Dr. Abdulkarim Yehia Rasae

Date of Birth

November 3, 1958

Place of Birth

Hajja

Marital Status

Married

Children

Six

Tel No.

+9671/252198

Fax No.

+9671/252247

E-mail

akrasae@yahoo.com

Positions held

2006-2007

Minister of Public Health & Population

2003-2006

Rector of Aden University

2003

Professor of Pediatric in Sana’a University “First Professor of Pediatrics In Yemen”

2003

Counterpart of the WHO Expert for Polio Eradication in Yemen, Yemen

1999-2003

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Sana’a Faculty of Medicine, Yemen
Taught and trained undergraduate and postgraduate students in pediatrics, research and other scientific activities of the department, consultations in Al-Kuwait Teaching Hospital, Al Thawrah and Al Josher hospitals in Sana’a.

1999-2003

President of the Expert Board for Polio Eradication in the Republic of Yemen

1994-1999

Member of the Board, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Yemen

1997

Special Service Agreement (SSA) with WHO as Local Advisor in district health system

1993-1997

Head of the both Pediatrics Departments, in Al Thawrah and al-Kuwait Hospitals, Yemen

1997-1999

Deputy Minister of Health, Department of Medical Services and Health Care, Yemen
Involved with health system development, took part in policy making, planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring, evaluation; coordinated with international donors such as WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, JICA, World Bank; attended international meetings on health related issues. Outstanding achievements include:

Improving primary health care activities (ARI, CDD, M.C.H, AIDS, health education, Schistosomiasis, TB, Surveillance, Roll Back Malaria),
Improving district health system, hospital autonomy, health sector reform, central lab and blood banks,
Increasing EPI coverage,
supervising the national immunization days (NIDs) for poliomyelitis eradication,
Introducing vitamin A and hepatitis B vaccine distribution to the country,
Participating in health legislations including private sector practices, community participation, medical council and health practices,
Organization of four district hospitals,
Organization of the Cardiology Centre at the Al Thawrah Hospital in Sana'a.

1993

Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sana’a University, Yemen
Taught and trained undergraduate and postgraduate students in Pediatrics, consultant in the Pediatrics Departments at various hospitals in Sana’a, designed the curriculum of Pediatrics, established the Pediatrics Department in the Faculty of Medicine, Sana’a University and at the Al-Kuwait Teaching Hospital.

1985-1986

Counterpart-Expert World Health Organization in Health Education, Yemen

1986-1993

Resident in Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University
Conducted medical practice in pediatrics as postgraduate student, gathered data and information for research, trained undergraduates. Managed and treated patients and took part in other scientific activities within the department.

1984-1986

Director of Diarrheal Prevention Project and Maternal and Child Health Project, Yemen
Major achievements over this period include:

Founded ORS rooms in 70 health centers in Yemen, availability of ORS in 156 health centers.
Stopped importation of 30 anti diarrheal drugs to the country.
Participated with UNICEF and the Drug Factory in local production of ORS.
Trained doctors and Para-medical staff in ORS, nutrition, health education, MCH and family planning.
Introduced new TV health program called "Health and community"

1982-1983

House officer in Al-Hussein hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Scientific Memberships

2005

President of the Arab Pediatric Society

2004

President of the Yemeni Pediatric Society

2004

Board Member, the Union of Arab Universities

2002-2003

Member of Pediatric neurology society in the Union of the Arab Pediatrics society

2002-2003

Member of Pediatric gastroenterology society in the Union of the Arab Pediatrics society

1996-2003

Member & founder of the Yemeni Scientific Research Society , Sana’a

1995-2000

Member of Scientific Council for American Medical Pediatrics Review Magazine, Arabic edition.

1995-1998

Member of the Arab Board in Pediatrics

1989-2003

Member of International Pediatrics Society

1988-2003

Member of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society

1988-2003

Member of Egypt Pediatrics Society

1988-2003

Member of Yemeni Pediatric Society

1988-2003

Representative of Yemen in the Arab Childhood Council, Cairo

1994-2003

Representative of Yemen in WHO committee group of congenital hematological diseases, Alexandria

1994

Country Representative to the Society of Pediatric Hematology

1996-1998

Member of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations

Major Courses and Seminars Attended

CDD program managers training , Al-Bahrain 20-28/2/1984 sponsored by WHO

Supervisory skills training in CDD & EPI, Saada 15-31 October, 1985 sponsored by WHO

Two gastroenterology and hepatology of medical professional training 14-20/3/1987 and from 19-24/1/1990, Cairo

Medical education training course for three months sponsored by WHO in evaluation, teaching technique, clinical assessment, oral assessment, adult education, key feature examination, MCQ examination, clinical decision making, research design University of Illinois, Faculty of Medicine, Chicago, USA from 1/6/1995 to 1/9/1995.

