of counterparts in the MENA region and Canada. Designed and facilitated learning events addressed to children, adolescents, youth, students and activists • Developed the curriculum of PDHP246, Lifestyle, Health and Disease, addressed to graduate students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand • Developed skills in Community Youth Development in the Arab region included the organization of regional and local workshops and materials development • Engaged in the conceptualization of Children’s rights in Lebanon and Yemen and facilitated several national workshops • Provided technical assistance to dozens of groups and organizations in their development of educational and promotional materials in health and education included were multi-media productions and theater performances • Developed the concept of Creative Health ـيةـــــــــــــــــعـداـــــــــــــــــباإل ـصحةـــــــــــــــــلا in Palestine (since 2001) and Lebanon ـحيةـــــص ـاتـــــعـداـــــبإ ـمالتـــــح (since 2006) and that focus on simple, smart, and cost-e ff ective practices that foster health and self reliance and use creative approaches and channels • Provided leadership and technical expertise to several national campaigns in Arctic Quebec, Lebanon and Palestine. Included are: - Palestine: Mother Hold Me ضميني أمي and Hyat Campaign حياة حملة in Saving Mothers and Newborn - Arctic Quebec: HIV and STI campaign 14
- 15. May Haddad MD.MPH -Lebanon: reaching out to most Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon and several marginalized Lebanese communities etc./ Enhancing the concept of photo-voices and “We Exist” activities among marginalized communities in Lebanon/ Organized and supported more than 100 Creative Health Campaign festivities, Lebanon 2007 - 2015. Titles of the campaigns: Tenderness.Love.Care ـنانــح و ـنيةــح (IYCFP), Powerful World ـياــند ـوىــقأ (Anti-smoking), Zaka wa Dawa دوا و ـاـــــــــــــــــكذ (Smart Use of Medicine), Bye Bye Anemia ـايـمـيــــــــــــــــــنأ ـايـــــــــــــــــب ـايـــــــــــــــــب (Nutritional iron de fi ciency anemia), Earth is my passion األرض بعشق أنا (Environmental health); etc. • Reaching out to thousands of activists in the Arab region and worldwide through the administration of several social media sites since 2010 and the dissemination of articles, videos and materials. Composing and sharing illustrated articles, and archiving images and news re fl ective of the situation as a result of the “Arab Revolutions”. Among the articles (Arabic): “the image of doctors and nurses in social media, “stop the war, beloved people of Syria”, “diary of morning health forum- face book group”, “violence against women”, “it should not heart to be a child”, and articles in Responsible Relief etc. Compiling the visual research “Beloved people of Syria”, etc. • Speaker in several conferences and events. The following are selections since 2004: - PHM/IPHU, The Struggle For Health, Amman, June 2018 - Health for All, organized by People’s Health Movement and World Health Organization, Tunisia, Nov. 2017 - Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Social and Health Impact”, Lebanese Epidemiological Association, 18th annual conference, Beirut, November 30 2013 - “Health, Self-Reliance and Social Media”, People Health Assembly-3, University of West Cape, Cape Town, July 2012 - “Love, Health and Self-Reliance”, Green College, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Feb. 2012 - “ War, relief and self reliance” a talk in Gaza, Sep. 2009 - “Taking Action for Women’s Health and Empowerment: A Resource for Community-Based Activists”, School of Advanced Research, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dec. 15 - 16 2008 - “The Creative Health Campaigns”, ACCESS, Dearborn MI, Sep. 2008 - “Unmet Goals”, organized by People Health Movement, Cairo, April 2008 - ANERA regional programmes, Amman, Dec. 2007 - “Turning Relief into Self Reliance”, 12th. Congress on Poverty and Health, organized by Medico International, Berlin, Dec. 2006 - “I Wish I Were A Bird” book presentation, Frankfurt International Book festival & Italy tour, organized by Zambon & Un Ponte Per., Oct. 2006 - “Alegremia: Applying Creative Arts in Popular Education & Community Health”, panel presentation, Mawasem festival, Madina Theater, Beirut, Sep. 2005 - People’s Health Assembly-2, Cuenca, Ecuador, July 2005 - “Healers perspectives”, workshop addressed to medical students, FHS/AUB, Beirut, 2004 etc. 15
- 16. May Haddad MD.MPH AttachmentC Research, Reports, and Directories May has developed hundreds of documents. Among the topics listed are: Saving mothers, newborns and children lives; HIV/AIDS; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; Directories/Inventories of Resources/Materials in Reproductive Health; Evidence Assessment: Community Midwives in Yemen; IEC /advocacy /gender in population and reproductive health; Women community health workers in the Arab world; Women’s health; Children’s Rights; Child to child; Community Youth Development; Home-made baby foods; Infant feeding among the poor and marginalized communities; Iron de fi ciency anemia; Trials Improved Practices: TIPs; Healthy lifestyle; Anti-smoking; Rational use of medicines; Health related issues; War, relief and self reliance; Responsible Relief; Arab Spring, Beloved People of Syria (visual research); Popular education in community health; Resource materials development; Participatory planning; Programs visioning/planning and organization; Project proposals and budgets; Re fl ect and Improve surveys; Community based-health information systems etc. Selected documents: • Dozens of planning and reporting documents /Creative Health Campaigns Lebanon 2006 - 2011 • Assessment of ANERA Medical In-Kind Program in Lebanon, April 2008 (with Nadia Dalloul R.Ph and Rana Sughayyar MPH) • Contributed to the second report “Global Health Watch” 2008 • Final evaluation of SDC HA Early Recovery Programme Lebanon, July 07 (jointly with Chris Dammers, Hossein Shahidi, Rana Sughayyar & Ra fi f Sidawi), Report presented by the PARC to SDC/Berne • Turning Relief into Self-Reliance, paper presented at 12th. Congress on Poverty and Health, Berlin, Dec. 2006 • ODI Review of UNRWA emergency activities ( fi rst draft, Jan. 06) by Chris Dammers, James Darcy, Lois Austin, Chris Mowles, May Haddad & Simon Hale, report forwarded by ODI to UNRWA • Re fl ect and Improve, Dhamar Reproductive Health Programme mid-term appraisal: Documents forwarded to Royal Dutch embassy and health directorate in Dhamar, May, 05 • Support to RH Formulation in Yemen: Documents forwarded to Royal Dutch embassy, MOPHP, the UN and other stakeholders, March 05 • Yawmiyat al-Housh: HIV/AIDS in youth programs, documents and folders from a learning event, World Vision, Lebanon, Sep. 04 • Integrating RH and Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention in Youth Programmes in the Arab World, variant materials in workshop’s documentation, FHS/AUB, Beirut, May, 04 (Arabic and English) • Healthy Sexuality, on-line research of resources and issues related to sexuality education, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, Dec. 2001 • Directions: Reproductive Health Care in Lebanon. An assessment report forwarded to Marie Stops International (UK), Sep., 2001 • Information, Education, and Communication /Advocacy /Gender in Population and Reproductive Health, co-author: Najwa Ksai fi , report forwarded to UNFPA, MOPH and MOSA to be integrated in the Country Population Assessment national report, July 2001 16
- 17. May Haddad MD.MPH •Challenges in Developing Multi-media materials in Health and Sexuality Awareness in the Arab World, panel presentation, conference on sexuality in the Middle East, the Middle East Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK, June, 2000 • Reproductive Health and Media, co-authors: Bushra Jabre and Ghanem Bibi, workshop report (English and Arabic), workshop by Johns Hopkins University Center, Arab Resource Collective and the FORD Foundation, 1998 (English and Arabic) etc. • Amanah documents (variant reports, PP, and images): Final evaluation of Community Midwives Training Project in Yemen, UNFPA, April, 04 • National Community Mid-wives Training Project in Yemen, Mid-term Evaluation report, UNFPA, November, 2000. (English and Arabic) • Saving Mothers and Children’s Lives, Maram project, West Bank and Gaza Strip: • Creative Health Festival, report on a national festive event that targeted over a hundred of community health workers, NGO animators and teachers in the West Bank, Ramallah, June, 2004 • Trial Improved Practices (TIPs) research in Iron De fi ciency Anemia in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Jan. and Nov. 03 • Formative Research in Jabalia refugees camp, Gaza, April 2002 • Additionally dozens of fi eld trip reports, workshop reports and documents, have been submitted to AED in the topics of: Strategic planning, Capacity Building in behavioral change and communication skills, Monitoring and evaluation of BCC interventions, The Behave framework, Communication and media in children and mothers survival etc. • Dozens of reports documenting the training of trainer’s curriculum applied in E g ypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine (Save the Children Federation 1985 - 1991), Iraq (Kurdistan Health Foundation, 1993) and Arctic Quebec (Public Health Department, 1995). Reports are in Arabic, English, Kurdish (Sourani) and Innuttitut • Re fl ections of a Doctor Working in Popular Education in Community Health, an article published by Arab Education Forum (publication titled: “Qeemat Kol Umruen Ma Yuhsinu”), proceedings of the fi rst annual meeting, Beit-Mery, Lebanon, May, 1999 (Arabic) • Murshidat Health Workers in the Arab World, panel presentation, third Arab Forum for Social Sciences and Health, Hamamat, Tunisia, 1999 (Arabic) • Lessons Learnt: E ff ectiveness of Community Health Workers Worldwide, a paper presented at National Indian and Inuit Community Health Representative Meeting: Building Safer Community, Saskatoon, Canada, 1995 • Designed and coordinated the implementation of two regional surveys (Arabic) on: The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers and NGOs and Community Health Workers. The surveys occurred in Lebanon, E g ypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Gaza and have been implemented in collaboration with Dr. Alia El-Mohandes, Nawal Najjar, Nada Chaya and researchers, Arab Resource Collective, 1997 - 1999 etc. • Women’s Health and Resources, Needs and Challenges, a regional workshop report. (Co-authors Youssef Hajjar, Elie Araj and Ghassan Issa) by Arab Resource Collective, 2000 (Arabic) • Women, Health and Development, documentation of a workshop conducted during the Arab Forum for Social Sciences and Health, 1996 (Arabic) • Enhancing Income and Livelihoods for Arab Women, a regional workshop report, Cairo, 1989 • Women, Medicine and Health, WIPHN News (Women’s International Public Health Network), Volume II, Spring 1992 • Women, Medicine and Health. Middle East Report, Washington DC, number 161, 1989; • Women and Health in the Arab World, a chapter in “Women of the Arab World, the Coming Challenge: papers of the Arab Women’s Solidarity Association Conference”, Editor: Nahid Toubia, Zed Books, UK, 1988 • Towards the Arabic version of Building Community, variant documents submitted to the Innovation Center/DC and the Ford Foundation/Cairo, Jan. 05 - Feb. 06 • Taybet Zamman event (3 - 5 Feb. 06): regional event report, Innovation Center • Training for Transformation, regional workshop report on developing the book resource, Arab Resource Collective, 1999 (Arabic) • Organized and reported on the results of focus groups discussions and workshops in variant resource materials development • Developed pre-testing tools, steps and procedures (1983 to date) etc. 17
