Areas of expertise:
health systems analysis, health systems management, health economics, health financing, health insurance systems,
health promotion, education and training, social issues and health, poverty, socio-economic impacts, development policy
1. Family name: Schwefel
2. First name: Detlef 3. Date of birth: 21.06.1942 4. Nationality: German |
Institution ( Date from - Date to ) | Degrees or diplomas obtained |
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Free University of Berlin ( 08.63–07.68 ) | Diploma in sociology |
University of Bremen ( 09.73 ) | Doctorate in social and economic sciences |
Free University of Berlin ( 11.79 ) | Habilitation in sociology |
Free University of Berlin ( since 08.86 ) | Professor of sociology (esp. health systems research) |
6. Language skills: Indication of competence on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language | Reading | Speaking | Writing |
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English | 1 | 1- | 1- |
Spanish | 1 | 1- | 1- |
German (mother tongue) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
7. Membership in professional bodies: German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik). German University Professors Association.
8. Other skills: Computer literacy, long-lasting teaching experience, organization of many international conferences and of many multidisciplinary research studies, internationally
9. Present position: Freelancer, short-term expert, retired observer
10. Years of professional experience: > 40
11. Key qualifications:
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Three long-term (Chile, Philippines, Guatemala) and 139 short-term consultancies in 51 countries, thereof more than 100 in 36 developing and transition countries (Asia, Latin America, Africa, Near East): Argentina, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Papua N.G., Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Altogether 6.985 days of consultancies and research abroad, i.e. 19 years.
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Preparation, evaluation and management of health projects and programmes in Asia and Latin America (12 years) and research, consultancies and training on international development for the German Development Institute (7 years).
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More than 30 health economics and health planning assignments by the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in various European countries.
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Long-lasting involvements in research / consultation on health systems, health insurance, health economics in Germany and Europe (13 years) with international research coordination, e.g.
- COMAC-EC European study on economic aspects of AIDS and HIV infection
- WHO-EURO study on cost-effectiveness of managing chronic psychotic patients
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WHO-EURO study on unemployment, social vulnerability and health
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Continuous participation and supervision of multinational tasks in health systems research, health economics, health and management information systems and health management.
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Founder and director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Health Planning and Health Economics in Munich, 1984-1989.
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Member of the European Advisory Committee for Health Research (EACHR) of the European Regional Office of World Health Organization, 1989-1992.
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Member of the Concerted Action Committee (COMAC) on Health Systems Research of the European Community, 1985-1989.
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Series of 20 short term consultancies for the Health Sector Modernisation Programme of the European Union in Syria, 2003-2011, in the area of health economics and health financing
12. Professional experience
Date from – to | Location | Company | Position | Description |
since 07/2005 | Germany, Berlin | Freelancer | Adviser on international health | International consultancies on public health and health economics, poverty and socioeconomic impacts |
10/2001 – 06/2005 | Germany, Eschborn and Berlin | GTZ (German Technical Cooperation Agency) | Adviser on international health (since 2002 part-time) | Policy papers and consultancies on national and international policies, strategies, and projects in the areas of health, health economics, poverty |
09/1997 – 09/2001 | Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala | GTZ & EPOS | Principal program adviser | Consultancies and management of a primary health care programme of the Ministry for Health |
04/1989 – 08/1997 | Philippines, Manila | GTZ (German Technical Cooperation Agency) | Principal program adviser and director of the German program support | Acquisition and management of various Philippine-German cooperations in the health sector: health and management information systems, reproductive health and family planning, health promotion, health insurance, health economics. Continuous advice to and teaching at the College of Public Health of the University of the Philippines. |
10/1978 – 03/1989 | Germany, Munich | GSF (National Research Centre for Environment and Health) | Department director "Socioeconomic Methods” / Health Systems Analysis | Director of a team of up to 20 socio-economic health professionals and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Planning and Health Economics |
