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This Expert's name is Jennifer Foth, MPH

This Expert's occupation is Public Health Professional
This Expert's location is Kampala, Uganda
This Expert's nationality is American

Snapshot

Experience

10+ years

Languages

English, French

Countries of Work

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

Areas of Expertise

  • Remote Coaching
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • Health management information systems
  • Immunization
  • Performance management plans
  • Maternal, newborn and child health
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Root cause analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Community health services
  • Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services

Professional Experience

  • Living Goods

    Feb 2018 - Present
    - Lead Living Goods expansion and operationalization in new countries, including establishing and managing teams in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia supporting govt. community health program digitization
    - Manage global engagements with tech vendors (Dimagi, Ona, ThinkMD), implementing partners (JSI, UNICEF) , and donors (Global Fund, Gates Foundation, USAID) to identify and secure strategic, multi-year funding and partnerships
    - Manage scoping and establishment of diverse portfolio of new country expansion opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa
    - Develop and refine new country expansion strategy, roadmaps, and scenarios
    - Represent Living Goods on the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC)
  • Clinton Health Access Initiative

    Oct 2013 - Feb 2018
    - Managed team of 3 supporting 7 country teams across Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia to accelerate new vaccine introduction (NVI) and strengthen immunization systems as part of US$20M Gates Foundation grant
    - Co-developed and executed Global Vaccine Delivery team strategy for NVI and immunization strategic planning, including scale up within existing countries and expansion into new geographies
    - Developed and oversaw implementation of Gavi transition strategy, including development transition risk assessment
    - Provided TA to teams in Cameroon, India, Kenya, Lesotho and Uganda
    - Developed proposals and budgets, and oversaw implementation of Gavi grants totaling ~US$1.3M
  • Millennium Villages Project

    Jul 2012 - Jul 2013
    - Supported implementation of CommCare instance across all 3 MVP Malawi facilities, including training and utilization monitoring
    - Managed baseline data collection and implementation of supply chain management system in 3 MVP clinics (Ghana, Malawi and Uganda)
    - Developed supply chain mgmt. training materials, SOPs, supervision and evaluation strategy to improve performance of 35 MVP health workers

Education

  • Boston University School of Public Health

    Graduated 2012
    Master of Public Health
  • Middlebury College

    Graduated 2008
    BA International Studies

Publications

  • Prioritising the role of community health workers in the COVID-19 response

    Published Jun 2020 View publication
  • It Ain’t Over Until There’s PPE All Over

    Published May 2020 View publication
  • Community Health Worker Assessment and Improvement Matrix (CHW AIM) Program Functionality Matrix

    Published Dec 2018 View publication

Affiliated Institutions

Areas of Expertise

  • Remote Coaching
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • Health management information systems
  • Immunization
  • Performance management plans
  • Maternal, newborn and child health
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Root cause analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Community health services
  • Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services

Affiliated Institutions