Souad Belkebir, MD,MscPH, Msc Med, Preventive medicine & Public Health Specialist

Assistant Professor

[email protected], [email protected]

Rafidia, Nablus, Palestine.

 

 

Personal data

Family Name: Belkebir  

First Name: Souad

Nationality: Moroccan/Palestinian

Date of birth: 08/12/1979

Marital status: married

Google Scholar profile: ‪ https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=IzgtCKUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

 

Languages:

• Arabic: Mother Tongue Language.
• French: Mother Tongue Language.
• English: Excellent; Reading, Writing, and Speaking.
• Spanish: Excellent; Reading, Writing, and Speaking.

 

Current position:

• Head of Medical Education, Staff development and Appraisal Unit, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, An-Najah National University
• Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
• Coordinator Master program “Infection prevention and control Master’s degree”.
• Member of the Palestinian Medical Council for Community Medicine Specialty (2024).
• Member of the National Committee of Infection prevention and control, led by MoH.
• Member of the National Committee of Palliative Care, led by MoH.
• Infection prevention and Control Consultant – An Najah National University Hospital

Previous positions

• Vice-dean Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (2022-2024)
• Head of Medical education Department, FM&HS.
• Member of the National Committee for Covid 19 Pandemic Management -MoH-Palestine representing An-Najah National University.2020-2021.
• Head of Preventive medicine Department & Infection control committee, An-Najah National University Hospital (NNUH), Nablus, Palestine (2015-2020).
• Head of Ancillary medical services, NNUH, Nablus, Palestine (2017-2019).

 

 

 

Education:

• Master’s degree in Medical Education for Healthcare professionals, Warwick University, UK, 2021-2024.
• Spanish Board (4 years Residency Program) Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Teaching Unit/ Institute for Health Sciences in Aragón (I+CS) , Zaragoza, Spain, Duration of study:  (May 2008 -May 2012).
• M.Sc.: Public Health, Dissertation title: Associated Factors to the Presentation of Tuberculosis Disease as the first defining illnesses of AIDS in Spain (1981-2008), National School of Health, Carlos III Institute, Madrid, Spain, Duration of study: (September 2008- June 2009).

• Spanish DEA: Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Dissertation title: The relation between social economic status and self- perceived health status, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Department, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain. Duration of study:  October 2009 to June 2010.
• B.Sc.: General Medicine. Faculty of Medicine. Córdoba University, Cordoba, Spain, Duration of study:  1999- 2007.

 

 

Publications:

 

