Syed Himatt
Dr. Sayed Himatt is currently supervising the national communicable disease surveillance and COVID-19 case investigation team at the Ministry of Public Health in Qatar. He is leading the Mass Gatherings Early Warning Alert and Response System (MG EWARS) project to enhance the surveillance system in Qatar as part of preparations for the FIFA World Cup 2022.
Dr. Himatt is a public health and communicable diseases control expert with more than 18 years of national and international experience in surveillance, outbreak investigation, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and communicable disease control programs management. He is a trusted Consultant with consistent track record in providing high-quality individual and collaborative evaluations, assessments, technical reviews and assistance for several organizations including WHO .
Dr. Himatt participated in establishing, leading, and evaluating a number of public health projects including Early Warning Alert and Response Network/System (EWARN, EWARS) in war affected areas in Darfur_ Sudan and in Northern Syria. He has an extensive background in leading top-performing teams, developing effective national communicable diseases control programs and strategies in Sudan and Qatar. He is an experienced team leader for outbreak investigation missions for a wide range of outbreak borne diseases .
Dr. Himatt published a number of peer reviewed and conference papers and served as reviewer for several medical journals and conferences .
Dr. Himatt is a medical doctor, Consultant of Community Medicine with a clinical medical doctorate in community medicine and European Master of Science in International Health (Tropical Medicine and Disease Control) .