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The association
started its work under the name of Society for Safe
Community, mainly in the areas of accident & injury
prevention and safety promotion. Looking at the
mismanagement of trauma victims and non-existence of
emergency services in the country the focus has drifted
towards the establishment of Emergency Services in the
country and helping the victims of accidents and disasters.
The Society for
Safe Community derived its inspiration from the World Health
Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety
Promotion and had the patronage of its Chairman Prof. Leif
Svanstrom. Under the guidance of its past President, Society
for Safe Community, Gen.® S.M.H. Andrabi, Ex. Director
General of Surgery, Armed Forces of Pakistan and its
Advisor, Prof. Naseer M. Akhtar, Ex. Principal King Edward
Medical College, Lahore the society established itself and
inspired to undertake challenges of national significance.
The Association maintains
strong liaison with all the organizations concerned with
emergency and disaster management locally and abroad,
especially FPAP Karachi, FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance
Islamabad.
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Credentials of Office Bearers of SEMA |
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President
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Dr. Rizwan Naseer
is the Representative of National Task
Force, Interior Ministry of Pakistan and Ex.
Consultant U.N.D.P. on Revamping of Emergency
Services & Civil Defence. He was self-
motivated to work for prevention and better
management of emergencies and disasters after
looking at the misery and mismanagement of
trauma victims as an orthopaedics and trauma
surgeon. He has over ten years of experience
of interacting with governmental and
non-governmental agencies responsible for
handling of emergencies. He holds Masters in
Surgery, did his advanced training from Canada
& America and has worked as an Asst. Professor
of Orthopedics & Traumatology at the largest
university teaching hospital & emergency
department of the country. He has also done
his MBA and Diploma in Project Management. As
the Provincial Coordinator for Punjab Health
Dept. and World Health Organization on
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Management
he was responsible for drafting the state
Disaster Management plans. He has several
publications to his credit, which also include
two books on First Aid & Disaster Management
and a National Report for UNDP on Emergency
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General Secretary
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Dr. Abid Kemal
works as a consultant for Exponent and
specializes in the investigation of fires,
explosions and detonations in oil and gas,
transportation and process industries. He also
studies combustion in stationary power plants
and air-breathing propulsion systems and has
designed and built a micromachined sensor for
the measurement of pollutant emissions in
combustion exhausts. He maintains an active
interest in international law and policy
related to the environment and emergency
response, and has
recently helped in drafting the very first
fire laws for Pakistan. Before joining
Exponent USA he did Ph.D. from Stanford
University, U.S.A. in Combustion Engineering
and was a gold medalist from Engineering
University Peshawar and has worked for ICI,
Career Telephone Industries, Pakistan |
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International Director |
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M. Saud Anwar, MD, MPH, FCCP
Dr. M. Saud Anwar is a specialist in Critical
Care Medicine and Lung Diseases, trained at
Yale University, New Haven Connecticut. He is
also a specialist in Occupational and
Environmental Medicine. He earned his Master
in Public Health at Yale University. He is
board certified by the American Board of
Internal Medicine, American Board of Pulmonary
Medicine, and American Board of Critical Care
Medicine. Dr. Anwar is currently serving as
the Vice President of Pakistan Public Health
Foundation (PPHF,
www.pphf.org
) He is the founder and the chief
international coordinator of International
Disaster Management Alliance for Pakistan (IDMAP)
(www.idmap.net).
He served as the President of American College
of Physicians' Associates Council of Illinois
Chapter. He is a member of the American
Thoracic Society and a fellow of the American
College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Anwar has
served as the Chair of the Disaster Management
Committee of the Association of Pakistani
Physicians of North America (APPNA). He is
currently working on a disaster management
network in the United States and Pakistan. He
has collaborated with a Pakistan based
organization to arrange for water supply for
the drought victims in Sind, Pakistan. Further
expansion of this plan has successfully been
completed. Dr. Anwar had been active
coordinator from Connecticut in the immediate
aftermath disaster response of the September
11th disaster in New York. His
voluntary services after 9-11 were officially
recognized by the American Red Cross. Dr.
Anwar has publications, articles and chapters
to his credit. He has taught Public health at
the University of Connecticut, and is
currently appointed as faculty at the
University. |
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