1. Emran, B., Arafat, B., Salous, A. et al. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and testosterone level in Palestinian butchers. Sci Rep 15, 9856 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90970-9
2. Lotta Gustafsson, Zaher Nazzal, Connie Mary Wiskin, Souad Belkebir, Shameq Sayeed, Alix Wood, Doctors’ perceptions of antimicrobial resistance in the Northern West Bank, Palestine: a qualitative study, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2025, dlae198, https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae198
3. Sameh Natsha, Hester Lacey, Souad Belkebir, Ann Attili, Aya Atatra, Rawand Daragmeh, Anas Abu-Safa, Baljit Dheansa, Rasha Khayyat, Microbial profile of burn wound injuries in the Northern West Bank − A retrospective cohort study, Burns Open, Volume 9,2025,100379, doi.org/10.1016/j.burnso.2024.100379.
4. Damiri B, Abumohsen H, BelKebir S, Hamdan M, Saudi L, Hindi H, Abdaldaem R, Bustami B, Almusleh A, Yasin O. The epidemiology of gestational diabetes, gestation hypertension, and anemia in North Palestine from 2018 to 2020: A retrospective study. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 29;19(3):e0301145. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301145. PMID: 38551942; PMCID: PMC10980252.
5. Wildali D, Nazzal S, Hamshari S, Belkebir S. Prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression among women attending primary healthcare centers in northern of West Bank/ Palestine: a cross-sectional study, 2022. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Jan 15;24(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-02887-6. PMID: 38225590; PMCID: PMC10789035.
6. Belkebir, Souad; Saudi, Lubna; Nassar, Balqees; Nabresi, Noor; and Abuawad, Mohammad (2024) "Menopausal Symptoms and Quality of Life among Palestinian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study," Palestinian Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, Article 5. doi.org/10.59049/2790-0231.1356.
7. Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Ruijie Yin, Yawen Lu, Camilla Rodrigues, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Mohit Kharbanda, et.al. The impact of healthcare-associated infections on mortality in ICU: A prospective study in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 51, Issue 6,2023, Pages 675-682,doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.08.024
8. Rosenthal, V., Jin, Z., Memish, Z., Rodrigues, C., Myatra, S., Kharbanda, M., Yin, R. (2023). Multinational prospective cohort study of rates and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia over 24 years in 42 countries of Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East: Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC). Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 3(1), E6. doi:10.1017/ash.2022.339
9. Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Zhilin Jin, Ziad A. Memish, Mohammad Abdellatif Daboor, Majeda Afeef Al- Ruzzieh, Najah Hasan Hussien,et.al .Risk factors for mortality in ICU patients in 10 middle eastern countries: The role of healthcare-associated infections, Journal of Critical Care, Volume 72,2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154149.
10. AbuTaha, S.A., Al-Kharraz, T., Belkebir, S. et al. Patterns of microbial resistance in bloodstream infections of hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study from Palestine. Sci Rep 12, 18003 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21979-7
11. Rosenthal VD, Jin Z, Memish ZA, Daboor MA, Al-Ruzzieh MA, Hussien NH, Guclu E, et.al. Risk factors for mortality in ICU patients in 10 middle eastern countries: The role of healthcare-associated infections. J Crit Care. 2022 Sep 12;72:154149. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154149. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36108349.
12. Rosenthal VD, Yin R, Lu Y, Rodrigues C, Myatra SN, Kharbanda M, Valderrama-Beltran SL, et.al. The Impact of Healthcare-Associated Infections on Mortality in ICU: A Prospective Study in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Sep 5:S0196-6553(22)00658-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2022.08.024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36075294.
13. Souad Belkebir, Rawaa Atrash, Nouf Abu-Hussein. Knowledge and attitudes towards organ donation among students at An-Najah National University: a cross-sectional study.The Lancet Summit.2022 June01: Volume 399Special Issue 1S1-S44. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01138-2.
14. Rosenthal VD, Myatra SN, Divatia JV, Biswas S, Shrivastava A, Al-Ruzzieh MA, et al. The impact of COVID-19 on health care-associated infections in intensive care units in low- and middle-income countries: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings. Int J Infect Dis. 2022 May;118:83-88. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.041. Epub 2022 Feb 24. PMID: 35218928; PMCID: PMC8866162.
15. Belkebir S, Maraqa B, Nazzal Z, et al. Exploring the Perceptions of Nurses on Receiving the SARS CoV-2 Vaccine in Palestine: A Qualitative Study. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 2021;0(0). doi:10.1177/08445621211066721
16. Victor Daniel Rosenthal, Wieslawa Duszynska, Bat-Erdene Ider, Vaidotas Gurskis, Majeda A. Al-Ruzzieh, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Debkishore Gupta, Souad Belkebir,et al. International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2013-2018, Adult and Pediatric Units, Device-associated Module, American Journal of Infection Control,Volume 49, Issue 10,2021,Pages 1267-1274,ISSN 0196-6553,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.04.077.
17. Khayyat R; Belkebir S; Abuseir S; Barahmeh M; Alsadder L; Basha W. Prevalence of and risk factors for Enterobius vermicularis infestation in preschool children, West Bank, Palestine, 2015. East Mediterr Health J. 2021;26. https://doi.org/10.26719/emhj.19.049
