Dr Parveen Azam Khan
No. 8, Sector B-2, Phase V
Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan
Tel: 92-91-814181-811529 Fax: 92-91-814181 (Off)
Tel: 92-91-277833-276081 (Res)
Email: dost@netzone.net.pk
Personal
Date/Place of Birth:
Nationality:
Marital status:
Sex:
Languages:
9th July 1938. Abbottabad, Pakistan
Pakistani
Married
Female
Proficient in English, Urdu and Pushto
Academic Qualifications
Date
1961
1954
Institution
Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore (Pak)
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Murree (Pak)
Qualification Obtained
MBBS (Medicine and Surgery)
Senior Cambridge
Present Position
President/Director
DOST Welfare Foundation (DOST)
Drug Demand Reduction and Drug Harm Reduction Organization (NGO).
Date
Responsibilities/ Achievements
Sept. 1992-todate
Conception, Initiation, Planning, Management and Monitoring of
the DOST Drug Addiction Treatment, Rehabilitation, Prevention, Human
Rights Protection and Social Reintegration programmes for drug addicts,
general public and vulnerable prisoner groups i.e. juveniles, drug
addicts, women and children.
Sept. 1992-todate
Establishment of a residential Drug Addiction Treatment and
Rehabilitation Centre at DOST Headquarters, Hayatabad, for
male and female drug addicts. DOST started with a 12-bed facility
for male addicts in 1992, a 24-bed centre in 1996, a 40-bed centre in
1998 and has subsequently progressed to a 70-bed facility for male and
female addicts in 2000. The facility is owned and constructed by DOST.
Feb 1993-todate
Establishment of the Sakoon Kore Crisis Intervention
Programme at DOST Headquarters for women and families in crisis
and distress, providing counselling and therapy to men, women and
children .
Feb 1993-todate
Establishment of Narcotics Anonymous self-help groups, Family
Programmes, Extended Aftercare and Relapse Prevention
Programmes at DOST Headquarters, Drop-in centres and
various locations in NWFP for the therapy, rehabilitation, follow-up
and community re-integration of drug addicts and their families.
Feb 1993 todate
Advocacy with Governmental, Non Governmental and
Community Based Organizations for establishing community
networks for referral of clients, follow-up, support and collaboration with
them for replication of programme models in other areas.
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Date
Responsibilities/ Achievements
June 1993-todate
Development and conduction of Drug Prevention Programmes
through surveys, meetings, seminars, workshops and formation/training
of Self Help groups in the community, among youth in different settings,
NGOs, GOs, CBOs and various community groups, by creating general
mass awareness, mobilizing communities, providing life skills and
healthy alternatives to drug abuse.
June 1996-todate
Establishment of Human Resource Development Centre for
capacity building, vocational rehabilitation, life skills development, micro
enterprise and income generation skills development for DOST staff,
recovering addicts, health professionals, teachers and students.
Dec. 1995-todate
Establishment of the Street Addicts Programme for the
motivational counselling, harm reduction, social and medical care,
treatment and rehabilitation of street addicts. The programme is carried
out in different street locations in Peshawar, where the hopeless and
homeless addicts in the last stages of drug abuse live and abuse drugs.
July 1998-todate
Development of a Therapeutic Community in the Peshawar
Central Prison for the treatment, rehabilitation legal assistance and
social reintegration of male addicts in prison.
July 1998-todate
Establishment of Two Drop-in Centre Therapeutic Communities
in Peshawar for providing motivational counselling, harm minimization,
treatment/ rehabilitation and aftercare services to the street addicts,
recovering addicts and other vulnerable groups such as juvenile
offenders and addicts released from prison.
Jan 1999-todate
Establishment of a Therapeutic Community for Women and
children in Prison providing rehabilitation, Primary Health Care,
medical/ social/ legal/ educational, life skills and vocational skill
development and re-integration services for the women and children in
detention in Peshawar Central Prison. Children are educated in a school
outside prison and families of inmates are provided counselling.
July 1999-todate
Development of a Therapeutic Community for Juvenile
Offenders in Peshawar Central Prison for the reformation,
rehabilitation, release and social reintegration of juvenile offenders in
detention. They are provided with educational/ medical/ social/ legal and
counselling services in prison.
Jan 2000-todate
Initiation of Human Rights Awareness and Free Legal Aid
Programme for Juvenile offenders and Women prisoners in
NWFP for Juvenile offenders, women and minor children.