- 18. May Haddad MD.MPH •Infant Feeding Among the Low Income Classes in Lebanon, an operational research targeting displaced and refugee population, prepared for Middle East Council of Churches, 1983 • Nutritional and Health survey in a KG school in Shatila Camp, a paper prepared during MPH residency, Public Health Department, American University of Beirut, 1981 • ORT Implementation in Lebanon: Market Research, a paper prepared during MPH residency, Public Health Department, American University of Beirut, 1981 etc. • Proposals and Requests for Application: Developing proposals and RFAs in community health and education (Maram project, ARC, Al-Jana/ARCPA, ANERA, Save the Children Federation, SUCCESS/ the united Chinese community enrichment services society, Foundation Tunisienne Pour Development Communitaire, etc.), 1986 to date. • Community Based Health Information Systems and tools (Arabic): Designed and developed community based family enrollment and HIS tools in Tunisia, E g ypt, Jordan, Gaza strip and Lebanon (Save the Children Federation, 1986 - 1991) • UNRWA emergency activities review ( fi rst draft, Jan. 06), ODI • Re fl ect & Improve, documents in Mid-term appraisal, Dhamar Reproductive Health Program, Yemen (2005) • Materials in National Community Midwives Training Project, Yemen (2004, 2000) • Hayyat Campaign Assessment /Gaza Strip (2003) • Maram project Mid-term Review, West bank & Gaza (2002) • Kurdistan Health Foundation program, N. Iraq (1993) • Save the Children Health Program, Lebanon (1991) • Save the Children: Child Survival Project , Upper E g ypt (1988), etc. • Child-To-Child in Lebanon: Summer 97, workshop report, co-author Maha Damj. Arab Resource Collective, 1997 (Arabic) • Training Days in Children Rights, two reports about a national workshop in Yemen organized by Radda Barnen, Children’s Rights Coalition and Arab Resource Collective, co-written with Sherene Saikaly and Julia Jilkes. Published by ARC, 1996 (Arabic and English) etc. • Wislametsh (To Your Well-being), a fi eld trip report, submitted to the Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme, July 2001 (Arabic) • Edited and authored articles in the newsletter: Towards Health: From Rhetoric to Reality, published by Oxfam Global Health Project and CUSO, Vancouver, Canada, spring, 1992 • Prepared several reports in: Active Learning and Creative Arts and Working with Children and Youth, al-Jana (1997 -2005) • Dozens of reports, internal documents and proposals were written for ARC (1995 - 2001) • Dozens of reports were submitted to decision makers and community workers in Arctic Quebec, Canada. Themes included: Healthy Communities, Community Health Care Workers, Community Education, Project Support Materials, School Health etc. (1994 - 1995) • Dozens of reports were submitted to SCF directors, coordinators and counterparts. Themes: Needs and Resources Assessment, Program Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Implementation Strategies, Sustainability, Workshop reports and Proposals etc. (1985 - 1991). 18
- 19. May Haddad MD.MPH AttachmentD Arts and Culture • Arts and Culture have always been central in my public health career, where I integrated exhibitions, play, theater, images, songs, festivities etc. as powerful tools in my career journey in active learning and transformation • Co-founder of Ras Beirut Cultural Center RBCC (Aug. 2018) with the organization of several exhibitions and cultural events and the engagement of dozens of local and European artists • Curated and organized dozens of advocacy and artistic exhibitions/ displays and installations since 1982 to date such as: My journey in Clay Sculpture (RBCC, April, 2019), Amar-Words & Fares-Colors (RBCC, March 2019), Women and Places in My Mind (RBCC, Feb. 2019), The Art works of May Abboud (RBCC, Nov.-Dec. 2018), Dia De Los Muertos (RBCC, Nov. 2018); in-sight-out (RBCC, Sep. 2018 - Sep. 2019), Epitaph: In memory of Cut Down Trees (RBCC, Aug. 2018), Cam Lecce masks- an installation at Hausgallerie 5+, (Spoltore/Italy, May, 2015); Cup of love: fundraising for complementary cancer therapies for Fathieh Saudi (Bliss 3000, Beirut, Feb. 2015), Launching Sahar Taha’s new song (Bliss 3000, Beirut, March 2015), Hossein Jaan (Baabdat, Lebanon, May, 2014), Earth is my passion (Brumana High School, Lebanon, Aug. 2013), Beloved people of Syria, (Beirut, Nov. and Dec. 2013), and several other • Facilitated/co-facilitated several social and educational events using Arts such as: “Arts and Downs “events (hUNNA Arts Exhibition, ABC Mall, Beirut 2022); Workshops/festivals integrated within the Janana Summer Encounters and the Janana Spring festivals (2000 to date), “Drawing and Design/Friday Mornings at Al-Jana” (ARCPA, Beirut 2006), “Women, Arts and Homes” addressed to elderly women (Borj-Barajneh refugee camp, Lebanon 2004),“Risks of plastic bags” (Mahila Mondal Primary School, Udaipur, Rajestan, India, Feb. 2000), “Photo-voices of Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon” (ARCPA, 1999 - 2001) etc. • Facilitated several laughter yoga sessions in Lebanon, Virginia (US) and Jordan since 2015 to date. The sessions have been addressed to children, youth, scouts, activists, artists, animators, mothers, seniors and the population at large • Exhibited art installations, sculpture and ceramics in Vancouver and Lebanon, included were Lebanon leading arts exhibition Salon D’autmne Du Musee Nicolas Sursock, 2007 - 2010 (The installation in ceramics, La Dance, received Mention Speciale du Jury in 2010), The Age of Ceramics at Macam contemporary art museum /Alita, June 2017, several exhibitions at RBCC (2018 - 2019) and hUNNA Art Exhibition /Beirut (March-June 2022) • Poetry/essays /videos/Arts collections: several of which are posted on-line. 19