18. Damiri B, Khatib O, Nazzal Z, Sanduka D, Igbaria S, Thabaleh A, Farhoud A, Saudi L, Belkebir S, Al Ali R, Alili M, Hamdan M, Safarini OA, Younis O. Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Tobacco and Caffeine Products Use Among Refugee Adolescents: Risk of Dyslipidemia. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021 Sep 29;14:4121-4133. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S329675. PMID: 34616165; PMCID: PMC8487859.
19. Yahya, T., Nazzal, Z., Abdul-Hadi, AR. et al. Diabetic retinopathy screening barriers among Palestinian primary health care patients: a qualitative study. J Diabetes Metab Disord 19, 875–881 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-020-00575-4
20. Belkebir, S., Kanaan, A., & Jeetawi, R. (2020). Screening for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Tertiary-Care University Hospital in the North West Bank: A Descriptive Study. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(S1), S382-S383. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.1017
21. Belkebir, S., Jeetawi, R., & Kanaan, A. (2020). Hand Hygiene Compliance in a University Hospital in West Bank, Palestine: An Observational Study 2017–2019. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(S1), S240-S241. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.797
22. Víctor D. Rosenthal, Souad Belkebir, Farid Zand, Majeda Afeef, Vito L. Tanzi, Hail M. Al-Abdely, Amani El-Kholy, et al., Six-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infection rates in 246 intensive units of 83 hospitals in 52 cities of 14 countries of Middle East: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates—International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings, Journal of Infection and Public Health, Volume 13, Issue 8,2020,Pages 1134-1141,ISSN 1876-0341,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.03.012.
23. Rosenthal, V., Bat-Erdene, I., Gupta, D., Belkebir, S., Rajhans, P., Zand, F., De Lourdes-Dueñas, M. (2020). Six-year multicenter study on short-term peripheral venous catheters-related bloodstream infection rates in 727 intensive care units of 268 hospitals in 141 cities of 42 countries of Africa, the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, South East Asia, and Western Pacific Regions: International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) findings. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(5), 553-563. doi:10.1017/ice.2020.20.
24. Víctor Daniel Rosenthal, Ider Bat-Erdene, Debkishore Gupta, Souad Belkebir, Prasad Rajhans, Farid Zand, et al., International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) report, data summary of 45 countries for 2012-2017: Device-associated module, American Journal of Infection Control,Volume 48, Issue 4,2020,Pages 423-432,ISSN 0196-6553,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.023.
25. Kanaan, Alaa & Belkebir, Souad & Jeetawi, Rawan. (2019). HAND HYGIENE PROGRAM IN A TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN WEST BANK:2017-2019. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 2019, 8(Suppl 1):148.
26. Nidal Abukhaizaran, Mohammed Hashem, Osama Hroub, Souad Belkebir, Khaled Demyati. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Palestinian people relating to organ donation in 2016: a cross-sectional study,The Lancet,Volume 391, Supplement 2,2018,Page S45,ISSN 0140-6736,https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30411-2.
27. Baraa Qarmach, Belal Abu Samha, Mulhem Sukhun, Souad Belkebir. Maternal weight gain during pregnancy and outcomes for the newborn child and mother in Tulkarem and in camps: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet,Volume 391, Supplement 1,2018,Page S5,ISSN 0140-6736,https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30330-1
28. Article: P11.21 Particle measuring system and microbiological sampling: do we need both? C. Lapresta-Moros, S. Belkebir, M. J. Hernández-Navarrete, J. Meléndez-Pérez, F. India-Liso, A. Rezusta-López, G. Santana-López. Journal of Hospital Infection 10/2010; 76. DOI:10.1016/S0195-6701(10)60129-6 ·
29. Article: P25.03 Bed occupancy and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection rate in intensive care units: 2003–2008. M. J. Hernández-Navarrete, D. Bordonaba-Bosque, C. Lapresta-Moros, G. Santana-López, S. Belkebir, S. Pastor-Eixarch. Journal of Hospital Infection 10/2010; 76. DOI:10.1016/S0195-6701(10)60246-0 ·
30. Article: P11.18 Environmental surveillance strategy for the prevention and control of Legionellosis M. J. Hernández-Navarrete, C. Lapresta-Moros, S. Pastor-Eixarch, F. Ledesma-Lardies, S. Belkebir, G. Santana-López . Journal of Hospital Infection 10/2010; 76. DOI:10.1016/S0195-6701(10)60126-0 ·

 

 

 

 

 

References:

• Dr. Lubna AL Saudi: Head of Family and Community medicine department, An- Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. Tel: +972595693805. E-mail: [email protected]
• Dr Khalil Ibrahim Issa: Dean of Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, An Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. Tel:+ +970 599208667. Email: [email protected]
• Dra. Begoña Adiego Sancho: Chief of Epidemiological vigilance Section.
  • Service of Drug dependency and Vigilance in Public Health, Department of Public Health, Zaragoza (Spain). Tel: +34976716361, Fax: +34976714991. E-mail: [email protected]
• Dra. Mª Jesús Hernández Navarrete: Chief of Preventive Medicine Section, Miguel Servet Hospital, Zaragoza (Spain). Tel. +34976765557, Fax +3497676 9592, E-mail: [email protected].
• Dr. Federico Arribas Monzón: Chief of Evaluation, Accreditation and Quality Department. Aragon Regional Ministry, Department of Health, Social Well-being and Family, General Direction for Planification and Insurance (DGPA). Zaragoza (Spain). Tel: +34976714767 Fax: +34976714033, E-mail: [email protected].

 

 

 

 

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