Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Dr.P.H.
Senior Associate & Country Director
Nahla Abdel-Tawab is an associate with the Poverty, Gender, and Youth program and the country director of the Population Council's office in Egypt. She first joined the Council in 1995 as an operations research country fellow, then became a host country advisor in 1998. She left the Council in 2000 to work as an independent consultant and behavior change communication specialist for the Catalyst Project.
Abdel-Tawab rejoined the Council as an associate in the Egypt office in December 2003, and before she assumed the position as the country director, she was the head of the regional reproductive health program for the WANA region. She works closely with ministries of health and leading NGOs to identify research priorities and interventions that address pressing needs and issues in reproductive health. She provides technical and managerial leadership for the design and implementation of interventions to improve the quality of reproductive health services. She also plays a key role in facilitating the scale-up of interventions as well as the utilization of research results by policymakers and program managers.
Abdel-Tawab holds a medical degree from Cairo University and a doctorate of public health from Johns Hopkins University. Her areas of expertise include operations research, reproductive health services, postpartum and postabortion care, female genital mutilation/cutting, capacity building, research utilization, and scaling up of interventions.
Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Dr.P.H.
Senior Associate & Country Director
Addressing the HIV/AIDS Vulnerabilities and Stigma of Africa’s Youth (more)
Council research will provide a comprehensive, evidence-based picture of the HIV-related issues facing young people in Africa and the prevailing legal, policy, and programmatic responses.
(8/2011 - 5/2012)
Topics: Adolescence/transitions to adulthood; HIV prevention; Stigma and discrimination
Countries: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda
Scaling Up the Provision of Family Planning Messages in Antenatal and Postpartum Services in Upper Egypt (more)
The Population Council is assisting the Government of Egypt in integrating birth spacing and family planning messages into antenatal and postpartum services, with the ultimate goal of helping Egyptian women achieve healthy birth intervals and avoid unplanned, closely spaced pregnancies.
(6/2009 - 4/2011)
Topics: Family planning services; Maternal and newborn health; Postpartum maternal care; Quality of care; Safe pregnancy, antenatal, and delivery care
Countries: Egypt
Situation Analysis of Maternal and Neonatal Health Services in Sudan (more)
The Population Council conducted a situation analysis of reproductive health services in Sudan to understand programmatic factors that contribute to the current health status of women and newborns.
(5/2007 - 4/2009)
Topics: Maternal and newborn health
Countries: Sudan
Enhancing Correct Use of Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and Postabortion Use of Family Planning in Egypt (more)
Researchers with the Council’s FRONTIERS program helped the Egyptian government build its capacity to promote the correct use of the lactational amenorrhea method.
(6/2007 - 1/2008)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Postpartum family planning ; Postpartum maternal care; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: Egypt
Technical Assistance for Implementing Best Practices in the Asia and Near East Region (more)
Council researchers worked with local counterparts in two countries to increase the use of proven best practices for identifying clients’ reproductive health needs and promoting the lactational amenorrhea method for postpartum contraception.
(1/2007 - 3/2008)
Topics: Postpartum maternal care; Quality of care
Countries: Egypt, India
Using Operations Research to Enhance Delivery of Postpartum/Postabortion Family Planning Services in the Arab Region (more)
A workshop enhanced the capacity of RH/FP programs in Egypt to introduce and scale up proven integrated family planning interventions through demonstration and expansion projects.
(11/2007 - 3/2008)
Topics: Postpartum maternal care; Safe abortion and postabortion care
Countries: Egypt
Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Dr.P.H.
