Member Bio
Maha is medical doctor and a global health Consultant with 20 years technical and scientific experience across academic institutions, UN organizations, private, and government sectors. She has developed, delivered and managed expert technical support to 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Central Asia, Eastern and Western Europe; and more than 30 Sovereign American Indian Nations across the United States working for grass-root to ministerial levels. She addresses capacity building of health sectors, quality improvement of health services, global HIV/AIDS prevention in young people, and adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Asham’s academic and UN tenures, research and consultancy work resulted in academic courses, publications, UN global initiatives, and national strategies and frameworks.
Maha held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Laureate International Universities.
Maha spearheaded the national adaptation and global implementation of WHO initiatives, “Adolescent Friendly Health Services: Making it Happen” and “orientation program on adolescent health for health care providers”(OP). She introduced OP in academia at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK as a stand-alone course and a core curriculum of LSTM Global Reproductive Health Diploma, facilitated its endorsement by the Royal College of Gynecology and Obstetrics, UK.
Maha developed a multi-country strategic response analyses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in young people considering consolidated UN Technical Support Plan for AIDS and UNAIDS Division of Labor with UN programs.
She serves as health communication advisor for satellite TV program, developing and presenting a health awareness series: “Our Health Our Responsibility” for the Middle East. Series Promo Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7AUXksdsw
Maha co-founded Sherouk NGO in Egypt and serves on the advisory board of Hands Along the Nile in Arlington, VA.