CURRICULUM VITAE
1. Family name: Al- Ajlouni
2. First names: Musa Taha
3. Date of birth: 04-12-47
4. Nationality:
Jordanian
5. Civil status:
Married
6. Education:
Institution
(Date from - Date to)
Jordan University, 1970
American University of Beirut,1977
Leeds University(UK),1985
Alexandria University(Egypt),1991
Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
BSc. In Business Administration
Master of Public Health/Hospital Administration
Master of Health Planning
Ph.D. in Public Health/ Hospital Administration
7. Language skills: Indicate competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language
Arabic
English
Reading
1
1
Speaking
1
1
Writing
1
1
8. Membership of professional bodies:
-
Member of Jordanian Association for Administration of Hospitals and Health Institutions.
Founder Member of Middle East Health Policy Forum.
9. Present position:-Assistant Professor in Healthcare Management, Philadelphia University, Amman-Jordan.
-Part-Time Consultant for Health System Development, WHO/EMRO
10. Key qualifications: Public Health ,Healthcare Planning and Management, Hospital Management
11. Specific experience in the region(last 5 years):
Organizing and conducting dozens of training programs in
hospital management, healthcare management and public
health in Jordan and abroad
Consultation for WHO, Jordan: Developing WHO-Jordan
Country Cooperation Strategy for 2014-2018.
Consultation for UNDP, Amman: Assessment of Integrity and
Corruption in the Health Care Sector in Jordan.
Country
Jordan and other
Arab countries
Date: from – to
2003-present.
Jordan
August 2013-July
2014
Jan 2013-July
2013
Jordan
Consultation for WHO, Amman: Assessment of Social
Determinants of Health for Slum Areas in Jordan.
Consultation for RESCAP-MED: Assessment of Social
Determinants for Non-communicable Disease in Jordan
Consultation for WHO, Jordan: Preparing Madaba District
Dec 2012-June
2013
Jordan
Sept 2012- Jan
2013
WHO/Jordan
March to May
Health System Profile.
Consultation for WHO, EMRO: Assessing Inefficiencies in
Human Resources for Health in Jordan.
Consultation for High Population Council of Jordan:
Reviewing Reproductive Health Research (2008-2012) and
Identification of Priority Research Topics Related to
Reproductive Health and Family Planning
Consultation for WHO, Iraq: Development of Data Collection
Tools for the Iraqi Health System Performance and Function
Review Project
Consultation for Assessment of PHC Services in the Urban
Areas of EMR Countries: Best Practices from Palestinian
Refugee Camps of UNRWA in Jordan
Preparing Jordan Human Resources for Health Profile
Assessment of Jordan Progress Toward Achieving
Millennium Development Goals( goals 4,5 and 6)
Consultant for restructuring Jordan CCM, Global Fund Grant
to Fight Aids Tuberculosis and Malaria in Jordan.
Consultation for Europe Commission on Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of selected MoH-hospitals, Health Sector
Modernization Project (HSMP) Funded by the Europe
Commission, Syria (Mission 1)
Consultation for Europe Commission on Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of selected MoH-hospitals, Health Sector
Modernization Project (HSMP) Funded by the Europe
Commission, Syria (Mission 2)
Consultation on Assessment of Health System Governance in
Jordan.
Consultant for Health Human Resources Mapping in Jordan;
WHO, EMRO.
2012
WHO/Jordan
October –
December 2011
Jordan
September to
November 2011
WHO/Iraq
NovemberDecember 2010
WHO/Jordan
June-December
2010.
WHO/Jordan
UNFPA/Jordan
June-Dec. 2010
October 2009September 2010
2009-2010
Global
Fund/Jordan
EC/Syria
July to August
2008.
EC/Syria
August to
September 2008
WHO/Jordan
2007
WHO/Jordan
September 2006
to Jan., 2007
12. Professional experience
Date from Date to
Sept 2011Present
Location
Organization
Position
Description
Amman,
Jordan
Philadelphia University.
Assistant Professor
2004Present
Amman,
Jordan
WHO /EMRO
Part-Time
Consultant for
Health System
Development
Feb to Sept
2009
Amman,
Jordan
High Population Council.