DOST in collaboration with UNICEF, PRI and Govt Home department
conducts Awareness Seminars and Training Workshops on CRC, CEDAW,
UDHR, Juvenile Justice Ord 2000 for juvenile & women prisoners, prison
staff, police and Home department officials, and Community
Organizations in NWFP.
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Date
Responsibilities/ Achievements
Jan 2001-todate
Initiation of HIV/AIDS, STDs and Hep B/C Awareness
Programmes for Juvenile offenders (male/female) and Women
prisoners in three Central Prisons of NWFP.
DOST in collaboration with ORA-International, CRS and Norwegian
Embassy in Pakistan conducts various awareness programmes on
HIV/AIDS, STDs and Hep B/C for Juvenile and women prisoners in three
central prisons of NWFP i.e. Peshawar, Haripur and DI Khan.
Feb 2002-todate
Initiation of Training and Capacity building programme for Drug
Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation for Female
Afghan Refugees in Camps.
DOST in collaboration with UNDCP-Afghanistan has started a three year
project for training and capacity building of Female Afghan health
workers, NGOs, Key persons in the camps to facilitate a drug abuse
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation activities for Afghan women in
the camps.
Mar 2002-todate
Initiation of Drug Abuse Prevention among Male Afghan youth
in a Refugee camp in Peshawar.
DOST in collaboration with British High Commission Pakistan has started
a one year project in a Refugee Camp in Peshawar aiming at creating
awareness among the male youth of the camp regarding drugs.
Other Positions Held in the Government
Date
Position Held
April 1989 – June 1998
Principal, Female Health Technician Training/Public Health
School, Hayatabad, Peshawar. Administration, Planning,
Management, Implementation and Evaluation of Training Programmes
for Diploma in Maternal and Child Health/ Public Health for Health
Technicians/Lady Health Visitors. Coordination with Teaching hospitals,
administrative units and staff of health facilities in NWFP
Inspectress Health Services NWFP
Advisor to the Director General, Health.Services NWFP for MCH Services
in the NWFP. Planning, Coordination, Development, Management,
Monitoring and Evaluation of all MCH programmes and services in NWFP.
Vice Principal, Public Health School Peshawar.
Administration, planning, curriculum and schedule development, training
of doctors, mid level health workers and Lady Health Visitors in
Midwifery and Primary Health Care Diploma Courses.
Principal, Regional Training Institute for Population Welfare,
Peshawar.
Administration and Training of Family Welfare Workers, Medical Doctors
and paramedical personnel in Contraceptive Technology and skills,
Communication, Health Education, community coordination and
participation. Planning, coordination and management of the Pakistan Air
Force Population Welfare Project.
Deputy Director Technical, Provincial Population Planning
Directorate of NWFP, Peshawar.
Administration, Training, Curriculum Development and Supervision of
Doctors and Family Welfare Workers of the Population Planning
Department in NWFP.
Dec 1992 – Feb 1994
Sept 1985 – April 1989
July 1980 – Sept 1985
Oct 1977 – July 1980
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Date
Oct 1974 – Oct 1977
Aug 1970 – Oct 1974
Aug 1968 – June 1970
Jan 1968 – Aug 1968
Feb 1962 – Jan 1968
Position Held
Vice Principal, Regional Training Institute for Population
Planning, Abbottabad.
Teaching, Training, Supervision and Administration of Family Welfare
Workers in Family Planning, MCH, TBAs Training.
Woman Medical Officer, Incharge Urban Family Planning Model
Clinic Peshawar.
MCH and Family Planning Services and Training of Doctors, Lady Family
Planning Visitors, Lady Health Visitors, Dais and TBAs in Family planning
technology and skills.
Woman Medical Officer, Training Cum-Research Institute,
McLoed Road Lahore.
Training Incharge of Lady Family Planning Visitors for Training in MCH
and Family Planning for Doctors, Lady Health Visitors, Lady Family
Planning Visitors and Motivators.
Technical Officer, West Pakistan Family Planning Board, Lahore.
Incharge of technical aspects of Family Planning Training, Planning,
Management and Supervision of Lady Family Planning Visitors and
Doctors in the Family Planning Department of West. Pakistan
Woman Medical Officer District Headquarters Hospital
Abbottabad, Lady Reading Hospital and Government Zenana
Hospital, Peshawar. Providing medical and surgical services, Gynae
and Obstetrics Care to the female patients in these major teaching
hospitals over a period of 6 years.
