Master of Public Health (MPH), Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Dr. Rawi Elamin
Public Health Epidemiologist · Global Health Security Specialist
Public health epidemiologist and global health security specialist with 16 years of experience supporting WHO, IFRC, IOM and national Ministries of Health across Africa, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Europe. His CV focuses on infectious-disease surveillance, emergency preparedness, outbreak response and International Health Regulations (2005) implementation.
EDUCATION
Academic background.
Postgraduate Diploma, Disaster Management & Refugee Studies
Disaster Management and Refugee Studies Institute, International University of Africa
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Bahri
Master of International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Institution not stated in the CV
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Certifications and training.
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
Google / Coursera
CAREER HISTORY
Professional experience.
May–October 2025Manila, Philippines
Technical Officer, Disaster Risk Reduction
WHO Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO)
- Led multi-hazard risk profiling and workforce mapping across four countries.
- Developed a regional assessment tool for hospital and health-infrastructure readiness.
- Created a regional training package on risk profiling and workforce mapping.
September 2020–November 2024Belgrade, Serbia
Technical Officer, Emergency Preparedness & Response / Epidemiologist
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Balkan Health Emergencies Hub
- Led regional epidemiological surveillance and preparedness initiatives across seven Balkan countries and areas through two consecutive WHO assignments.
- Managed COVID-19 case notification, contact tracing, line lists and reporting to WHO and national Ministries of Health.
- Supported WHO and ECDC reporting through TESSy and EUROflu.
- Deployed Go.Data in Moldova, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina and developed Kosovo's national COVID-19 epidemiological dashboard.
- Coordinated seroepidemiological and vaccine-effectiveness studies in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and North Macedonia.
- Delivered 22 sub-regional training activities and wrote PHEOC standard operating procedures for North Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.
- Coordinated response reviews in four countries and deployed to Yemen in 2024 for national risk profiling and a cholera intra-action review.
June–August 2020Banjul, The Gambia
Senior Technical Officer, Epidemic Preparedness
Resolve to Save Lives — Strategic Hub for Accelerated Response and Preparedness (SHARP)
- Led the national epidemic-preparedness programme during COVID-19 across surveillance, laboratories, emergency operations, risk communication, workforce and legal frameworks.
- Mobilised more than USD 500,000 in emergency funding.
- Advised the national COVID-19 Task Force and supported legal reforms aligned with international standards.
February 2017–May 2020Sudan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Malawi & Republic of the Congo
Epidemiologist & Emergency Preparedness Officer — multiple field assignments
World Health Organization, Health Emergencies Programme
- Served as COVID-19 Epidemiologist in Sudan; Health Emergencies Officer in Cambodia; Epidemiologist and Sub-national Health Cluster Coordinator in Ethiopia and Malawi; Technical Officer for Event-Based Surveillance at WHO AFRO; and Epidemiologist for Emergency Humanitarian Action in Sudan.
- Conducted more than 20 rapid risk assessments spanning 47 African countries.
- Led emergency-response operations for flood, conflict and epidemic events across four countries.
- Strengthened incident-management teams, rapid-response teams, early-warning systems and IDSR systems.
- Authored Disease Outbreak News reports and the WHO AFRO weekly outbreak bulletin.
- Established the Khartoum State PHEOC during COVID-19, including SOPs, minimum datasets, training and notification workflows.
February 2015–September 2016Sierra Leone & Liberia
Emergency Health Delegate & Public Health Officer — Ebola Response
IFRC in Sierra Leone / IOM in Liberia
- Managed epidemiological data across three Ebola Treatment Units in Liberia and produced reports for the Ministry of Health, WHO and partners.
- Helped design national integrated disease-surveillance, cross-border and community event-based surveillance systems.
- Led nationwide post-Ebola community-based surveillance operations in Sierra Leone, supervising more than 200 Red Cross volunteers.
June 2007–August 2013Khartoum, Sudan
Senior Surveillance Officer, Epidemiology & Infectious Disease Control
Ministry of Health, Khartoum State
- Led routine disease-surveillance and outbreak-response operations at state level.
- Maintained data quality, produced epidemiological bulletins and led investigations for dengue, Rift Valley fever, cholera, meningitis, swine fever and acute watery diarrhoea.
- Trained TB and HIV reporting coordinators across 15 states and supported mass-vaccination campaigns for meningitis, polio and yellow fever.
CORE EXPERTISE
Areas of practice.
AFFILIATIONS & COMMUNITY
Professional participation.
PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
Selected published work.
PARTNER WITH GLOBAL MINO
Natural resources.
Real impact.
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