- 20. May Haddad MD.MPH AttachmentE Contribution by Region/Country/Theme I. Regional and International Contributions • People’s Health Movement/International People’s Health University, Co-organizer/facilitator and resource person, regional training course, Political Economics of Health, Amman, Jordan June 21 - 25, 2018 and the upcoming Struggle for Health, Beirut 6 - 11 October 2022. • AmplifyChange Sep. 2017 - Feb. 2018: Team leader in scoping the MENA region/ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. • Social Media/ 2010 to date: May has been in fl uential on-line with 74,900 views (YouTube 2021 snapshot) views; 15,500 views (WordPress blog 2017 - 2021); and 12,000 views (SlideShare publications, 2021 statistics), and thousands of other views on other on-line channels. • Hesperian Health Guides/ 2008 - 2015: Member of the authoring/advisory team: “Health Action for Women”, The Hesperian Health Guides, Berkley, US • People’s Health Movement/ 2008: Contributed to the second report “Global Health Watch-2” • Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development (DC), the Ford Foundation (Cairo) and Arab Education Forum / March 2005 –March 2006: Coordinated the project “Community Youth Development in the Arab region” that included the organization of the regional workshop “Taybet Zamman” (Feb. 2006) and the production of materials • Boston Women’s Health Book Collective / 2005: Contributed to the revised edition of “Our Bodies Ourselves” • Faculty of Health Sciences/ American University of Beirut/ Nov. 2003 - May 2004: Facilitated/ co-coordinated the event: “Incorporating Reproductive and Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention into Youth Programmes in the Arab World”, regional UNFPA supported project. Included was the design and animation of the regional workshop “TOT skills in Health Communication: Integrating RH and Sexual Health and HIV/AIDs Prevention in Youth Programmes in the Arab World”, Beirut March 2004 • Arab Resource Collective/1997 - 2001: - Led ARC’s project in Capacity Building of Arab NGOs through developing educational resource books (Training for Transformation, Where There Is No Doctor, Where Women Have No Doctor and The Murshidat health workers in the Arab Word), networking and organizing regional and 20 This section has three components: I. Regional and international contributions; II. Visioning, leadership and implementation (country level); and III. Re fl ect-Improve: Participatory evaluations (country level).
- 21. May Haddad MD.MPH localworkshops and events in Cyprus, Lebanon, E g ypt, Yemen and Jordan/ Mobilized interest in Women’s Health Issues- - Supported ARC’s launching of Children’s Rights and Child-To-Child regional programs. Included were the launching in Lebanon and Yemen. - Developed “Reproductive Health Initiative in the Arab World” in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs - Among the regional workshops organized/facilitated/conceptualized then were: - “The Murshidat experience” workshops organized in E g ypt, Lebanon and Jordan, sponsored by Arab Resource Collective 1999 and 2000 - “Training for transformation book resource development” three regional workshops in reviewing the adaptation and utilization of the book, Arab Resource Collective, Ayia Napa, Cyprus July 1995, Oct. 1996 and April 1999 - “Reproductive Health and Media”, a regional workshop, organized by Arab Resource Collective, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs and the FORD Foundation, Asia Napa, Cyprus 13 - 17 June1998 etc - “Women and Health Resources”, a regional workshop on concepts, needs, challenges and initiatives, organized by Arab Resource Collective, Platres, Cyprus 20 - 24 Sep. 1999 - “Learning Climates within Arab NGOs”, a regional workshop organized by Arab Resource Collective and Tamer Institute, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, June 1996 etc. - Designed & coordinated the implementation of two regional surveys on: “The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers” and “NGOs and Community Health Workers”- The surveys occurred in Lebanon, E g ypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Gaza etc. • Save the Children-MENA/1985 - 1991: - Designed and supported the planning, implementation and evaluation of SCF health programs in Child Survival and Safe Motherhood in E g ypt, Tunisia, the Sudan, Jordan, Palestine, Greece and Lebanon - Provided technical assistance in needs assessment, fundraising, proposal writing, health information systems, on job learning, programs and evaluation. Provided training to hundreds of community health workers and developed the curriculum popular education and community health • Organized several workshops and events included were: - “Enhancing Income and Livelihoods for Arab Women” a regional workshop, organized by Save the Children Federation, the FORD Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, Near East Foundation and the Arab Council for Childhood and Development, Cairo, E g ypt, Dec. 1989 - “Ighia regional health” workshop, Athens, 1988 - Dozens of intensive workshops in capacity building and TOT skills addressed to women community health care workers, sta ff and counterparts from MOH, and other NGOs, Save the Children Federation etc. • UNICEF - MENA region/1983 - 1985: “Health & Communication Materials Related to Child Survival”, UNICEF regional o ffi ce for the Middle East and North Africa (multi-media productions in Growth 21