International Conferences

Family Health Conference, Cyprus, November 1984, sponsored by USAID

Diarrheal Disease Conference, Tunis, 7 days, June, 1985 sponsored by WHO

Diarrheal Disease Conferences, Geneva, June, 1985 & 1986, sponsored by WHO

Tropical Diseases Conferences, Geneva, June 1985 & 1986, sponsored by WHO

Conferences in Nutrition and Diarrheal Diseases, Brighton, UK, 1988, sponsored by USAID

2nd International Conference in ORT, Washington DC, December 1985 sponsored by USAID

Conferences of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, 1987-1995 (8 years)

Child UAE Pediatrics Conference in Infectious Diseases in Pediatrics, Dubai, January 1990

First International Conference in Diarrhea and Nutrition of the Egyptian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and nutrition, Cairo, October 1992

First International Conference in Pediatric Neurology, Cairo, 1992

19th International Congress of Pediatrics, Paris, July 1989

21st International Congress of Pediatrics, Cairo, September 1995

Conference of the Arab Board in Pediatrics, Damascus, May 1996

Conference in Nuclear Medicine, Damascus, July 1996 sponsored by UNDP

Intercountry Meeting for the Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus, Cairo, November 1997 sponsored by WHO

Interagency Meeting for the Global Coordination of Action Against Malaria, Geneva, November 1997 sponsored by WHO

Donors meeting for EPI, Sana’a, May 1997, 1998 sponsored by WHO

Intercountry Meetings against Malaria in African Countries, Alexandria, February & May 1998 sponsored by WHO

Intercountry Meeting for Safe-Motherhood, Sana’a, May 1998 sponsored by WHO

XXII International Congress of Pediatrics and the International Congress on Pediatrics Nursing, Amsterdam, August 1998

21st International Congress of Chemotherapy, Birmingham, UK, July 1999

Annual Yemeni Cardiology Meetings, 1996, 1997 & 1999

First Yemeni Conference in Nephrology, Sana'a, 1999

Conference in Integrated Management of Child Illness, Alexandria, October 2001

International Congress of Cardiology, Alexandria, February 2002

Intercountry Meeting for Polio Eradication Expert Committee and Certification Committee, Cairo sponsored by WHO

2nd International Conference of Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, April 2002

10th Conference of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society, Amman, October 2002

2nd Conference on Pediatric Neurology, Amman, October 2002

5th Conference on Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amman, October 2002

5th Conference on Cardiology of Jordanian Cardiologist Association, Amman, October 2002

36th Conference of the Union of the Arab University, Aldowha, Qatar, October 2003

Published Research and Studies

IgA in serum and stools in case of Acute diarrhea in Breast-fed and Articially-fed babies, Arab Child Journal, Cairo, December 1990

Protozoal diahrrea in Al-Kwait hospital, Yemen Medical Journal, Sana’a 1999

Malaria situation in Yemen, Geneva, WHO/CTD/MAL/98

Risk factors & poor prognosis in acute renal failure due to Malaria, Basel, Nephron, 1996

Calculus Anuria in Childhood in Yemen, Yemeni Medical Journal, Sana’a 1999

Acute Flaccid Paralysis and its role in poliomyelitis surveillance in Yemeni children, National Expert Committee experience, JAC, Vol. 13 No. 5, October 2002

Immunization coverage of the six killer diseases among children less than two years of age in Sana'a city, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2002

Neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in Sana'a hospitals, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2002

Environmental risk factor of congenital heart disease in Sana'a, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2002

Pulmonary hydatid cyst in children, Medical Journal of Cairo University, Vol. 69, No. 4, December, 2001

Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Programme, the model used in Yemen for polio eradication, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2002

Promotion of breast feeding in Yemen, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, July 2002

Clinical manifestations and complications of congenital heart disease in Sana'a hospitals, Yemeni Medical Journal, July 2003

On-going Research

Poliomyelitis situation in Yemen

Prevalence of hepatitis B and the introduction of hepatitis B vaccine in Yemen

Rickets in Yemeni Children

Role of breast feeding in morbidity and mortality in Yemeni children

Tuberculosis in Yemeni children

Clinical manifestations, complication and treatment of malaria in Yemeni children in Hajja hospital

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Minister of Public Health and Population

Dr. Abdulkarim Yehia Rasae

Date of Birth	November 3, 1958
Place of Birth	Hajja
Marital Status	Married
Children	Six
Tel No.	+9671/252198
Fax No.	+9671/252247
E-mail	akrasae@yahoo.com

Education

PhD in Pediatrics, Cairo University, 1993, Egypt
Mater in Pediatric, 1988, Cairo University.
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 1982, Al Azhar University, Egypt
Various specialized training courses

