Background

Al-Mazrou, Yagob Yousef was born on May 18, 1947 in Zubair, Iraq. Son of Yousef Ahmed Al-Mazrou and Lulwah Mohamed Al-Mutait.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine BChir, Mosul (Iraq) Medical College, 1971. Diploma in Child Health, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dublin, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, City University, London, 1992.

Career

General practitioner Arabian Oil Corporation Hospital, Khafgi, Saudi Arabia, 1973-1975. Honorary senior officer pediatrics department St. Stephen Hospital, London, 1975-1977. Pediatrician Arabian Oil Corporation Hospital, Khafgi, 1977-1978, pediatrician, chief medical officer, 1979-1983.

Director general health centers Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1983-1993, assistant deputy minister health for preventive medicine Saudi Arabia, since 1993. Trustee International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1989—1995. Member science council Arab Board Medical Specialization, Damascus, Syria, 1993—1999.

Member World Health Organization Expert Advisory Panel on Public Health Administration, Geneva, since 1995. Member regional commission for certification of eradication of poliomyelitis World Health Organization, Alexandria, Egypt, since 1995, member regional commission for certification of eradication of poliomyelitis African region, since 1998. Member regional technical advisory group Epidemiology, EMRO, World Health Organization, since 1998.

Member STAG, Reproductive Health Program World Health Organization, Geneva, 1999, member executive board, since 2001.

Achievements

• Yagob Yousef First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mazrou has been listed as a noteworthy health care administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Global Communications Network for Health Research, since 1995. Member executive board Council Health Ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council States, Riyadh, 1985—1998. Board directors Riyadh Water and Sanitation Corporation, 1993—1996.

Fellow: RCGP (London). Member: Saudi Society for Down Syndrome (board directors since 1998), International Society for Quality Assurance in Health Care, World Organization Family Drs., Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Saudi Society Community and Family Medicine (president 1994-1998).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, swimming, walking, traveling.

Connections

Married Khawla Abdulkarim, December 31, 1976. Children: Faisal, Hala, Ola, Fahad, Faris.

Father:

Yousef Ahmed Al-Mazrou

Mother:

Lulwah Mohamed Al-Mutait

Spouse:

Khawla Abdulkarim

child:

Faris Al-Mazrou

child:

Fahad Al-Mazrou

child:

Ola Al-Mazrou

child:

Faisal Al-Mazrou

child:

Hala Al-Mazrou