- 22. May Haddad MD.MPH monitoring/Oralrehydration /Breastfeeding /Immunization / Female education/ Family spacing/ Food supplements GOBI - FFF): Led a team of communication and education experts and developed program support materials in Child Survival (GOBI - FFF) for the MENA region (Health Communication Related to Child Survival). II. Visioning, Leadership and Implementation/Countries CONTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY (ALPHABETICAL) CANADA and NUNAVIK (ARCTIC QUEBEC) • Organized “Health Now Mahrajan”, an interactive event at the University of British Columbia, sponsored by Liu Institute of Global Issues, the Green College and People’s Health Movement- Canada, March 27 2012 • Contributed to the development of the Public Health Department at the Kativik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kujjuaq, Arctic Quebec, Canada 1994 - 1995 - Designed health promotion strategies, events and developed educational materials with a focus on HIV/AIDs and STDs prevention - Supported community health workers in 14 Inuit communities of the Nunavik region - Organized the “First regional workshop for community health workers in Arctic Quebec”, Public Health Department, Kativik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Kujjuaq, Arctic Quebec, Canada, October 1994 - Support to Multicultural health and Cross-cultural groups, Developed directory of Multi- Cultural groups in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1992 - 1994 - “The health of Chinese immigrants in British Columbia” , working with SUCCESS/ the united Chinese community enrichment services society, Vancouver, 1993 - “Towards Health: From Rhetoric to Reality-Alma-Ata re-visited”/ workshop and publication, working with Oxfam Global Health Project, B.C. Public Health Association and CUSO, Vancouver, Canada, Spring, 1992 EGYPT • Coordinated e ff orts with ARC’s partners in E g ypt in the implementation of the projects in “Capacity Building of Arab NGOs”, “Women’s health” and “Child to Child” 1997 - 2001 • Facilitated several workshops: “The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers: صحيات ريفيات ”رائدات 1997 - 1999 • Coordinated and facilitated the organization of the regional workshop “Enhancing Income and Livelihoods for Arab Women”, organized by Save the Children, the FORD foundation and the Arab Forum for Childhood and Development, Cairo, 1989 • Provided technical support (management, training, overview) to Save the Children Health programs in the villages of the Al-Minya-E g ypt, 1985 - 1991 22
- 23. May Haddad MD.MPH GREECE •Contributed to the development of Save the Children Health programs among Gypsies in Greece (suburbs of Athens) and Greek villages and facilitated Child-to-Child training events, 1985 - 1991 IRAQ • Support to Kurdistan Health Foundation program in rehabilitated villages in N. Iraq, Medico International, included was the organization of the “Training of Trainers in Community Education Skills”, Medico International (Germany) and Kurdistan Heath Foundation N. Iraq, 1993 ITALY • Facilitated a session in "Animation, health games and learning” addressed to students at Tecniche Relazionali , Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio" Italy, May 2015 JORDAN • Provided support and recommendations to Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme: “Traditional Medicine Assessment, Implications for Health Programming”, Jordan, May 2001 • Coordinated e ff orts with ARC’s partners in Jordan in the implementation of the projects in “Capacity Building of Arab NGOs”, “Women’s health” and “Child to Child” 1997 - 2001 • Provided technical support to Save the Children Health programs in Jordan (Jabal Bani Hamida, Mahata, Natheef and Misdar refugee camps in Amman) and provided the training and curriculum for women community health workers , 1985 - 1991 LEBANON • Assessed materials and resources in reproductive health, and developed an inventory of 25 E - Guides of materials that have been developed since 2005 and listed guidelines for developing materials that are primarily addressed to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, UNFPA July-Dec. 2017 • Ongoing support to Arab Resource Center for Popular Art (Al-JANA) to conceptualize, develop and implement their projects in “Active Learning and Creative Arts”. Included were: the development of an online sessions on Corona Towards Best Practices (2020), the development of yearly mobile spring festivals addressed to children and the public (since 2002), events during the summer encounters addressed to activists and volunteers (since 2002), the integration of health and environment activities into the activities of the Janana network (2007 to date), oral history projects, developing “Our photo-voices” project, support to the activities of Al-JANA kids club, launching and supporting the project “Childhood without violence” and the development of educational resources and materials, 1997 to date • Conceptualized and lead the Smart and Joyful process in Healthy Living/ Environmental Health/ Responsible Relief addressed to community workers among Palestinian/Syrian and Lebanese communities. The process entailed the organization of intensive educational sessions that have 23
