Tamara Curtin Email & Phone Number

Indonesia

South Jakarta, Jakarta, Id

Jakarta, Indonesia

Health System emergency and disaster preparedness, planning, risk assessment, reduction and management; Strengthening community's resilience and engagement in health emergencies Supporting relevant inter-sectoral and interagency collaboration and coordination, national and international partnerships.

Jakarta, Indonesia

-Provide technical leadership and support in implementing IHR (2005) core capacities, including strengthening the IHR National Focal Point function;-Strengthen disaster risk management for health including disaster preparedness and response;-Provide guidance on the development and implementation of national action plans, including national action plans for health security (NAPHS) and pandemic preparedness plans, incorporating lessons from previous events such as COVID-19;-Provide support in the management of infectious hazards, enhanced surveillance and response for the control of influenza, emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses;-Provide technical support in the planning and implementation of field epidemiology training, analyze and interpret epidemiological information and in monitoring epidemiological services;-Contribute and participate in regional/global event-based surveillance analysis and joint risk assessment including timely information sharing;-In coordination with the regional office improve the country preparedness and readiness by supporting, coordinating and reporting results of IHR monitoring and evaluation framework activities within country including state party annual reporting (SPAR), joint external evaluations (JEE), after action reviews (AAR) and simulation exercises;-Contribute to outbreak and emergency response through the principles of an Incident Management System (IMS) and ensure application of established technical guidance and standards of IMS functions; -Foster strong country-level emergency-related partnerships: build and coordinate partner networks.

Myanmar

Responsible for the coordination of response to COVID-19 pandemic, public health impact of humanitarian crisis following the military government takeover of 1 February, and areas of ongoing ethnic conflict.•Coordinated a diverse international team working both in country and remote across multiple time zones.•Engaged with donors and the international community in Myanmar and at regional and international levels to mobilize resources and international advocacy for response.•Ensured emergency health supplies were pre-positioned in high-risk areas (flood prone, near non-government-controlled areas, etc.).•Coordinated replenishment of stockpile materials and estimation of potential needs in new areas of intensified conflict/displacement.•Responded to media queries on the impacts of the military takeover, COVID-19 treatment and vaccination and the overall status of the health system.•Coordinated with partners for advocacy with state and township level authorities for access to vulnerable/IDP populations, issuance and extension of required permissions for aid delivery.•Led development of Health sector inputs for annual Humanitarian Response Plan.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Independent consultant with WHO, FAO, and national governments and the private sector for public health emergency preparedness, response, and recovery-oriented projects.Recent accomplishments• Business continuity and contingency planning for COVID-19 for small and medium businesses• Support to national authorities in optimizing emergency medicine regulatory processes.• Operational readiness training for public health professionals, including the Incident Command System and humanitarian supply chains.• Regional and national level infection prevention and control (IPC), healthcare associated infection surveillance and multi-drug resistant organism infection preparedness training and exercises• Response to natural disaster and outbreak-related emergencies• Technical assistance to countries for development of National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) and alignment with national health initiatives• Development, conduct and evaluation of table top, functional/command post, and full scale exercises a range of events including SARS-CoV2 and associated COVID-19 illness, Ebola Virus Disease, mass casualty events, emergency vaccine deployment, chemical events, floods, volcanic eruptions, tsunami, cyclone, avian influenza control, infected passengers or crew at points of entry, healthcare associated infection, and anti-microbial resistance.• Preparation of funding proposals and accompanying workplans and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) plans • National and sub-national level risk and capacity assessments • Sub-national level emergency preparedness, response and recovery training• Technical assistance for development, validation, and updating of hazard specific emergency response plans.• Establishing and strengthening of Emergency Operations Centres for public health emergencies at national and sub-national level

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Full cycle project management for a variety of public health programs and initiatives including the development and implementation of emergency preparedness and overall public health capacity, advocacy and training campaigns at national level. Conduct of multi-sectorial multi-national, national and sub-national emergency preparedness exercises on chemical, biological, radio nuclear and food safety hazards, including ports, airports and ground crossings. Direct technical support and training, including development of eLearning, to countries in implementing an all hazards approach to preparedness, surveillance, response, and media/risk communications capacities encompassing planning and human, material and financial resource management at national and sub-national levels. Monitoring and assessment of national implementation of core public health components. Direct support to national governments for risk mapping, assessment and risk management.Accomplishments:• Contingency planning and assessment of national public health capacity in countries including: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Libya, Malaysia, Sudan, Thailand, Ukraine, Turkey, Zambia• Development of a playbook of customizable tabletop exercises for chemical, zoonotic, food safety and radio nuclear events.• Creation and facilitation of Community of Practice for public health exercise practitioners with over 200 international members.• Exercise controller and simulator for major WHO international functional exercises.• Project manager for development and implementation of job action sheets and information management for major WHO event response (conflict situation, natural disasters, disease outbreaks).• Project manager for development and deployment of online system for management of non-governmental organization relationships with WHO.• Developed and released self-paced eLearning course for all hazards exercise design.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Full cycle project management of a bilingual English/Spanish internet/extranet site for the UNCTAD Biotrade Initiative. Development of associated training program in English and Spanish for above extranet. Conduct and evaluation of training package in three pilot countries. Also responsible for maintenance, update and design of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading project web site.

New York, New York

Management of the design, construction and execution of trade show booth for animation software design company. Coordination of promotional materials and activities.

Master Of Public Health (Mph), International Public Health/International Health

Post-Graduate Certificate, Development Economics And International Development

Activities and Societies: International Development, Health and Social Care

Ba, Russian Political Science

Activities and Societies: Member of the Georgian Society