10/1976 – 09/1978 | Germany, Cologne | ZI (Institute of Insurance Affiliated Physicians) | Director of socio-economic studies | Director of various applied studies and investigations on health reforms in Germany |
01/1970 – 09/1976 | Germany, Berlin | DIE (German Development Institute) | Team member | Consultancies, research and postgraduate training in development policies. |
11/1969 – 01/1970 | Germany, Berlin | FU (Free University of Berlin) | University Assistant | Assistant for empirical research methods in sociology and social works |
10/1968 – 11/1969 | Chile, Talca |
FU (Free University of Berlin) | Team member | Socio-economic research in Chile. |
13. International assignments (outside of Germany)
Continent and countries |
Days |
Topics of assignments |
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Africa | Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe |
98 |
Community health training, health systems research, physicians reintegration, primary health care, regional health programme, solar cooking |
Asia | Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam |
3.468 |
AIDS programme planning, early warning systems, health and nutrition, health care financing, health info system, health reforms, health sector programme, health sector reform, health sector review, health systems management, health systems networking, hospital assessment, human resources financing, impacts of telecommunications, informal savings, management information systems, management practices, population projects, poverty eradication, reproductive health, social health insurance, socioeconomic evaluation: energy, socioeconomic impact of steel plant, telecommunications investments, voluntary health insurance, social health protection |
Europe | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, England, France, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal, Soviet Union, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia |
236 |
Equity in health, equity in health care, health and nutrition, health economics, health economics training, health legislation, health planning, health policy trends, health research, health science journal peer review, health systems research, human health resources, impacts of AIDS, intersectoral health economics, medical informatics, mental health, primary health care, unemployment and health, sociology |
Latin America | Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela |
2.506 |
HIV/AIDS plan, HIV/AIDS prevention, colonisation programme, decentralized health services, food and nutrition policies, food price policies, health care financing, health decentralization, health information system, health networking, health planning methodologies, health reform, hospital allocation, hospital planning, impacts of large dams, impacts of telecommunications, industrial master-plan, national food and nutrition, nutritional impact assessment, primary health care, regional socioeconomics, socioeconomic evaluations, socioeconomic investment impacts, telecommunications investments |
Near East | Egypt, Jordan, Syria, U.A.E., Yemen |
667 |
Health economics and financing, national health accounts, national health insurance systems, health planning, health systems research, hospital assessment, physicians reintegration |
North America | U.S.A. |
29 |
Artificial intelligence in medicine, primary health care, telecommunications |
Number of days served abroad | 7.004 |
= 19 years |
14. Other relevant information (e.g. publications)
Over 270 publications including 19 monographs, 22 editions of books and more than 140 lectures in German, English and Spanish. Organization of over 40 larger-scale national and international workshops and conferences. Until 2002: regular teaching at the Free University of Berlin.
Recent publications available as PDF-files:
Federalism and health in Nepal (2011), Health care in federal countries (2011), Financing social health protection in Nepal (2009), A knowledge collage on social health protection in Nepal (2009),
Social protection and social health insurance in the
Philippines (2009), Health care organization and financing in eleven federal countries (2009), National health accounts 2006 for Syria (also in Arabic) (2008), Towards a national health insurance system in Syria (2008), Nine case-studies on health benefit and insurance schemes, private health care providers and household health expenditure in Syria (also in Arabic) (2007), A roadmap towards a national health insurance system in Syria (also in
Arabic) (2007), Gerechtigkeit und Gesundheit (2006), Gesundheit in globalisierter Entwicklung (2006), Health financing in Egypt (2006), Towards a
national health insurance system in Yemen (also in Arabic) (2005), Emerging food-related health problems in globalization (2005), Gesundheit als Menschenrecht und Produktivkraft (2005), International health in a globalized development perspective (2004), Fair financing for health and health care (2004), Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Globalisierung (2003), Health, development and globalisation (2003), Salud, desarrollo y globalización (2003). ------ See list of publications for all (downloadable) articles.
Last update: 02.02.2020 |
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Harald Schwefel, son
Hans-Paul Schwefel, brother
Free University of Berlin, until 2007