- 24. May Haddad MD.MPH beenintegrated into the work of Al-Jana and the Taawon (Lebanon), the development of Smart and Joyful resource materials of two books and DVDs, the mobilization of social media and the organization of community events and festivities, June 2016 - Feb. 2017 • Designed the curriculum and taught PDHP 246 Lifestyle, illness and disease to graduate students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand, Lebanon Fall 2014 - Organized and mobilized several practical applications included were Heart Friendly Environment at the University and the Geitawi garden health festival (in coordination with Al-Sabil center in Geitawi) • Founded and directed “the Creative Health Campaigns CHC” ـحيةــــص ـاتــــعـداــــبإ ـمالتــــح, 2006 - 2011 with focus on “Health Here and Now”. Provided capacity building events to hundreds of sta ff & volunteers from more than 100 CHC partners in Lebanon (UNRWA, IRAP, MAP UK, PWHO, Najdeh association, Amel International, LFPA, ARCPA/AL - JANA, members of the Janana network, NABA’A, PRCS, BAS, CBR, JCC etc.). Events were organized in all Palestinian communities, Lebanese communities in Matn, Beirut, Tripoli, Saida, Baalbek, Hermel, Nabatiyeh, Hasbaya and Khiam, July 2006 to Sep. 2011. The campaigns were characterized by intensive skills enhancement and capacity building, development of take home messages, development and wide dissemination of educational materials, implementation of community festivities and support groups, and partnerships-actions among dozens of local groups, networks, NGOs, international groups and the UN (UNRWA and UNICEF) • Contributed to the programming and implementation of ANERA’s “Emergency Mother and Child Health Program/Lebanon” that reached out to 15,000 mothers, Provided training to hundreds of relief workers and animated sessions to hundreds of displaced mothers in doable health actions, Matn, (summer 2006) • Among the workshops and sessions organized/facilitated 2006 - 2014: - Organized an expanded festive educational and consultative events to launch the Campaigns of “Powerful World” (anti-smoking) 2009, “Bye Bye Anemia” (nutritional iron de fi ciency anemia) 2010 - 2011, “Smart Use of Medicine” (Zaka wa Dawa) 2011 and “Earth is My Passion” 2013, Lebanon - Supported the organization of more than 100 community health festivities 2007 - 2014 including: the integration of health activities into the yearly Janana mobile Spring festivals in Beirut, Saida, Tripoli, Tyre, and Baalbek - Health festivals organized by Children of Jalil Center and UNRWA in Jalil camp, Taelbaya and Bar Elias - “Back to Authentic nutrition” organized by Women Humanitarian Organization and Amel Association at Horj/Beirut- “Heniyeh wa Hanan” health festivals organized by Women Humanitarian Organization and partners, Saida, Jalil camp, Dbeiyeh, Shatila and Baddawi camps - “Bardawi: Farfesh-Nanesh” health events organized by AL - JANA center and the JANANA network in Nahr Bared camp and Baddawi camp - Festivities of “Health Here and Now” by Women Humanitarian Organization in Borj Barajneh camp; by JCC in Shatila camp; by Kamel Jaber center in Haboush village/Nabatiya; and by Amel Association in Khiam town; by Women Humanitarian Organization in Siblin summer camp - mobile exhibitions by PARD in - And the integration of health events and festivities into the JANANA summer encounters, Brumana 2007 -2014 etc. 24
- 25. May Haddad MD.MPH -Community healthy nutrition events during Ramadan, Borj Shmali camp, Saida and Ein Helweh etc., Lebanon Aug. 2011 - “Al-Barnamej” (The Program) an interactive performance (by AL - JANA team)- Input into its’ conceptualization, Pre-testing, fi nalizations and adaptations in di ff erent communities - And several other performances in anti-smoking, iron de fi ciency anemia etc. - “Fankalouziat” and “Se7a Asa7” events organized by 59 centers and groups members of the Janana network in Lebanon 2008 - 2011 - “Women’s Health in NBC”, a community festival, 2012 • Contributed to the programming and implementation of ANERA’s “Emergency Mother and Child Health Program/Lebanon” that reached out to 15,000 mothers, Provided training to hundreds of relief workers and animated sessions to hundreds of displaced mothers in doable health actions, Matn, (summer 2006) • Provided technical support to Cudmos Project “Youth Development in Lebanon” leading training events addressed to youth leaders from several NGOs and authoring the manual “Mina Wa Elna”, May-Aug. 2006. • Technical person and facilitator of World Vision’s intensive training and celebrative workshop in Hush Al-Nabi, Bekaa: “HIV/AIDS in Youth and Adolescents Programs”, Lebanon, Sep. 2004 • Support to PARD: “Women Support Groups in Marginalized Communities in Lebanon”, May- Sep. 2004. • Organized and animated: “Utilizing the resource Health for All Women in Addressing Our Health Issues”, an interactive workshop addressed to women community leaders from 15 marginalized communities in South Lebanon, Organized by PARD, Wasta camp, August 2004. • Learning Through Action, Al-JANA and LAU: workshops in healthy sexuality addressed to youth and animators, 2001 • Organized and supported the sessions “Healthy Sexuality” an introductory workshops addressed to youth, PARD, Beirut, Lebanon August 2001. • Member of a technical team of advisors “IEC /Advocacy /Gender in Population and Reproductive Health, UNFPA Country Population Assessment”, Lebanon, summer, 2001. • Organized several “Country Population Assessment (CPA)” intensive workshops targeting service providers, IEC experts and youth / adolescents, Lebanon, UNFPA, April-May 2001. • Facilitator and resource person: workshops in children’s rights- Palestinian NGO forum- Lebanon:, April, 2001 • Coordinated e ff orts with ARC’s partners in Lebanon in the implementation of the projects in “Capacity Building of Arab NGOs”, “Women’s health” and “Child to Child” 1997 - 2001 • Technical support to “Save the Children Health programs in Lebanon (Akkar and country wide)” included was the mobilization of the women community health project in Bebnine, 1985 - 1991. • Trained outreach CHCWs (a project between FHS/AUB and the Middle East Council of Churches) and medical students/ Developed audio-visuals in health and organized a health exhibition in Primary Health Care 1981 - 1983 25
