Public Health Development Frameworks

Dr Muna Abdel Aziz is currently the Director of Public Health for Salford, Greater Manchester from January 2020; and previously held various leading positions such as Director of Public Health and Prevention Services for Warrington; Deputy Director of Sudan Public Health Institute; International CPD Adviser for the UK Faculty of Public Health, and Training Programme Director for Public Health Specialty in Cheshire and Merseyside which was part of Health Education England.

Dr Muna field of specialization includes Public Health and Community Medicine. With over thirty years of experience in Public Health, she has both academic and professional experience working in partnership to improve the health system through leadership, management and delivery of high-quality healthcare and wellbeing services. As well as managing multi-million public health programmes, she has directed and influenced the way other sectors and partners spend their time and money. She continues to advocate for multidisciplinary approaches to complex challenges; such as mobile health solutions for universal health coverage, expanding health insurance to the informal sector, and co-producing innovative approaches with local communities. She is the Founding Member of the Sudan Health Consultancy from 2003 and Founder of YourB which is the first Sharia compliant credit union in the UK.

Qualifications

Dr Abdel Aziz is on the Public Health Specialist Register of the UK General Medical Council and registered with the Sudan Medical Council as a Specialist in Community Medicine. A medical doctor, she has been working in Public Health from May 1992; initially in the Sudan and over twenty years in the UK. She has had a distinguished academic and professional career as the top student in university and with distinctions and awards throughout her career. She has significant experience in leading transformation change, policy, strategy, teaching and research.

Her qualifications in Public Health include Clinical MD in Community Medicine (University of Khartoum, Aug 1995), her PhD from University of Cambridge (Mar 2001), Master of Public Health at University of Nottingham (Sep 2001). She was awarded full Membership of the UK Faculty of Public Health by Examination (Mar 2003), Fellowship from Aug 2006, and the Faculty Service award serving for two terms as the International CPD Adviser. More recently, she completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Based Postgrad Medical Education from Edge Hill University (Aug 2018).

Membership of Professional Bodies

• UK Faculty of Public Health, Fellowship, 08/2006
• UK General Medical Council, Specialist registration (Public Health Medicine), 01/2004
• UK Faculty of Public Health, Membership (Part B exam), 03/2003
• UK Faculty of Public Health, Diploma (Part A exam), 10/2001
• UK General Medical Council, Full registration, 12/2001

Degrees

• Top student, MBBS, 1989, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Causes and consequences of birth intervals among Sudanese women, Distinction.
• Clinical MD in Community Medicine, 1995, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Family planning as a child survival strategy: Findings from a rural community in Sudan, Distinction.
• PhD, Biological Anthropology, 2001, University of Cambridge, UK, Malaria and the growth of children in rural Sudan: A trial of insecticide impregnated bednets, Conferred.
• Master of Public Health, 2001, University of Nottingham, UK, Conducting a health impact assessment: The potential and constraints. A literature review and case study of Finningley Airport Health Impact Assessment, Credit.
• PG Cert, Workplace Based Postgrad Medical Education, 2018, Edge Hill University, UK, Personal philosophy of teaching, Distinction.

Excellence Awards

• Three Clinical Excellence Awards, Salford, Public Health England (2020-23).
• Five levels Clinical Excellence Awards, Warrington, Public Health England (2015-19).
• International CPD Adviser Service Award, Faculty of Public Health (2013-18).
• Clinical Excellence Award for medical leadership, Sheffield, National Health Services (2009).
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, UK Medical Royal Colleges (2003).
• 15 Distinctions and 8 Prizes (1983-89); Lord Kitchener’s Memorial Prize (1989) and 50th Anniversary Prize (1989), University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine.