Kamar Tanyan
Mary Begg Clinic, Zambia
Biography
Kamar Tanyan has worked in a number of Middle Eastern and Arab countries (Tunisia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq) and therefore has a deep-rooted understanding of the challenges related to the primary healthcare industry in the region. She holds the international diploma in Humanitarian Assistance from Fordham University- New York and a Master’s degree in Disaster Medicine from University of Piedmont Orientale, Italy. In 2003, she actively contributed to the implementation of pre-hospital medical emergency care program in North Lebanon in collaboration with Lebanese Red Cross. She participated several times with military hospital medical team in the response to Hajj mass gathering in Saudi Arabia. In 2014, she joined a humanitarian mission in Iraq, as Health Project Manager in response to the Syrian refugees’ crisis. Managing a WHO and ECHO financed health programs including health programs design, implementation and monitoring, capacity building of local doctors to insure a better health care of this vulnerable population. Currently, she is the Chief Medical officer of remote hospital operated by an international mining company in Zambia, where she is confronted to all aspects and challenges of remote medicine as well as dealing with African epidemic diseases such as malaria, TB, HIV with minimal resources. Her current focus is the development of an emergency response planning guidelines in low setting resources.
Abstract
Abstract : Primary health care challenges in remote medical setting