Training Courses/Conferences Attended
Date
Training/ Workshop/Conference
01 – 14 Nov.1978
(2-weeks)
Master Trainers Course for Traditional Birth Attendants at Training
Directorate of Population Welfare, Karachi
15 Aug to 04 Sep, 1979
(3-Weeks)
International Seminar on “Medical and Health aspects in Family
Planning”, JICA, Tokyo, Japan
01 March to 08 April, 1982
(6-Weeks)
“Master Trainers Workshop in Program Planning, Management,
Monitoring and Evaluation” sponsored by The World Bank at Population
Welfare Training Institute, Lahore
10 – 31 Jan, 1992
(3 weeks)
International Workshop on Human Resources Development in Public
Health, Institute of Public Health, Japan.
08 – 11 Nov, 1992
Regional Training Workshop for Drug Helpers on Treatment of Drug
Dependencies, at Peshawar.
07 – 17 May, 1993
“Pre-Congress Workshop for The International Confederation of
Midwives” at Vancouver, Canada.
05 – 09 June, 1994
Resource person & organizer of UNDCP/ IDDRP and DWF Regional
Training Workshop on "Treatment of Drug Dependencies" at
Swat,.NWFP,
25 - 29 Sept. 1994.
Resource person & organizer of UNDCP/ IDDRP and DWF National
Training Workshop on “Treatment of Drug Dependencies” at Gilgit,.N.A.
Pakistan.
17 – 21 Oct, 1994
“International Colombo Plan Workshop on Developing Family Response
in Drug Prevention Programme” at Rawalpindi
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Date
11 – 15 June, 1995
Training/ Workshop/Conference
Resource Person & Organizer of UNDCP/IDDRP and DWF Training
Workshop on “Treatment of Drug Dependencies” at Chitral, NWFP.
24 – 28 NOV. 1997
International Workshop on “Development of Gender Management
Systems for the Health Sector”, sponsored by the Commonwealth
Secretariat and Commonwealth Medical Association at Colombo, Sri
Lanka.
16 – 20 March 1998
International Workshop for “Drug Prevention and Rehabilitation” at
Berlin Germany.
07 – 11 March 1999
“4th Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities International
Conference” at Kunming, China.
26 – 28 Oct. 1999
“International Workshop on Networking for Drug Demand Reduction
among the National Apex Institutions/Police/NGOs
of SAARC Countries” at Kathmandu, Nepal.
5 – 9 June 2000
“5th Global Conference of WHO on Health Promotion” in Mexico City. The
conference was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO).
26 – 28 Oct 2000
“6th International Conference on Marginalization and Drug Addiction” in
San Patrignano, Italy. The conference was organized by Rainbow
International Association Against Drug Abuse and UNDCP International.
17 – 21 Feb 2001
21st World Conference of Therapeutic Communities in Melbourne
Australia. The conference was organized by Windana Society.
Publications
1.
Health Care for Rural Women
Published in the book entitled “Development, Change and Rural Women in Pakistan” by the Pakistan
Academy for Rural Development, Peshawar, NWFP in 1994.
2.
Practices and Problems of Female Health/Medical Technicians in North West Frontier
Province, Pakistan.
Research Study published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. No.2 1995.
3.
Women and Drug Abuse
Speech delivered on 26 June 1994 at Islamabad on the occasion of the United Nations International
Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
4.
Women and Drug Abuse
Speech delivered on the occasion of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking at Islamabad on 26 June 1996.
5.
Mobilization of Communities to Prevent Drug Abuse
Speech delivered on 26 June 1998 at Islamabad on the occasion of United Nations International Day
Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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Voluntary Positions held
1.
President/ Chief Executive DOST Welfare Foundation, Pakistan
2.
Family Planning Association of Pakistan – Member of the Technical Committee.
3.
Family Health Project NWFP – Member of Technical Committee.
4.
Sarhad Crafts Council NWFP – Founder Member and Secretary.
5.
Member of the National Steering Committee for Beijing Conference (Sep 1985) Platform For Action,
Follow up Unit, NWFP.(1999)
6.
Member of the Provincial Core Group for the Beijing Follow up Unit and CEDAW (Convention for
Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.)
7.
Member of the Core Group for National Project for “Women in Distress and Detention in NWFP Jails”.
8.
Member of the Pakistan National Forum on Women’s Health.
9.
Gender Focal point for Women in Development related issues in NWFP.
10. Member of the Board of Directors of Sarhad Rural Support Corporation NWFP.
11. Member of the Social Sector Sub-Committee of the National Advisory Council, Government of Pakistan.
12. Member of the National Advisory Committee on Narcotics Control, GOP.
13. Member of Jail Reforms Committee, NWFP.
14. Member of the Asian Federation of Therapeutic Communities
15. Member of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities
16. Member of the Board of Directors of SOS Village Pakistan
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