This was the primary motivation for him to pursue a Master of Public Health at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where many of Afghanistan’s leaders studied.
Dr. Muhammad Homayoon Manochehr, graduate from Masters of Public Health Program in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) as part of the Tropical Diseases Research (TDR) postgraduate training scheme, was nominated by FHS to participate in the Joint coordinating board meeting held at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, he discussed the findings of his research on Tuberculosis (TB) in Lebanon, a paper that was done during his time at AUB and how his education at FHS and the TDR program helped him achieve what he always wanted: change.
TB is a major public health challenge in Afghanistan, with 47,406 case notifications in 2017, according to WHO. While working at the national TB control program, Manochehr noticed the TB case notification rate rising, but had limited tools to address the problem in an effective way.
“I wanted to make a difference, but I didn’t have the skills to analyze the data or to conduct research that would help improve the programme,” stated Dr. Manochehr.
This was the primary motivation for him to pursue a Master of Public Health at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where many of Afghanistan’s leaders studied.