Fekir Negussie, MPH
Program Manager
GHS - Programs
Chancellor/EVC/FAS
As a public health professional, Fekir worked in Southern Africa for several years leading research and implementation projects. She worked as a Strategic Information Fellow with CDC Mozambique analyzing programmatic data and supporting Implementing Partners develop data collection tools.
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Most recently, Fekir worked as the in-country lead for IGHS' portfolio of projects in Namibia conducting HIV research and launching national-level informatics projects.
Currently, Fekir is a Program Manager at the Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia. In this role, she supports the Open Oximetry project (https://openoximetry.org), which aims to solve challenges in equitable global access to pulse oximeters, and the COVID-19 Global Goods project (https://opencriticalcare.org) including the COVID-19 Guidelines Dashboard, Resource Library, and Oxygen Calculator.
Education & Training
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- MPH Maternal and Child Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2018
- BA Global Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel HiIl 2014
Publications (1)
Top publication keywords:
RefugeesFemaleQualitative ResearchHumansCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCommunity Health ServicesEmpathyHealth Services Accessibility
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Empathy and journey mapping the healthcare experience: a community-based participatory approach to exploring women's access to primary health services within Melbourne's Arabic-speaking refugee communities.
Ethnicity & health 2020 Bartlett R, Robinson T, Anand J, Negussie F, Simons Smith J, Boyle JA