Positions held

2006-2007	Minister of Public Health & Population
2003-2006	Rector of Aden University
2003	Professor of Pediatric in Sana’a University “First Professor of Pediatrics In Yemen”
2003	Counterpart of the WHO Expert for Polio Eradication in Yemen, Yemen
1999-2003	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Sana’a Faculty of Medicine, Yemen Taught and trained undergraduate and postgraduate students in pediatrics, research and other scientific activities of the department, consultations in Al-Kuwait Teaching Hospital, Al Thawrah and Al Josher hospitals in Sana’a.
1999-2003	President of the Expert Board for Polio Eradication in the Republic of Yemen
1994-1999	Member of the Board, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Yemen
1997	Special Service Agreement (SSA) with WHO as Local Advisor in district health system
1993-1997	Head of the both Pediatrics Departments, in Al Thawrah and al-Kuwait Hospitals, Yemen
1997-1999	Deputy Minister of Health, Department of Medical Services and Health Care, Yemen Involved with health system development, took part in policy making, planning, implementation, supervision, monitoring, evaluation; coordinated with international donors such as WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, USAID, JICA, World Bank; attended international meetings on health related issues. Outstanding achievements include: Improving primary health care activities (ARI, CDD, M.C.H, AIDS, health education, Schistosomiasis, TB, Surveillance, Roll Back Malaria), Improving district health system, hospital autonomy, health sector reform, central lab and blood banks, Increasing EPI coverage, supervising the national immunization days (NIDs) for poliomyelitis eradication, Introducing vitamin A and hepatitis B vaccine distribution to the country, Participating in health legislations including private sector practices, community participation, medical council and health practices, Organization of four district hospitals, Organization of the Cardiology Centre at the Al Thawrah Hospital in Sana'a.
1993	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Sana’a University, Yemen Taught and trained undergraduate and postgraduate students in Pediatrics, consultant in the Pediatrics Departments at various hospitals in Sana’a, designed the curriculum of Pediatrics, established the Pediatrics Department in the Faculty of Medicine, Sana’a University and at the Al-Kuwait Teaching Hospital.
1985-1986	Counterpart-Expert World Health Organization in Health Education, Yemen
1986-1993	Resident in Pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Conducted medical practice in pediatrics as postgraduate student, gathered data and information for research, trained undergraduates. Managed and treated patients and took part in other scientific activities within the department.
1984-1986	Director of Diarrheal Prevention Project and Maternal and Child Health Project, Yemen Major achievements over this period include: Founded ORS rooms in 70 health centers in Yemen, availability of ORS in 156 health centers. Stopped importation of 30 anti diarrheal drugs to the country. Participated with UNICEF and the Drug Factory in local production of ORS. Trained doctors and Para-medical staff in ORS, nutrition, health education, MCH and family planning. Introduced new TV health program called "Health and community"
1982-1983	House officer in Al-Hussein hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

Scientific Memberships

2005	President of the Arab Pediatric Society
2004	President of the Yemeni Pediatric Society
2004	Board Member, the Union of Arab Universities
2002-2003	Member of Pediatric neurology society in the Union of the Arab Pediatrics society
2002-2003	Member of Pediatric gastroenterology society in the Union of the Arab Pediatrics society
1996-2003	Member & founder of the Yemeni Scientific Research Society , Sana’a
1995-2000	Member of Scientific Council for American Medical Pediatrics Review Magazine, Arabic edition.
1995-1998	Member of the Arab Board in Pediatrics
1989-2003	Member of International Pediatrics Society
1988-2003	Member of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society
1988-2003	Member of Egypt Pediatrics Society
1988-2003	Member of Yemeni Pediatric Society
1988-2003	Representative of Yemen in the Arab Childhood Council, Cairo
1994-2003	Representative of Yemen in WHO committee group of congenital hematological diseases, Alexandria
1994	Country Representative to the Society of Pediatric Hematology
1996-1998	Member of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations

Major Courses and Seminars Attended

CDD program managers training , Al-Bahrain 20-28/2/1984 sponsored by WHO
Supervisory skills training in CDD & EPI, Saada 15-31 October, 1985 sponsored by WHO
Two gastroenterology and hepatology of medical professional training 14-20/3/1987 and from 19-24/1/1990, Cairo
Medical education training course for three months sponsored by WHO in evaluation, teaching technique, clinical assessment, oral assessment, adult education, key feature examination, MCQ examination, clinical decision making, research design University of Illinois, Faculty of Medicine, Chicago, USA from 1/6/1995 to 1/9/1995.

