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Dr. med. Alba Fishta is a public health physician with more than 13 years experience in managing health care interventions. Through management positions in government and non-government institutions, she has overseen the design and implementation of health and education programs throughout her native Albania, Kosovo, Germany, USA, Italy, etc. As Chair Person of the non-profit organization International Humantarian Assistance (IHA) she takes the lead in the overall activities of the organization, raises funds and negotiates with possible donors, takes control over financial and activity reports, conceptualizes new programs, takes decisions and is responsible to build and maintain good partnerships with other institutions and individuals.

Dr. Fishta has a deep understanding of the needs and problems related to international health. As a Fulbright scholar, during her Master course in Public Health (MPH) at Tulane University, NO - USA she accumulated enough skills on different public health matters particularly on international health policy and management and reproductive health. She counts many researches in the area of reproductive health, gynecologic cancer, infectious diseases and worker´s health. She improved further her scientific skills during her Doctorate study at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena (FSU Jena) and her work experience as a research scientist at the Institute of Community Medicine of the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, IGES Institute GmbH , Federal Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (BAuA) and University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus Dresden in Germany.

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MAIN CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Public Health in Developing World (including epidemiological research on infectious diseases, health policy, health management, prevention, health promotion).
• Occupational health and safety including the epidemiology of occupational diseases. 
• Gynaecology and Reproductive Health (including research on cancer prevention and management; tumor markers, epidemiological research on sexually transmitted diseases: Human Imunodeficiency Virus, Human Papilloma Virus, etc.; Family Planning).
• Proposal writing including fund raising.
• Reporting (including NPO financial reporting).
• Monitoring and evaluation of running projects.
• International Public Health. Health policy and health sector development.
• Health determinants (e.g. social change, alcohol, tobacco and nutrition), health system performance, and the relationship between health and the economy. Study of environmental influences on health, including the potential effects of determinants of disease in the change of global environment.
• Public Health Genomcs as the future of improved individual health worldwide.

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DISCIPLINES: Management, public health care, policy analysis, evidence based medicine.