Hashem Darwish

Qatar Red Crescent Society, Turkey Mission, Gaziantep, Turkey

Hashem Darwish, MBBS, Dip. Nutrition Therapy, Master of Int. Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, MPH
Head of Health Programs Department, QRCS, Turkey Mission
drhashem2014@gmail.com

I was born on the 19th of May 1979 in Saudi Arabia. I graduated from Aden University in Yemen with a Bachelor of medicine and surgery (M.B.B.S) and obtained post-graduate certificates in Int. cooperation & humanitarian aid from Humanitarian Aid Studies Centre, Spain in 2016. I also received training and a post-graduate diploma in nutrition therapy in 2012. I worked in many superb INGOs and USAID projects such as MCHIP-USAID project in Yemen, IMC, GIZ, INTERSOS, and QRC. I have over eight years of work experiences in areas of public health; mainly Reproductive, Maternal, Nutrition, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH), Primary Health Care, Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Systems Research, Health System Strengthening and Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Responses. Currently, I am head of health program in QRCS-Turkey Mission for Syria cross-border response as well I am attending a Master program in Public Health at the Roehampton University (distance learning).

Publications

• Laswar AKN, Darwish H. Prevalence of cigarette smoking and khat chewing among Aden university medical students and their relationship to BP and body mass index. Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2009 Sep;20(5):862-6. Available from: http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2009;volume=20;issue=5;spage=862;epage=866;aulast=Laswar

Links

• Qatar Red Crescent
• Strategy for health and care, International Federation of Red Cross Societies, Geneva, Switzerland - Hashem Naeem Darwish - GFMER picture of the week