Eslam Elbaaly
Senior Lecturer in Humanitarian Affairs
Profile
Biography
Eslam is a humanitarian doctor, public health clinician, researcher and an avid teacher. He worked for over 8 years with Médecins Sans Frontières across Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt and Turkey leading the humanitarian response. His projects have included responding to complex migration issues within conflicts, epidemic response, managing sexual violence programmes and delivering childhood immunization and nutrition interventions.
Eslam’s background is as a clinician specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and he has worked in Sexual and Reproductive health programmes in Egypt. He has a MSc in Public Health for Development from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and is currently completing his DrPH in Humanitarian Practice and Policy.
He is a visiting lecturer at LSHTM teaching in areas including Current Issues in Perinatal and Maternal Health, Principles and Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Practice and Power.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2021-Present)
- MSc Public Health for Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (2019-2020)
- Medicine MBBS BSc, Suez Canal University, Ismailia (Egypt) (1999-2006), graduated with Honour of Excellence (UK equivalent: With Distinction)
- Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Royal College of Tropical Medicine (2021)
- “Steering Complex Projects” Executive Education Programme, Cambridge Judge Business School (2021)
Research
Overview
Eslam’s research interests are in maternal health in conflict settings.
During his time with MSF he worked on cross sectional, retrospective and prospective studies in humanitarian settings.
Projects he has previously been involved in include:
- In Syria a burden of disease study on non-communicable diseases as well as an economic and cost of care analysis which led to new community outreach services.
- In Lebanon a study on clinical effectiveness and quality of care of our medical services using electronic medical record databases which led to new interventions being implemented.
In Ethiopia a mixed methods evaluation of the mobile clinic service looking at quality of care and patient outcomes.
Projects
An analysis of a private healthcare organisations delivery of level of care and affordability in Egypt.
Supervision
Eslam would be interested in supervising PhD students in the area of maternal health in humanitarian settings, in particular in access to services, and quality of care.
Teaching
Postgraduate
Senior Lecturer on MSc in International Humanitarian Affairs
Other teaching
Visiting Lecturer London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Current Issues in Perinatal and Maternal Health
- Principles and Practice of Public Health
- Health Policy, Practice and Power.
MSF Sexual Violence and Reproductive Health programme.
External activities
Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health
- Member Egyptian Medical Syndicate
Invited talks and conferences
Doctors without Borders (MSF) speaker at external engagements events with donors as well as at medical schools and universities about humanitarian work.