- 26. May Haddad MD.MPH •Established and supported maternal and child health clinics in deprived areas in Beirut and its’ Southern Suburbs (Middle East Council of Churches, Palestinian Red Crescent and Order of Malta)/ Provided mobile health services to displaced families in war torn zones in Lebanon (Save the Children Federation) / Developed educational materials and resources (UNICEF and Arab Research Institute) 1979 - 1984 • Other workshops/events (Organizer/Facilitator/Resource person): - “Amandla: Health Now”, a session by People’s Health Movement and Haqqi Alayyee Campaign, Lebanon, May 12 2013 - “Healers perspectives”, workshop addressed to medical students, FHS/AUB, Beirut, 2004 - “Palestinian Refugee Children Rights”, three workshops addressed to children, adolescents and youth (8 - 18 years) in Mar Elias, Nahr Al-Bared and Ain Helweh Palestinian refugee camps, Palestinian NGO forum in Lebanon, April 2001 - “Child-To-Child training skills”, workshop addressed to youth in Shatila camp, Beirut, Lebanon, co- sponsored by Arab Resource Collective, May 1998 - “Children rights: Training of Trainers, national workshop to animators”, by UNICEF and Arab Resource Collective, Beirut, Lebanon, June 1997 - Children rights in Lebanon, national workshop for decision makers, teachers and community workers”, by the Lebanese Council for Childhood, UNICEF and Arab Resource Collective, Brumana, Lebanon, June 1997 - “Child-To-Child in Lebanon”, workshop for community workers, organized by Arab Resource Collective, Saida, Lebanon, July 1997 - “Working with children in di ffi cult circumstances”, workshop by Arab Resource Collective and UNESCO, Ashqout, Lebanon, April 1997 - Strategic planning, organized by Health Care Association (SIDC), Ashqout, Lebanon, 1996 - Strategic planning in disability, organized by National Lebanese Association for Rights of Disabled and Arab Resource Collective, November, 1996 - “Cancer prevention and early diagnosis”, Lebanese Cancer Prevention Association, Beirut, Lebanon, October 1995 - Strategic planning for the credit sector, organized by Save the Children Federation, Beirut, Lebanon, May 1991. Etc. PALESTINE • Programming of the Maram Project for Healthy Palestinian Families ـرةـــــــــــــــساأل ـصحةـــــــــــــــل ـرامـــــــــــــــم ـروعـــــــــــــــشم الفلسطينية in the West Bank and Gaza, 2001 - 2004. - Provided technical assistance and supported dozens of local NGOs (Sabreen, SKY, Ougaritt- Ramattan, Canaan, Kassaba, al-Sanabel, PYALARA, Young Artists Forum, Free Thought and Culture Association, Al-Bait al-Said, al-Karmel, al-Lod, Theater for All etc.) program community health actions and mass media interventions in “Taking Action/Saving Lives of Newborns and Mothers in Palestine”. Included were Hayyat campaign ـاةيــــــــــــــــــح ـةلـمــــــــــــــــــح in Gaza with the involvement of more than 100 groups and the production of mass media materials (TV, radio spots and 26
- 27. May Haddad MD.MPH publications)and several community based projects in schools, health/community centers and communities. - Supported the productions of: The Adventures of Khadra ـضراــخ ـراتــمـغاــم (al-Kassaba, Ramallah), Afrah Qariyat Ma’moura ـعمورةــــم ـةــــيـرــــق ـراحــــفأ (al-Sanabel, Jerusalem), Fil fi la and Farfour ـورــــفـرــــف و ـلفلةــــف (al-Karmel, Breij camp), Madinat al-Toufola al-Saida ـسعيدةــــــلا ـةــــــلـطفوــــــلا ـنةــــــيـدــــــم (al-Lod, Nablus), Trusting Our Ability to Breastfeed (Ougarit, Ramallah), Hayat ـياةـــــح performance (Theater for All, Gaza), Adas wa Homos ـدســـــع ـمصــــــــــــح و (Sabreen, Jerusalem), and MOE educational booklets: Daleel Mufeed Li-Siha Hadeed ـفيدــــــــــــم ـيلــــــــــــلد حديد لصحة (iron de fi ciency educational school materials) etc. • Selections of workshops, sessions and events 2002 - 2005: - Consultative events with health department sta ff at UNRWA - West Bank, UNRWA - Gaza & bene fi ciaries, November 2005 - “Creative Health Festival”: workshops, multi-media presentations and theater performances, over 100 health workers and school teachers from all over the West Bank participated in this interactive event organized by the Maram Project and al-Kassaba, Ramallah 7 - 9 June, 2004 - Capacity Building in behavioral change and communication skills, Ramallah May 03 and Oct. 03; Gaza: June 03 and Oct. 2003 - “Hayyat” campaign assessment workshops, Gaza, June and Oct. 2003 - Monitoring and evaluation of BCC interventions, Ramallah, July 2003 - “The Behave Framework” workshop, Ramallah, June 2003 - “Training in Trials Improved Practices (TIPs) in iron de fi ciency anemia”, Dec. 02, Jan. 03, Oct. 2003 - “Communication and Media in Children and Mothers Survival”, Gaza and Ramallah, June, 2002 - Training in formative research in saving newborn lives, Gaza March 7 - 22, 2002. • Technical support and program formulation: “Save the Children Health programs in Gaza and the West Bank”, included skills enhancement of Palestinian Red Crescent’s community health workers in Gaza strip, 1985 - 1991. SYRIA • Technical support to Health and Nutrition program in Syria, implemented by IOCC and GOPA/ DERD, Feb.