Dr Elsheikh Badr is a public health physician and a health workforce expert and strategist
with over 20 years’ service in senior health systems and health workforce positions
in Sudan and beyond. He qualified as medical doctor and obtained a postgraduate diploma
in public health from Gezira University in Sudan and a master’s in health policy planning
and management from the University of Leeds UK. His professional qualifications included
Sudan Board fellowship in community medicine and the fellowship of the Faculty of
Public Health of the Royal Colleges of physicians UK. He obtained postgraduate training
certificates on health workforce development including at University of Liverpool,
University of Oxford, Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam, Collective leadership institute
Berlin, Harvard University, and University of California at Berkeley.
Dr Badr was the Director for Health Workforce Development at the Sudan Federal Ministry
of Health and President of the Academy of Health sciences, a large, decentralized
health professions education institution. He also served as Secretary General for
the Sudan Medical Specialization Board, the premier postgraduate medical education
body in the country. Dr Badr has been widely involved in national, regional, and global
health workforce and health professions education initiatives. He is currently the
Chairperson of the Community Medicine Council of the Arab Board of Health Specializations.
Dr Badr is also a designated WHO health workforce consultant and served as member
of international expert panels convened by the WHO on various areas related to health
workforce development.
Since 2019, Dr Badr has been serving as policy expert with the National Qualifications
Center UAE (Ministry of Education) working on the project of the National Institute
for Health Specialties (NIHS) aimed at the development of postgraduate health professions
education capacity. He is currently part of the NIHS team working in areas relating
to governance, accreditation, assessment, and CPD.
Dr Badr research work and interests include health systems strengthening, health workforce
policy, migration, health professions education, and health workforce regulation.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES AND LOCATION
Thank you for your interest, For further information on the 2nd Emirati conference on Medical Education, please contact the following:
Venue
Crescent Building, United Arabi Emirates University, Al Ain