Part-Time
Consultant for
Reproductive
Health Research
Unit
 Teaches and supervises research projects in: Health Policy, Health
Planning, Health Insurance, Health Economics, Medical Records
and Health Information and HealthcareAdministration.
 Assessing the Role of the Private Health Sector in Achieving
Public Health Goals in Jordan
 Health Human Resources Mapping
 Assessment of Health System Governance in Jordan
 Functional Review and Health System Performance Assessment
 Preparing Health System Profiles for Jordan
 Preparing HRH Profile for Jordan
 Documentation of Case Study on PHC and Active Cities in Urban
Settings
 Preparing Madaba District Health System Profile Care
 Assessment of Jordan Progress Toward Achieving Millennium
Development Goals (Goals 4, 5 and 6)
 Assessing Inefficiencies in Human Resources for Health in Jordan
 Assessing social determinants of health in slum areas in Amman
and Aqaba
 Develops Reproductive Health Research Unit (RHRU) annual
work plans and budgets and monitor implementation.
 Ensures that the operational components of the RHRU are
implemented effectively.
 Serves as the contact point to catalyze and facilitate approved
RHRU activities, mobilize and disseminate technical and material
resources and facilitate communication between RHRU members
and other stakeholders group.
 Prepares RFP for research projects as applicable.
 Manages research contracts and supervise their implementation.
 Assigns responsibilities to other members of the unit and
supervises their task performance.
April2005Jan 2007
Amman,
Jordan
Partners for Health
Reform/PHRplus,Abt
(USAID).
Senior Technical
Advisor
 Assessment of Medical Records Services at all MOH hospitals in
Jordan.
 Implementing modern medical record systems in all MOH
hospitals.
 Participating in the development of Jordan National Accreditation
Program including the development of Jordan Hospital
Accreditation Standards.
 Participating in the development, design and implementation of
Obstetric Patients Information System “OPIS” program for MOH
health centers and hospitals.
 Participating in Inpatient and Outpatient Satisfaction surveys.
April 1973Sept 2003
Amman,
Jordan
Royal Medical
Services/Jordan Armed
Forces
Director of
Planning and
Development (last
position).
Retired as Major
General in
Sept.2003
With professional
title: Senior
Consultant in
Hospital
Administration.
 Long-term experience in hospital management, health planning
,health insurance, medical records management and human
resource development.
 During the last ten years of my service at Royal Medical Services
(RMS) I was responsible for planning, coordinating and
monitoring many complex projects as: the New Children Hospital
at King Hussein Medical Centre (KHMC) with a budget of $40
millions , Princess Iman Medical Laboratories$10millions, the
establishment of Princess Muna College for Nursing as a
university college (I was the founder dean for this college for
three years), the expansion of Queen Alia Heart Institute at
KHMC($20millions),the development and implementation of the
RMS Health Information System($6 millions),etc.
 During the planning, implementation and commissioning of these
projects, I was supervising and coordinating the work of many
senior technical personnel as physicians, architects, engineers,
planners, nurses, instructors, etc. Also I was representing RMS in
the negotiations with sponsoring international agencies as the
World Bank and the Islamic Bank for Development.
12. Publications and Study Reports
Publications/Reports
Notes
 Home Health Care (HHC) Managers Perceptions
About Challenges and Obstacles that Hinder HHC
Services in Jordan
 Users’ Perception and Satisfaction of Current
Situation of Home Health Care Services in Jordan
 Social determinants of health in selected slum areas
in Jordan: challenges and policy directions
Global Journal of Health Science; Vol. 7, No. 4;
2015
 The Influence of Training on Employees’
Performance, Organizational Commitment, and
Quality of Medical Services at Jordanian Private
Hospitals
 Assessment of Integrity and Corruption in the Health
Care Sector in Jordan.
 Assessment of Social Determinants of Health for
Slum Areas in Jordan
 Assessment of Social Determinants for Noncommunicable Disease in Jordan
International Journal of Business and Management;
Vol. 10, No. 2; 2015
 Assessment of Current Situation of Home Health
Care Services in Jordan
A study report (84pages) submitted to Scientific
Research Support Fund, Ministry of Higher
Education and Research, August 2012.
Dar Alfiker Publishers , Amman –Jordan,2011
 Arabic Textbook (530 pages) Titled: Management of
Medical Records at Modern Hospitals.
