Dr.Ahmed Farah Shadoul

Dr. Ahmed Farah SHADOUL

I am currently the Secretary General of Sudan Medical
Specialization Board, and Director of Arab Health Specialization
Board, Sudan Office, as well as a Senior Advisor to the Federal
Minister of Health, and Ministry of Planning and International
Cooperation. I am also the Goodwill Ambassador for Health for
Sudan. I am a highly recognized and established leader of top
national institutions and advisors to several national and international
organizations, as well as a highly skillful pediatrician with strong
public health orientation and experience. With over 30 years
experience in different aspects of medical and health care.

I graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University Khartoum and
received my post graduate training as a pediatrician in University of
Liverpool, UK, with additional post graduate degrees in communication and health education;
Disaster Management and information technology. I have over 30 years experience in planning,
implementing, monitoring, supervising and evaluating maternal, neonatal and child health and
disease control programmes in developing and developed countries. I have played a key part in
pioneering the implementation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in
Sudan and the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
I have vast knowledge and experience of the UN system, was the Chief of Health and Nutrition
section at UNICEF, Sudan; Medical officer at WHO Sudan. I have taken several missions and
assignments to assist EMR countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, , Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan,
Syria and Yemen) in planning, adapting, implementing and reviewing the IMNCI programmes.
I was appointed by WHO as an International Child Health Promotion Medical Officer for two
years in post-conflict Afghanistan, and during this period I have developed innovative initiatives
and interventions used to initiate and develop National Child Health and Nutrition Policies and
help in developing national policies for management of all forms of malnutrition in women and
children.
I have joined WHO Pakistan Country office and assisted their MoH in finalizing the Maternal,
Neonatal and Child Health National strategy documents. My technical contributions and in depth
knowledge culminated in establishing a National Maternal and Child Health (MNCH) program
in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and have played an important role in strengthening the capacity of
National and partners at Federal, Provincial and District levels in implementing the Pakistan
National Health Policy and the Devolution Process. Have supported the GoP in many areas
including strengthening the health system, resource mobilization through Global Fund, GAVI
and Norwegian Pakistan Partnership (NPPI). Successfully led the massive humanitarian
operations during the Pakistan Earthquake 2005, Swat IDP crises of 2009 and The Megafloods
of Pakistan in 2010, and coordinated all the emergency health relief interventions. I was an active
member of the UN Task force for One UN Joint Programme in Pakistan, and the chairperson of
the UN task force for developing and implementing a contingency plan for Avian Influenza.
Prior to my joining the UN system, I was a senior Government Official in different positions in
Sudan including, State Minister of Health for Darfur State, Director General of Primary Health
Care at the Federal Ministry of Health. During my tenure, I have restructured the PHC
department to achieve new roles and accommodate new developments. Have led a number of
essential reforms in the FMoH and developed the strategic plans, particularly, the initiation and
finalization of the 25-years FMOH strategic plan (2000-2025).
I have been the Head of Mission and WHO Representative in Afghanistan and Yemen where I
led two of the largest humanitarian operations along with the development components. In spite
of all the difficulties and multiple frequent emergencies, I was able to successfully manage WHO
core functions at country level and provided leadership in Advocacy, Partnership and
Representation, Policy Development and Technical Cooperation, and Administration and
management. I was an upstream policy adviser to the governments and promoted an effective
health dimension to social, economic, environmental and development policy; Assessments of
broad political trends at the global and regional level and their implications on national health
programmes and promoting coordination amongst health development partners.
In Policy Development and Technical Cooperation, I have managed to catalyze policy
development through informed social and health policy options in ways that stimulate action and
help to build sustainable national health systems and capacity in the health sector.
During the UN evacuation from Yemen in 2015, I acted as the Humanitarian Coordinator as well
as the UN Resident Coordinator for Yemen, and during this time I coordinated and managed all
the Humanitarian interventions as well as controlling the different disease outbreaks that took
place in a very complicated operation due to the total siege of the country, and successfully
managed to lead the access negotiation between the different fighting factions and mobilized
considerable resources to Yemen humanitarian operation.
I have been elected by the WHA 2022 as senior staff member of WHO Staff Pension Committee.
I am also a member of the TAG of WHO Global Code of practice on international recruitment of
HealthPersonnel.
It is equally important to mention that I’m currently the Secretary General of the Sudan Medical
Specialization Board which is the sole institute responsible for professional medical and allied
health postgraduate training in Sudan, has over 10,000 Students currently enrolled in training in
more than 150 accredited training sites mentored by 2,000 trainers all over Sudan, I am also the
Director of Arab Health Specialization Board, Sudan Office and the Coordinator of the Egyptian
Fellowship Board.
With regards to the COVID pandemic, I have played a paramount role during the efforts to
manage and control COVID-19 Pandemic; while supporting the FMoH in managing and
controlling the different disease outbreaks that occurred during the past few years.