Expériences — Véronique Addor

Experiences

• Principal investigator of nurses at work, a national study in 3 languages on nurses’ retention in the context of nursing shortage, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2012 and 2014 respectively (www.nurses-at-work.com): original idea and study design; hiring and management of a multisite and multicultural team; development of a a strong network including scientific, funding and professional partners such as WHO, Swiss Health Observatory, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, SEFRI and Public Health Departments (budget: CHF 1,2 M); statistical analyses underway
• Successful bid in answer to call for the evaluation of housing needs of women in temporary life crisis situations for the association ‘Entre2’, using focus groups and involving 7 BSc students (budget: CHF 13,000)
• Teaching Public Health, international health and research methodology to Bachelor nursing and midwifery students; supervising Bachelor (BSc) theses

7/2008-2/2009
Head of Project, influenza pandemic preparedness plan, Geneva
Development and test of a strategy pertaining to (a) ICRC’s specific humanitarian operations (80 delegations and headquarters), (b) business continuity planning, and (c) staff protection measures (1,500 expatriates and 13,000 local staff), for the Office of the Director-General
1-2/2007
Health System Analyst, Lebanon
Quantitative and qualitative assessment of barriers and access to health care for Palestinian refugees, through women focus groups during extensive camp visits, review of unpublished local documents, and stakeholders' interviews; formulation of realistic proposals for ICRC action (advocacy, traning and direct assistance), as well as for the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and UNWRA
1988-1989
Nurse, Kabul (Afghanistan)
• ICRC hospital for war-wounded (including women and children)
• Distribution of messages to prisoners’ families for the Research Agency

• (a) Member of the experts’ steering group as a Public Health Specialist and Epidemiologist; (b) strategic planning, coordination and organization of meetings and activities of 8-10 ‘H5N1’ thematic sub-groups (250 partners/canton); (c) mobilization of partners within and outside the health sector; (d) briefings to the Chief Medical Officer and political authorities; (e) writing briefs and reports; (f) liaison with national and international technical bodies
• Vaud 2009: adaptation and implementation of the pandemic plan I had previously coordinated and contributed to; mobilization, support and coordination of all partners throughout the crisis; design and implementation of an innovative health information system to ensure the management of health crises in real time; Design of a preparedness and response plan for severe heat waves

Assessment of ambulatory health care needs in order to identify 5 priority locations among 65 candidate villages for the replacement of bombarded dispensaries by Swiss Army medical containers, in cooperation with two Ministries (Public Health & Social Affairs); advising the Ministry of Public Health on its new national school health programme; follow-up of donated cancer drugs and distribution to disadvantaged patients

• Assessment and strengthening of National Health Information Systems: design and implementation of an innovative project aiming to improve the quality and use of evidence-based health information in policy-making, in 6 pilot countries (Eastern/Western Europe and Central Asia, with field visits); 7 more countries subsequently requested to take part in this project. Responsibilities included (a) high-level contacts with national Ministries of Health; (b) development of methodological tools, using a participative approach with national teams; (c) creation of new local partnerships, negotiation of budget and work plan with all interested parties; (d) supervision of the writing of national reports and final editing.
• Development of an internal Policy and Strategy for Health Data and Information including a synthesis paper gathering contributions from 64 WHO programmes and from international bodies.
• Networking with WHO-Headquarters and other international organizations (European Commission-SANCO, OECD) around issues of knowledge management.
• Writing of 5 ‘Highlights on Health’ (France, Portugal, Spain, Austria and Luxemburg), incorporating contributions from WHO programmes and feedback from each country.

• Head of Research for a geographically-based cohort study on chronic diseases in 4,500 children born 1993-94 and follow-up to age four (19 maternity hospitals, supervision of 5 to 10 physicians, psychologists and nurses over 7 years): study design, fundraising, budget management (CHF 1,7 M), statistical analysis, international presentations and publications
• Representative mail household survey on childhood injuries (n=27,000): same responsibilities as above plus media interventions on injury prevention
• Swiss multicenter adolescent health survey 2002: development of a scientific, logistic and professional network in the 20 participating cantons from 3 cultural regions, after gaining support from the Public Health and School authorities; study design and questionnaire development in 3 languages; data collection and analysis
• Epidemiologic surveillance of abortion 1990-2002 (Vaud), improvement of existing data content and type of analyses, contribution to the new abortion legalization legislation at national level in 2002
• Development sexual and reproductive health indicators for the Swiss Health Observatory
• Consultant to the Vaud Public Health Department (1991-1992): definition of health policy objectives based on population health indicators; study of inappropriate hospitalizations in a regional hospital
• Head of a quality certification team for the assessment of a rehabilitation center (upon request from the Public Health Department, 1995)
• Teaching: Laval University, Canada (WHO-sponsored International training course in injury control, 1997); Nursing School ‘La Source’, Lausanne (basic epidemiology, community needs assessment 1996-1999); Nursing School ‘Le Bon Secours’, Geneva (1997, neonatal epidemiology)
• Member of the Childhood Injury Prevention Group of the Swiss Bureau of Injury Prevention (BPA), 1992-1997

Design and implementation of a prevention and health promotion programme for children aged 0 to 5 in 45 community centers, based on existing resources, involving 40 pediatric nurses and about 1,000 other staff, by (a) developing a conceptual framework; (b) conducting assessments of users’ (parents' focus groups) and professionals’ needs; (c) setting up a system to monitor activities; (d) developing guidelines for a standardized content of nurses’ postnatal home visits; (e) organizing training sessions for nurses and social workers on families’ empowerment and community approaches; (f) coordinating and maintaining networks with relevant professional groups and authorities; (g) fundraising and advocacy

Nursing care in the Depts. of Internal Medicine (including setting up a new ward), Pediatrics, and Adult Emergency

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Véronique Addor

Public Health Specialist

Professor, Research Director

various missions

Coordinator, contingency plans for an influenza pandemic

Public Health Expert

Adviser (P5), Health Information and Evidence

Epidemiologist, Division of Health Services Research (Maternal and Child Health), then Adolescent Health Research Unit. Promoted Project Manager in 1994.

Programme Manager 50%, concurrently with previous position

Nurse