 Jordan Health System Profile,2010
 Assessment of PHC Services in the Urban Areas of
EMR Countries: Best Practices from Palestinian
Refugee Camps of UNRWA in Jordan
 Building Partnership between Medical Schools and
Community Hospitals: Jordan Experience
 Assessment of Jordan Progress Toward Achieving
Millennium Development Goals(4,5,and 6 MDGs)
 Jordan Human Resources for Health Profile
 Assessment of Cost Effectiveness in Some Hospitals
in Syria
 Identification of Policy Priorities Related to Health
Financing, Human Resources for Health and Role of
the Non-State Sector in Jordan
 Jordan Health System Profile,2007
 Assessment of Health System Governance in Jordan

Harnessing the Private Health Sector to Achieving
Public Health Goals in Jordan
 Evaluating Medical Record Services at MOH
hospitals in Jordan
 Social Determinants of Health in Jordan
 Assessment Tool for Evaluating Medical Record
Health, 2014, 6, 549-558
The International Journal of Health Planning and
Management, Article first published online: 3 OCT
2014. DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2267
A study report submitted to UNDP/Jordan, June
2013
A study report submitted to WHO /Jordan, May
2013
A study report submitted to RESCAP-MED, Jan
2013
A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO, May
2011
A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO, Dec.
2010
Saudi International Medical Education
Conference,6-8 April 2010
A study report submitted to Jordan Government of
and UNFPA,Nov.2009
A study report (86pages) submitted to WHO,
EMRO, Dec. 2009
A study report submitted to the European
Commission(Health System Modernization
Program), Damascus ,Syria,September,2008
A study report submitted to the Middle East
Health Policy Forum and Alliance for Health
Systems and Policy Research ,2008
A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO, 2008
A study report (68 pages) submitted to WHO,
EMRO, Jan., 2007
A study report (65 pages) submitted to WHO,
EMRO, Sept., 2006
PHrplus,Jordan,2006
A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO, 2006
PHrplus,Jordan,2005
Services at MOH hospitals in Jordan
Jordan Health Human Resources Mapping(coauthor)
 Jordan Health System Profile
 Assessment of Contracting for Health Services in
Jordan.

A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO,
December, 2005
A study report submitted to WHO, EMRO, 2005
A study report (73 pages) submitted to WHO,
EMRO, April, 2004
Publications and study reports (cont.)
 A Plan for Essential Macroeconomics and Health
initiatives in Jordan
 Administrative Assessment of the Outpatient Cardiac
Catheterization Unit (Day Ward) at Queen Alia Heart
Institute.
Submitted to the High Health Council,
October, 2003
3rd Scientific Day for Allied Health
Professions, 23-24 May 2000. Amman-Jordan
 Attitude of Physicians Towards Medical Record
Departments at KHMC.
Journal of RMS, Vol. 6 No. 2, Dec. 1999,
Jordan
 Cost Containment of Health Services
4th International Nursing Conference
(Entering the 21st Century) July 1999,
Amman, Jordan.
30th International Hospital Federation
Congress, Melbourne, Nov. 1997.
 Jordan Military Health Insurance: Removing the
Military/ Civilian Divide.
 The Role of Royal Medical Services in National
Health Care System and Professional Training in
Jordan.
 Analysis of Bed Utilization Statistics in Jordan
Hospitals.
 The Efficiency of Bed Utilization in The Hospitals of
The Royal Medical Services.
 Development of Stressors scales Among Health
Professionals in The Royal Medical Services.
 Evaluation of Nursing Documentation at KHMC
 Guidelines for Conducting Scientific Research and
Writing a Report.
 The Importance and Uses of Medical Records in
Modern Hospitals.
French Medical Conference, Oct. 1997,
Amman, Jordan.
9th scientific Day for Nursing and the 1st for
Allied Health Professions, May 1997, Amman,
Jordan.
Journal of RMS, Vol. 4 No. 1, June 1997,
Jordan.
Journal of RMS, Vol. 3 No. 1, June 1996,
Jordan.
7th Conference of Nursing, 1994, Amman,
Jordan.
Journal of Medical Services. Vol. 1 No. 1,
June 1994, Jordan
Journal of Medical Services, Vol. 1 No. 1,
June 1994, Jordan