Dr. Junhua ZHANG graduated from Tongji Medical College, the University of Huazhong Science and Technology in June 1989. He was awarded the master degree in public health by the University of Philippine Manila (in July 1997) and the Doctor Degree of Philosophy by the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney (in April 2005).

Employment History

Dr. Junhua ZHANG had been working (July 1989-1993) at the Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Environmental Health and Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine (namely Chinese Center for Disease Prevention and Control). Then he worked at the Department of Endemic Disease Control, the Ministry of Health, in charge of the World Bank Loan Project: Infectious Disease Control Project management for two years (January 1994-June 1995). He had been working at the Foreign Loan Office, the Ministry of Health from July 1997 to June 2000, as senior project officer, division director. From July 2000 to June 2004, he was studying as PhD student at the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Sydney. His study was on injury prevention and control, especially road traffic injury prevention in China. After the submission of his PhD thesis, he was employed by the George Institute as senior research fellow, working on the China Seat Belt Intervention project (July 2004-June 2005). Since July 2005, Dr. Junhua Zhang has been working at the Health Human Resources Development Center, the Ministry of Health. As the assistant director-general, he is responsible for the supervision to three research divisions, international cooperation division, information technology division, legal affairs division.

Completed and on-going study projects

1. Human Resources for Health in China: Current Situation, Problems and Strategies.
2. Investigation of Human Resources for Health in China
3. The Project for Building the China Expert Database of National Public Health Emergency Rapid Response
4. The Projects for the AIDS Expert Database Development, and Expert Database of Medical Specialists.
5. China Seatbelt Study: Focus Group (Oct, 2004-April, 2005)
6. China Drinking and Driving Intervention Study sponsored by GRSP (2006-2009).
7. The influence of the NRCMS implementation on accessibility of health care service in central and western rural China (2007-2008), funding from Italian Cooperation and Development Unit, the Italian Embassy in Beijing.
8. Zhang Junhua, Mark Stevenson , Yu Xuequn, Rebecca Ivers, Robyn Norton, Zhou Ying. Qualitative Research on Seatbelt Use among Drivers and Passengers (2007).
9. The principal translator (from English to Chinese), Junhua Zhang. WHO 2006 World Health Report: Working Together for Health (Published in 2006).
10. The principal translator (from English to Chinese), Junhua Zhang etc. The Joint Learning Initiative. Human Resources for Health: Overcome the crisis. The People’s Health Press. October,2007. ISBN 978-7-117-09301-9.
11. Junhua Zhang, Robyn Norton, KC Tang etc. Motorcycle ownership and injury in China. Injury Control and Safety Promotion 2004, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 159-163
12. Junhua Zhang,Jiatong Zhuo, Naying Chen, Mingpu Xuan. Study on the helmet use of motorcyclists in Guangxi. The Journal of China Disease Control, 2004, 8(6):512-515.

EXPERIENCE :

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LEVEL EXPERIENCE
13 Feb 2006 – present Director, Programme Management, South-East Asia Regional Office, WHO, New Delhi, India
Principal Adviser to the Regional Director on policy, technical programmes and management matters. Assisting the Regional Director in the establishment of an effective framework for regional policy, overall programme formulation and implementation, and high-level managerial functions.
Mar 2004 – Feb 2006 Chief, Internal Review and Technical Assessment, Regional Director’s Office, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi
Feb 2002 – Feb 2004 Coordinator, Regional Director’s Office & Liaison with Country Offices, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi
Apr 2000 – Jan 2002 Regional Adviser, Evidence for Health Policy, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi
Aug 1994 – Mar 2000 Regional Adviser, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi

PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND FIELD EXPERIENCE
1992-1994 Chief, International Health Division, Minister’s Office, Ministry of Health, Myanmar
1991-1992 Health Systems Research (HSR) Unit In-charge, Department of Health, Ministry of Health, Myanmar
1981-1991 Epidemiologist/Malariologist, Vector-borne Diseases Control (VBDC) Programme, Department of Health, Ministry of Health, Myanmar

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1979-1981 Faculty, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Institute of Medicine (I), Department of Health Manpower, Ministry of Health, Myanmar
1976-1979 Faculty, Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medicine (I), Department of Health Manpower, Ministry of Health, Myanmar

PRIVATE CLINICAL PRACTICE

1974-1988
General Practitioner, running own clinic.

After graduating from the Fiji School of Medicine in 1981, Dr. Nukuro worked at the Solomon Islands Government’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services as a physician and later as the Director of Health services in two remote provinces of the country. After obtaining his Masters degree in Community Health in UK in 1987, he served as Chief Medical Officer, Public Health and was promoted to the post of Undersecretary Health Improvement in the MOH from 1989 to July 1997. He then joined UNICEF (Pacific Office) to work on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and child protection programmes in the Pacific Island countries. Right before joining WHO, he served as the adviser on advocacy, information and communication for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s (SPC) population and reproductive health programmes.

Education
- B.A in Economic, National Economic College, Hanoi, Vietnam,
- Master Public Health on Health System Development, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Training course on Leadership and Management Skill sponsored by WHO, Learning Center of WHO’s Office for Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines, for 5 months from May 2000 to March 2001.
- Training course on The impact of WTO on Health Sector, Bangkok, Thailand, 2 weeks on May, 2004
- Training course on Health Care Development: A critical Approach, Sweden, 21 April to 20 May, 2006

Current Position
     Principal Expert on Human Resource Development, Manpower and Organization Department, Ministry of Health Vietnam

Responsibility
     Responsible for Human Resource Development (HRD) at Central level:
- Involving to formulate policies on HRD
- Collecting, analyzing and reporting data on HR
- Making plan for different training courses for health workers at different level of health system.
- Supervision and supporting lower level in implementing Government’s policies on HRH
- Involving in Health Sector Reform Project ( sponsored by SIDA); Human Resource for health development ( sponsored by WHO) and other projects related to HRH