Karima Khalil, MBBCh, MSc

Maternal Health Consultant
Email: dr_karima_khalil@yahoo.com


Educational Background:
MS, 1993, Public Health in Developing Countries, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
MBBCh, 1989, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
BA, 1983, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States of America.


Research Interests:
Public health, and reproductive health.


Selected Recent Publications:
Roudi-Fahimi, F., Ashford, L., Khalil, K. (July 2008) Policy Brief.  Advancing Research to Inform Reproductive Health Policies in the Middle East and North Africa. Washington, D.C. Population Reference Bureau.

Khalil, K., Elnoury, A., Cherine, M., Sholkamy, H., Hassanien, N., Mohsen, L., et al. (2005). Hospital practices vs. evidence-based medicine: Categorizing practices for normal birth in an egyptian teaching hospital. Birth, 32(4), 283-290.

Cherine, M., Khalil, K., Hassanien, N., Sholkamy, H., Breebaart, M., & Elnoury, A. (2004). Management of the third stage of labor in an Egyptian teaching hospital. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 87(1), 54-58.

Khalil, K., Cherine, M., Elnoury, A., Sholkamy, H., Breebaart, M., & Hassanien, N. (2004). Labour augmentation in an Egyptian teaching hospital. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 85(1), 75-81.

Khalil, K., & Ransom, E. (2003). Making motherhood safer: The case of Egypt. Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau.

Sholkamy, H., Khalil, K., Cherine, M., Elnoury, A., Breebaart, M., & Hassanien, N. (2003). An observation checklist for facility-based normal labor and delivery practices: The galaa study. (Monographs in Reproductive Health No.5 ed.). Cairo: Population Council.

Farag, A., Khalil, K., Anwar, A., Galal, D., & Younis, N. (2002). Improving women's reproductive health: The medical components of a primary level of services. (Policy Series in Reproductive Health No.7 ed.). Cairo: Population Council.

Zurayk, H., Galal, D., Khalil, K., & Breebaart, M. (2002). Indicator manual for reproductive health services at primary health care level [in Arabic]. (Reproductive Health Intervention Study Manual. Cairo:

Kamal, O., Galal, D., Farag, A., Khalil, K., & Rabab, B. (2000). Tools with which to monitor and evaluate reproductive health services in primary care units [in Arabic]. Cairo: Reproductive Health Intervention Study Manual.

Khalil, K., Farag, A., Anwar, A., Galal, D., Kamal, O., Karraze Shorbagi, N., et al. (2000). Integrating a reproductive health framework within primary care services: The experience of the reproductive health intervention study. (Policy Series in Reproductive Health No.6 ed.). Cairo: Population Council.

Younis, N., Farag, A., Anwar, A., Khalil, K., & Galal, D. (2000). A training manual for primary care physicians [in Arabic]. Cairo: Reproductive Health Intervention Study Manual.