-March 2018 and August-Sep. 2018. • Towards best practices in developing educational materials in RH/FP addressed to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, UNFPA consultancy, July-Dec. 2017 • Support to “Rain boots for Syrian refugee children” campaign in Lebanon, winter 2014 • “Beloved People of Syria” a visual research with public health implications. To date organized a photo exhibition and installation during the Lebanese Epidemiological Association Conference on Nov 30 2013, and an interactive session during the Janana network meeting on Dec 24 2013 • Conducted “Training of Trainers- Youth in Community Education in Syria Jazira area, Tel Wardiyat, Syria , Urban Rural Mission/ Middle East Council of Churches Jazira area, Tel Wardiyat, Syria, ”, July 2001 27
- 28. May Haddad MD.MPH THESUDAN • Technical support and trainer “Save the Children Health programs in Qadaref, Um-Ruwaba and Ubayed”, worked with Sudanese villagers and Eritrean refugees, developed training curriculums, educational materials, mobile outreach Um-barama theater etc. 1985 - 1991 TUNISIA • Formulating the health program and providing technical support and training to counterparts and to rural women health workers: “Save the Children (FTDC) Health programs in rural Tunisia (Siliana and Kasserine)”, 1985 - 1991 YEMEN • Contributed to the development of Reproductive Health Care ـيةـبـجاـناإل ـصحةـلا and the development of Community Midwives ـعمـتـجــــــــــــــــــملا ـالتـــــــــــــــــبـاـــــــــــــــــق in Yemen (consultancies with UNFPA/ NYC, the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Sana’a’ and the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population)- 2000 - 2005. • Selections of related workshops and events: - “Re fl ect and Improve”, a festive event with 100 stakeholders of Dhamar RH Programme, Dhamar, Yemen, May 2005 - “Support to Reproductive Health Formulation in Yemen”, workshops organized by the MOPH and Population, Sana’a’, Feb. 2005 - “Amanah” workshop, preliminary results of fi nal evaluation of national CMW Training Project in Sana’a’’, Feb. 2004 - Mid-term participatory evaluation, intensive workshops targeting dozens of o ffi cials and community workers in evaluating Community Midwives Training 2000 • Contributed to the launching of the national children’s rights program: - Facilitated “Children Rights in Yemen” and “Training Days in Children Rights” national workshops in Yemen organized by Radda Barnen, National Yemeni Coalition for Children Rights and Arab Resource Collective, Sanaa’, May 1996. • Contributed to the development of post literacy adult education materials in Child Survival, UNICEF and Ministry of Education Aden, Yemen 1985. 28
- 29. May Haddad MD.MPH III.Re fl ect-Improve: Participatory Evaluation/Countries NUNAVIK (ARCTIC QUEBEC) • “The status of Community Health Representative”, Kutavik region, 1994 EGYPT • “The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers” and “NGOs and Community Health Workers”, ARC, 1997 - 1999. • “Appraisal of Save the Children: Child Survival Project, Upper E g ypt”, 1988. • “Appraisal of E g yptian-Save the Children in Fayoum”, 1987. JORDAN • “The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers” and “NGOs and Community Health Workers”, ARC, 1997 - 1999. LEBANON • “Assessment of IEC/BCC materials and resources in Reproductive Health and Family Planning”, UNFPA, July-Dec. 2017. • “MAP’s Child and Maternal Health Programme in Nahr El Bared, Beddawi and Ein El Helweh Palestinian refugee camps and surrounding gatherings in Lebanon” August-Oct. 2012. • “ANERA’s Medical In-Kind Program in Lebanon”, March-April 2008. • “IOD/ PARC’s External Evaluation of the National Programme: the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation- Humanitarian Aid Department/SDC - HA the Early Recovery Programme in Lebanon”, May-July 2007. • “Appraisal of Palestinian Refugee Youth in Lebanon”, ANERA, summer 2002. • “Unmet needs in Reproductive Health Care in Lebanon”, Marie Stopes International, summer, 2001. • “Information, Education, and Communication /Advocacy /Gender in Population and Reproductive Health”, UNFPA, MOPH and MOSA, summer 2001. • “The Status and Concerns of Women Community Health Care Workers” and “NGOs and Community Health Workers”, ARC, 1997 - 1999. • “Appraisal of Save the Children Health Program”, Lebanon, 1991. PALESTINE • “ANERA’s health programs in the West Bank and Gaza”, Sep. 2009. • “ODI’s External Review of UNRWA Emergency Programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territories”, Nov. 2005 - March 2006. • “Hayat Campaign Appraisal in the Gaza strip,” 2003. • “Maram project Mid-term Review”, West bank & Gaza, 2002 29
- 30. May Haddad MD.MPH SYRIA •Appraisal of functions of the IOCC/GOPA - DERD Health and Nutrition Program in Syria, 2018. YEMEN • “Mid-term appraisal of Dhamar Reproductive Health programme”, Ministry of Public Health and Population and the Royal Netherlands embassy in Sana’a, April-May 2005. • “Support to Reproductive Health Formulation in Yemen”, Ministry of Public Health and Population and the Royal Dutch embassy of Yemen, Feb.-March 2005. • “Amanah: Final Evaluation of National Community Midwives Training project in Underserved Areas in Yemen”, Ministry of Public Health and Population and the Royal Netherlands embassy in Sana’a, Feb.-April 2004. • “Mid-term Evaluation of National Community Midwives Training project in Underserved Areas in Yemen”, UNFPA (NYC and Yemen FO) and Ministry of Public Health and Population, Oct.-Nov. 2000. Kindly contact me for further details. 30