Chantale Al Lakis
- Department
- Epidemiology
- Title
- Epidemiologist
- Phone
- +31 20 568 8234
- c.lakis@kit.nl
- Visit LinkedIn profile
Chantale Al Lakis is an epidemiologist with several years of experience practicing in different geographical areas. She obtained her master’s degree in Epidemiology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon following her Master’s in Healthcare Management from University of Surrey, UK.
Chantale began her career as a quality management system specialist at a university hospital in Beirut focusing on improving the quality of clinical care. During her tenure at Médecins Sans Frontières, she helped improve the monitoring and evaluation systems for a range of programmes such as sexual and reproductive health, mental health, non-communicable diseases, and other disciplines.
Throughout her career, Chantale has refined her analytical and research skills working in multicultural and diverse contexts including fragile ones. She has worked in different contexts in Lebanon, Central African Republic, and Niger, and is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
Projects
Publications
-
Assessing the impact of COVID-19 management on the workload of human resources working in India’s National Tuberculosis Elimination Program
-
Research article
In 1993, WHO declared tuberculosis (TB) as a global health emergency considering 10 million people are battling TB, of which 30% are undiagnosed annually. In 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic took an unprecedented toll on health systems in every country. Public health staff already engaged in TB control and numerous other departments were additionally tasked with […]
- Year of publication
- 2024
Downloads
-
-
Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) Programme – Final Evaluation Report
The Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) programme was implemented by UNESCO in partnership with Ministries of Education and other organisations in 33 African countries between 2018 and June 2023. Being the largest in-school comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programme in Africa, O3 focused on 1) securing and sustaining strong political commitment and support for […]
Other publications
- Mohamad, M., Moussally, K., Lakis, C., El-Hajj, M., Bahous, S., Peruzzo, C., … & Edwards, J. K. (2021). Self-reported medication adherence among patients with diabetes or hypertension, Médecins Sans Frontières Shatila refugee camp, Beirut, Lebanon: A mixed-methods study. PloS one, 16(5), e0251316.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251316
- Akkary, R., Zeidan, S., Matta, R., Lakis, C., & Diab, N. (2020). Pediatric appendectomy in the developing countries. How does it differ from the international experience?. International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352646719301334
- Kayali, M., Moussally, K., Lakis, C., Abrash, M. A., Sawan, C., Reid, A., & Edwards, J. (2019). Treating Syrian refugees with diabetes and hypertension in Shatila refugee camp, Lebanon: Médecins Sans Frontières model of care and treatment outcomes. Conflict and health, 13(1), 12.https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13031-019-0191-3
- Abdul-Khalek, R., Darzi, A., Godah, M., Kilzar, L., Lakis, C., Argawal, A., … & Akl, E. (2017). Methods used in adaptation of health–related guidelines: A systematic survey. Journal of Global Health, 7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5740392/
- Darzi, A., Abou-Jaoude, E. A., Agarwal, A., Lakis, C., Wiercioch, W., Santesso, N., … & Akl, E. (2017). Frameworks for adaptation of health guidelines: a methodological survey. Journal of clinical epidemiology.
- Ballouz, T., Aridi, J., Afif, C., Irani, J., Lakis, C., Nasreddine, R., & Azar, E. (2017). Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation and Outcome of Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00156/full