Senior Associate & Country Director
The reproductive health of young people in Egypt (PDF)Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Roushdy,Noha; Sieverding,Maia
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2012
The reproductive health of young people in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Roushdy,Noha; Sieverding,Maia
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2012
Maternal and neonatal health services in Sudan: Results of a situation analysis (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; El-Rabbat,Maha
Project brief
Publication date: 2010
Clinical guidelines for integrating family planning into postpartum and postabortion care
El-Fikky,Alaa; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Afifi,Ahmed
Publication date: 2008
Helping Egyptian women achieve optimal birth spacing intervals through fostering linkages between family planning and maternal/child health services (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Loza,Sarah; Zaki,Amal
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Technical assistance for implementing best practices in the Asia and Near East region (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Roychowdhury,Sohini; Sebastian,Mary Philip; Sekhar Kar,Sitanshu; Mishra,Anurag; Sharma,Vivek; Narayana,G.; Sharma,Bhawana; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Afifi,Ahmed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Testing the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of two models of integration (PDF)
Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Bratt,John H.; van der Velden,Ton; Abou-Gabal,Mohamed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2007
Helping Egyptian women achieve optimal birth spacing intervals through maximizing opportunities in antenatal and postpartum care
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Youssef,Hala; Loza,Sarah; Zaki,Amal; Faraq,Salwa
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 9)
Publication date: 2006
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Is it feasible to offer family planning counseling on the ward?
Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; van der Velden,Ton; Gabal,Mohamed Abu
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 10)
Publication date: 2006
Slow fertility transition in Egypt: Reaching policy-makers and program managers with the findings
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Roushdy,Rania; Casterline,John B.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of their fertility goals: Summary of key findings--Phase II
Nawar,Laila; Kharboush,Ibrahim; Kader,Magdi Abdel; Makhlouf,Hesham; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
FRONTIERS Research Update
Publication date: 2005
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of their fertility goals: Summary of key findings--Phase II [Arabic] (PDF)
Nawar,Laila; Kharboush,Ibrahim; Kader,Magdi Abdel; Makhlouf,Hesham; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
FRONTIERS Research Update
Publication date: 2005
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt (PDF)
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Edress,Mohammed
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt [Arabic]
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Idrees,Mohamed
Summary of Key Findings
Publication date: 2005
Validation of a survey-based approach for predicting willingness-to-pay for reproductive health services
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Kader,Magdi Abdel
FRONTIERS Project Update (no. 1)
Publication date: 2004
Recovery from abortion and miscarriage in Egypt: Does counseling husbands help?
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila; Haberland,Nicole; Measham,Diana
from Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, pp. 186-204
Publication date: 2002
Talking about sex in a conservative setting: An experiment in Egypt
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Nawar,Laila; Youssef,Hala; Huntington,Dale; Haberland,Nicole; Measham,Diana
from Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning, pp. 168-185
Publication date: 2002
Critical analysis of interventions against FGC in Egypt (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Hegazi,Sahar
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2000
Integrating issues of sexuality into Egyptian family planning counseling (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Nawar,Laila; Youssef,Hala; Huntington,Dale
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2000
Effects of husband involvement on postabortion patients' recovery and use of contraception in Egypt (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila; Piet-Pelon,Nancy J.
from Postabortion Care: Lessons from Operations Research, pp. 16-37
Publication date: 1999
Counseling the husbands of postabortion patients in Egypt: Effects on husband involvement, patient recovery and contraceptive use [Arabic] (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila
Publication date: 1998
Seminar on male involvement in reproductive health in Egypt: Summary of research findings and future directions (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Asia and Near East OR/TA Project Final Report
Publication date: 1998
The postabortion caseload in Egyptian hospitals: A descriptive study (abstract) (PDF)
Huntington,Dale; Nawar,Laila; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
International Family Planning Perspectives 24(1): 25-31
Publication date: 1998
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals (PDF)
Nawar,Laila; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Asia and Near East OR/TA Project Final Report
Publication date: 1997
Nahla Abdel-Tawab, Dr.P.H.
Senior Associate & Country Director
Capacity building to enhance postpartum/postabortion use of contraception in Egypt (PDF)Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September
Afifi,Ahmed; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Publication date: 2009
Challenges and opportunities in providing postabortion family planning services (abstract)
Presentation at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 30 September
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Publication date: 2009
Strengthening postpartum family planning services to increase use of contraception in rural Egypt
Presentation at the International Conference on Family Planning: Research and Best Practices, Kampala, 17 November
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Publication date: 2009
Linking family planning with postabortion services in Egypt: Testing feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of two models of integration (PDF)
Presentation at Scaling Up High-Impact FP/MNCH Best Practices: Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Near East Technical Meeting, Bangkok, 3-8 September
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
Publication date: 2007
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E-mail: ntawab@popcouncil.org
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