Dr. Ahmed bin Salim Al-Mandhari
The Planning and Health Regulation Office focuses on enhancing individual and community health and well-being, as well as managing illnesses as they arise. The Office is concerned with its various divisions following two main areas: planning and health regulation in both the public and private sectors. The planning aspect relies on evidence-based planning methodology concerning the geographic distribution of various types of healthcare services and the healthcare institutions providing them. The health regulation works on establishing laws, legislation, principles, and guidelines regulating the work in the health sector through the six core components or “building blocks” of the healthcare system at the level of the World Health Organization. These components encompass healthcare services delivery, leadership, governance, financing, health workforce, health information, research, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, medical technologies, and technology.
- 2018 – 2024: Regional Director; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
- 2014 – 2018: Director General of Quality Assurance Centre, MoH
- 2010 – 2013: Director General; Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH)
- SQUH: Senior Consultant at FAMCO department
- 2002: Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners – UK
- 1998 – 2002: University of Liverpool (UK): PhD (Quality management in health care)
- 1994-1998: Sultan Qaboos University (SQU): Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB) (Family Medicine and Public Health - FAMCO)
- 1996: DTM&H at University of Liverpool (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine – UK)
- 1990 – 1993: SQU (College of Medicine and Health Sciences): MD
- 1986 - 1990: Bachelor of Health Sciences – College of Medicine and Health Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University
- February 2024 – till date: Regional Director Emeritus
- Member for Life at ISQua
- Fellowship through Distinction
- A number of projects at SQUH, MoH and WHO
- Undersecretary for Planning and Health Regulation, Ministry of Health