International Conferences

Family Health Conference, Cyprus, November 1984, sponsored by USAID
Diarrheal Disease Conference, Tunis, 7 days, June, 1985 sponsored by WHO
Diarrheal Disease Conferences, Geneva, June, 1985 & 1986, sponsored by WHO
Tropical Diseases Conferences, Geneva, June 1985 & 1986, sponsored by WHO
Conferences in Nutrition and Diarrheal Diseases, Brighton, UK, 1988, sponsored by USAID
2nd International Conference in ORT, Washington DC, December 1985 sponsored by USAID
Conferences of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society, Cairo, Damascus, Amman, 1987-1995 (8 years)
Child UAE Pediatrics Conference in Infectious Diseases in Pediatrics, Dubai, January 1990
First International Conference in Diarrhea and Nutrition of the Egyptian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and nutrition, Cairo, October 1992
First International Conference in Pediatric Neurology, Cairo, 1992
19th International Congress of Pediatrics, Paris, July 1989
21st International Congress of Pediatrics, Cairo, September 1995
Conference of the Arab Board in Pediatrics, Damascus, May 1996
Conference in Nuclear Medicine, Damascus, July 1996 sponsored by UNDP
Intercountry Meeting for the Elimination of Neonatal Tetanus, Cairo, November 1997 sponsored by WHO
Interagency Meeting for the Global Coordination of Action Against Malaria, Geneva, November 1997 sponsored by WHO
Donors meeting for EPI, Sana’a, May 1997, 1998 sponsored by WHO
Intercountry Meetings against Malaria in African Countries, Alexandria, February & May 1998 sponsored by WHO
Intercountry Meeting for Safe-Motherhood, Sana’a, May 1998 sponsored by WHO
XXII International Congress of Pediatrics and the International Congress on Pediatrics Nursing, Amsterdam, August 1998
21st International Congress of Chemotherapy, Birmingham, UK, July 1999
Annual Yemeni Cardiology Meetings, 1996, 1997 & 1999
First Yemeni Conference in Nephrology, Sana'a, 1999
Conference in Integrated Management of Child Illness, Alexandria, October 2001
International Congress of Cardiology, Alexandria, February 2002
Intercountry Meeting for Polio Eradication Expert Committee and Certification Committee, Cairo sponsored by WHO
2nd International Conference of Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, April 2002
10th Conference of the Union of the Arab Pediatrics Society, Amman, October 2002
2nd Conference on Pediatric Neurology, Amman, October 2002
5th Conference on Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amman, October 2002
5th Conference on Cardiology of Jordanian Cardiologist Association, Amman, October 2002
36th Conference of the Union of the Arab University, Aldowha, Qatar, October 2003

Published Research and Studies

IgA in serum and stools in case of Acute diarrhea in Breast-fed and Articially-fed babies, Arab Child Journal, Cairo, December 1990
Protozoal diahrrea in Al-Kwait hospital, Yemen Medical Journal, Sana’a 1999
Malaria situation in Yemen, Geneva, WHO/CTD/MAL/98
Risk factors & poor prognosis in acute renal failure due to Malaria, Basel, Nephron, 1996
Calculus Anuria in Childhood in Yemen, Yemeni Medical Journal, Sana’a 1999
Acute Flaccid Paralysis and its role in poliomyelitis surveillance in Yemeni children, National Expert Committee experience, JAC, Vol. 13 No. 5, October 2002
Immunization coverage of the six killer diseases among children less than two years of age in Sana'a city, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2002
Neonatal unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in Sana'a hospitals, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2002
Environmental risk factor of congenital heart disease in Sana'a, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2002
Pulmonary hydatid cyst in children, Medical Journal of Cairo University, Vol. 69, No. 4, December, 2001
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance Programme, the model used in Yemen for polio eradication, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, May 2002
Promotion of breast feeding in Yemen, Kaser Alaini Medical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, July 2002
Clinical manifestations and complications of congenital heart disease in Sana'a hospitals, Yemeni Medical Journal, July 2003

On-going Research

Poliomyelitis situation in Yemen
Prevalence of hepatitis B and the introduction of hepatitis B vaccine in Yemen
Rickets in Yemeni Children
Role of breast feeding in morbidity and mortality in Yemeni children
Tuberculosis in Yemeni children
Clinical manifestations, complication and treatment of malaria in Yemeni children in Hajja hospital

The Republic of Yemen

Minister of Public Health and Population

Dr. Abdulkarim Yehia Rasae

Education

Positions held

Scientific Memberships

Major Courses and Seminars Attended

International Conferences

Published Research and Studies

On-going Research

The Republic of Yemen

Minister of Public Health and Population

Dr. Abdulkarim Yehia Rasae

Education

Positions held

Scientific Memberships

Major Courses and Seminars Attended

International Conferences

Published Research and Studies

On-going Research