Bernard Gerbaka
Committee Chair
Lebanon
Executive Committee
Conference Committee
Faouzi Bendridi
Committee Member
Algeria
Maha Almuneef
Committee Member
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Dr. Maha Almuneef graduated from Yale University with a post-doctoral degree in pediatric infectious diseases. A Pediatrician passionate about advocating for women and child’s rights, she is a pioneer in the field of child maltreatment and domestic violence in Saudi Arabia. She established National Family Safety Program to combat domestic violence through awareness, advocacy, capacity building, and service provision for victims of abuse.
She is a recipient of the International Women of Courage Award in 2014, and recipient of the prince Naif women of excellence award in the category of national security in 2017. She served as Temporary Advisor to World Health Organization and was elected as a councilor in the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). Moreover, Dr. Almuneef is a Professor of Pediatrics at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and head of the child care department at King Abdullah specialized children hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Chair of Membership, Marketing and Distance Training Committee
Mona Al Khawari
Committee Chair
Kuwait
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Dr Mona Alkhawari
Institutional affiliation: Child Protection Office, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
City and Country of primary residence: State of Kuwait
Institutional affiliation: Child Protection Office, Ministry of Health, Kuwait
City and Country of primary residence: State of Kuwait
EXPERIENCE
JOB TITLE: CONSULTANT PAEDIATRIC ENDOCRINE AND DIABETES
DIRECTOR OF CHILD PROTECTION OFFICE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Dr Mona established the joint committee of the Supreme National child protection in 2013 to lay down the foundation of child protection system in” State of Kuwait”. My work focused in the last eight years on establishing a comprehensive strategy and mechanics of reporting and handling victims of violence against children in collaboration with other
governmental and non governmental sectors. I established training and education program for professional on child maltreatment. I shared in Guideline Development Group for “WHO GUIDELINES FOR THE HEALTH SECTOR RESPONSE TO CHILD MALTREATMENT“.
She is the chairperson of several committees ,DSD Committee, Kuwait- WHO Child Growth Standards Implementation Committee, The Highest National Accreditation Committee and the Newborn screening committee and Executive Director of Kuwait Newborn Screening Program.
EDUCATION
FRCPCH; Fellowship of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, December 2005
SKILLS
- Leadership skills
- Administration skills
- Planning and Project management
- Communication skills
- Information Technology skills
RESEARCH
Multidimensional model to assess the readiness of Kuwait to implement evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs at a national level, Public Health, Volume 181, April 2020, Pages 182-188.
AWARDS
CURRICULUM VITAE
ISPCAN Award as leader of best multidisciplinary Team in Child Protection, September 2018.
Studies and Research Committee
Majid A. Aleissa
Committee Chair
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Prof. Majid A. Aleissa
- Manager of WHO East Mediterranean Collaborative Center for Child Maltreatment Planning and Researches
- Professor of Pediatrics- KSAU
- Executive Director for the National Family Safety Program
- Member of Family Affairs Council
- Member of the National Committee for Maltreatment Prevention
- Member of the National Childhood Committee
- Member of the Clinical Ethics Committee- Ministry of National Guards Health Affairs
- Consultant Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Child Abuse Pediatrics- KASCH
- Director of Family Safety High Diploma
- Director of the National Health Registry of Abuse Cases
Muna Alsadoun
Committee Member
Sultanate of Oman
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Dr. Muna Ahmed Al-Saadoon holds an MD degree from the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and a PhD in Community Paediatrics from Nottingham University, UK.
Member of the State Council; the Dean of College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman; Chairperson of the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Board, and is an Associate Professor of Child Health and Consultant Paediatrics at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital.
Member of the Executive Board of Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB); The National Bioethics Committee (2009 to 2020); Ministry of Health, Child Protection Task Force (2006 to 2019); and Ministry of Social Development, Muscat Region Child Protection Committee (2012 to date).
Dr. Al-Saadoon has considerable experience in the area of child protection and child right and focused her efforts throughout her career in these areas. She has been involved in many activities to increase public and professionals’ awareness on child abuse, and the needs for child protection services, in coordination with both the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Social Development, viz., Member of the Child Protection Task Force. Member in national and Regional Societies, viz., Arab Association to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect; International Society to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). Her research interests include child abuse and neglect, and child protection.
Khalid Al Ansari
Committee Member
Qatar
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Prof. Khalid Al Ansari, MD, FRCPS, FAAP (PEM), MScH
Chair, Emergency Department
Sidra Medicine
Chair, Emergency Department
Sidra Medicine
Dr. Khalid Al Ansari is the inaugural Chairman of Level One Trauma, Emergency Department and Urgent Care Sidra. He is the founder of National Poison Center and the founder of the Child Advocacy Program in Qatar. He is also the Chairman of the Sidra wide Hospital Resuscitation Program.
Dr. Al Ansari’s extensive expertise in Emergency Medicine, Acute Medical Care has helped him transform the delivery of Pediatric Emergency services to patients in Qatar. He is a qualified Pediatrician and Pediatric Emergency physician with over 23 years of experience in the field.
He is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Professor of Clinical Emergency at Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Qatar University. His research interest is in emergency respiratory diseases, gastroenteritis, pediatric sedation in emergency a child abuse in Qatar.
He is the Chairman of IRB Qatar Biomedical Bank, Chairman of Ministry of Public Health. National Group of Child Protection from Abuse Committee and member of National Disaster Committee.
Jameela Bia
Committee Member
Morocco
Training and Continues Education Committee
Abdeloudoud Kharbouch
Committee Member
Morocco
Fadhelah Almahrous
Committee Member
Bahrain