This Expert's name is Mr Akhigbe Mark
This Expert's occupation is
Public Health Laboratory Specialist/NGO worker
This Expert's location is
Nigeria
This Expert's nationality is Nigerian (Nigeria)
Snapshot
Experience
10+ years
Languages
English
Countries of Work
Nigeria
Professional Experience
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HEARTLAND ALLIANCE NIGERIA
Nov 2021 - PresentAs Associate Director - Lab Service in Heartland alliance Nigeria, •Coordinate and provide technical assistance to the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the 1st and 3rd 95 components of the KP CARE 1 HIV/AIDS care and treatment program with state/zonal, community and KP- Led project. Work with other Clinic teams to ensure integration of the 3 95 in achieving viral suppression.• Coordinate the Testing component of the 1st 95 using different testing modalities like HIV Self-testing, Index Client Testing, using recency test, and others, to ensure accurate retesting and linkage into care and treatment, ensure appropriate follow up until 3rd 95 for viral suppression -
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE LTD/GTE,NIGERIA
Apr 2017 - Oct 2021As a Laboratory Advisor in Heartland alliance Nigeria, •Coordinate and provide technical assistance to the design, planning and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the 1st and 3rd 95 component of the KP CARE 1 HIV/AIDS care and treatment program with state/zonal, community and KP- Led project. Work with other Clinic team to ensure integration of the 3 95 in achieving viral suppression.• Coordinate the Testing component of the 1st 95 using different testing modalities like HIV Self-testing, Index Client Testing, using recency test and others, to ensure accurate retesting and linkage into care and treatment, ensure appropriate follow up until 3rd 95 for viral suppression and retention -
Hospitals Management Board, Benin-city, Nigeria
May 2005 - Mar 2017• Coordination and supervision of laboratory Scientist/Laboratory Technicians and interns supporting the implementation of laboratory and logistics services in 9 GF-supported facilities within the area.
• Collaboration with relevant stakeholders including staff of GF-supported facilities in strengthening TB/HIV services provision within GF-supported facilities and communities.
• Monitoring Laboratory equipment functionality status of 3 Secondary Health Facilities (Hospitals) across 2 Local council areas and ensuring prompt notification of equipment vendors/NACA for repair and maintenance.
Education
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University of Geneva
Graduated 2020Certificate in International Organization Management -
Alison, Ireland
Graduated 2019Diploma in Supply Chain Management, -
Alison, Ireland
Graduated 2019Diploma in Project Management -
James Lind Institute
Graduated 2018Advanced PG Diploma (APGDTMSI): Tropical Medicine, Surveillance & Immunization (TMSI), -
School Of medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Benin TH - Benin-city, Nigeria.
Graduated 2001Bachelor of Science: Medical Laboratory Sciences
Publications
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Use of serum creatinine as an incentive to increase PrEP Uptake among Key population groups in Ngr.
Published May 2022
Areas of Expertise
- Training
- Remote Coaching
- Social accountability and community advocacy for health
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Domestic resource mobilization
- Decentralization
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Private sector engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategy development
- Data reporting and analysis
- Disease registries
- Disease-specific surveillance
- Health management information systems
- Health-related surveys
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Immunization
- Preparedness for public health emergencies
- Surveillance
- Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
- Human resources planning, management, training and development
- Staff motivation and retention
- Data collection methodology
- Indicator development
- Performance management plans
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Non-communicable diseases
- NTDs
- Tuberculosis
- Dissemination and knowledge brokering
- Health provider capacity mapping
- Problems and priorities assessment
- Stakeholder analysis
- Community health services
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- Health management
- Medical audit
- PHC
- Quality and quality assurance
- Service delivery networks
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Cold chain
- Forecasting/quantification
- Logistics management information system
- Procurement
- Product selection and registration
- Risk management
- Supply chain and commodity costing
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
- System design
- Warehousing and Distribution
Data analysis and visualization using PowerBI, Laboratory Quality Management Systems, Project management
Affiliations
- Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria.
- International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL),
- American Society of Microbiology (ASM),
- International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID),
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),
- International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL),
- American Society of Microbiology (ASM),
- International Society of Infectious Diseases (ISID),
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL),