DR BECHIR AOUNEN
KEY FACTS
Position
Senior Public Health Consultant, ICHESS – Global Fund-financed work (ongoing)
Experience
30+ years: 8 years with the Ministry of Health of Mauritania, 25 years with UNICEF (national and international), independent consultant since 2021
Education
Doctor of Medicine – Tishreen University, Syria (1986)
Health education and IEC – ENSP Rennes, France (1992)
Monitoring and evaluation – CESAG Dakar, Senegal (2004)
Countries
Mauritania, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire
Languages
French, Arabic; intermediate English
Core expertise
- National health development plans (PNDS) and national community health strategies
- Immunization: routine EPI, campaigns, cold chain rehabilitation and logistics, coverage surveys
- Maternal, newborn and child health and primary health care, including the Bamako Initiative
- Humanitarian response: rapid needs assessments, integrated survival programmes, multisectoral coordination
- Monitoring, evaluation and accountability: logical frameworks, performance indicators, national reviews
- Partnerships, advocacy and resource mobilization with international donors
Career highlights
- UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire – Chief, Child Survival and Development (2015–2020): health, nutrition and WASH; community health and EPI strengthening
- UNICEF Cameroon – Chief, Child Survival and emergency focal point (2009–2015); Deputy Representative a.i. (2010–2011)
- UNICEF Chad – Chief, Health and Nutrition and Emergency Officer (2004–2009): emergency response for about 200,000 Sudanese refugees
- UNICEF Mauritania – Chief, Health and Nutrition (1995–2005); chair of the UNAIDS technical group (1998–2002)
- Ministry of Health, Mauritania (1987–1995) – Deputy Director of Health Protection, head of EPI and of Health Education
OFFICIAL CV
- Work experience
- Publications & strategies
- Education
- 2021 – present · Independent public health and health systems consultant – health planning, M&E and inter-agency coordination; coordination of a World Bank-financed COVID-19 project (2022); national community health strategy (2023); work with ICHESS on Global Fund-financed assignments (ongoing)
- 2015 – 2020 · Chief, Child Survival and Development, UNICEF Côte d’Ivoire
- 2009 – 2015 · Chief, Child Survival and emergency focal point, UNICEF Cameroon; Deputy Representative a.i. (2010–2011)
- 2004 – 2009 · Chief, Health and Nutrition Section and Emergency Officer, UNICEF Chad
- 1995 – 2005 · Health and Nutrition Officer, then Chief of Section, UNICEF Mauritania and headquarters
- 1987 – 1995 · Ministry of Health, Mauritania – Deputy Director of Health Protection, head of EPI and of Health Education
- Clinical and therapeutic guide for health centres (Bamako Initiative)
- Health component of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women (Mauritania, World Bank)
- National community health strategy and operational plans
- EPI sustainability plan
- Situation analyses of children and women and health components of UNICEF country programmes (Mauritania, Chad, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire)
- Surveys including immunization coverage, MICS and KAP surveys
- Doctor of Medicine – Tishreen University, Syria (1986)
- Health education and IEC – ENSP Rennes, France (1992)
- Monitoring and evaluation – CESAG Dakar, Senegal (2004)
- Short courses: maternal health, STI/HIV, diarrhoeal disease control, Bamako Initiative
Let’s Work Together
We welcome collaboration with ministries of health, development partners, donors and research institutions. Contact us to explore how our expertise in health systems strengthening, epidemiological modeling and real-time monitoring can support your programs.
CONTACT
Mon – Fri, 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
+243 822 325 425
info@ichess-us.org
OFFICE ADDRESS
Nouvelles Galeries Présidentielles
Suite 704 D, 7th floor
Gombe, Kinshasa – DRC
About ICHESS
We contribute to building resilient health systems capable of delivering universal health coverage and improving the health and well-being of all.