Snapshot
Experience
15+ years
Languages
English, Swahili
Countries of Work
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America
Professional Experience
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Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands supporting the Liberia World Bank Project
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020Responsible for overall management of the project including overall vision, Strategy,
Operating Plan and Long- and Short- Term Targets for Liberia country program.
• Responsible for country internal and external representation including advocacy and
liaison with Government and donors within Liberia.
• Responsible for financial management, operational audit compliancy, accountability,
reporting, fraud, staff Safety and Security, Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and
safeguarding.
• Conducted field assessments, identify needs, design and implement response plans,
including project budgets and writing funding proposals leading to a 60% growth in
country grant portfolio.
• Develop new country pr -
Community Consortium International
May 2017 - May 2018Ensured that Africa Country programs have a high-quality Christian commitment strategy
and provided Christian leadership to Africa Country programs.
• Provided overall strategic leadership of CCU country projects including financial
management and accountability, procurement, government/donor liaison. Oversaw design
and implementation and provided technical oversight to health programs in primary health
care, RMNCAH, HIV/AIDs, Livelihoods, child protection, Education, and safeguarding.
• Provided TA to the MoH in the development of the Uganda National Integrated Refugee
Health Response Plan and preparation of the District Ebola Preparedness and Response
Plan.
• Designed business development -
Options Consultancy Services, Ltd, UK
Jun 2014 - May 2017Led the management of the $80M project, including managing the implementing
consortium, a country team of 145 local staff and 28 international staff; planning,
budgeting, and reporting; ensured contract compliance with donor and organization rules
• Assisted the Malawi MOH with the development of the National PBF Framework that
harmonized USAID-funded PBF project, GIZ and KfW funded RBF projects.
• Provided Technical assistance to the MoH in the development of the national RMNCAH
investment case, the Health Financing Policy, and the 2016-2021 Health Sector Strategic
Plan while liaising with CDC funded and PEPFAR funded projects.
• Designed community health innovations including RMNCAH+N.
Education
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Texila American University
Graduated 2021PhD in Public Health -
Walden University, USA
Graduated 2011Masters of Public Health (MPH) -
Makerere University
Graduated 2009Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Economics
Publications
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The contribution of systematic engagement with key stakeholders in a resultsbased financing program
Published Oct 2018 View publication
Areas of Expertise
- General
- Health technology assessment
- Priority-setting
- Coaching
- Curriculum development
- Process facilitation
- Training
- Remote Coaching
- Civil society engagement
- Community health boards
- Social accountability and community advocacy for health
- Social participation and health communication
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Contracting health providers
- Direct facility financing
- Domestic resource mobilization
- Earmarked taxes
- Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
- Health coverage schemes
- Innovative financing
- Pay for performance
- Pooling of funds
- Provider payment
- Resource allocation
- Strategic health purchasing
- Change management
- Decentralization
- Health management, policy and planning
- Institutional strengthening
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Private sector engagement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic planning
- Strategy development
- Civil registration and vital statistics
- Claims management systems
- Data reporting and analysis
- Disease registries
- Disease-specific surveillance
- Health management information systems
- Health-related surveys
- Interoperability of information systems
- Behavior and health literacy
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Health protection
- 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
- Cost benefit analysis
- Data collection methodology
- Indicator development
- Knowledge management software
- Performance management plans
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Research
- Results and logical frameworks
- Family planning
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- NTDs
- Nutrition
- Tuberculosis
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Costing
- Dissemination and knowledge brokering
- Equity analysis
- Fiscal space analysis
- Health provider capacity mapping
- Policy analysis
- Political economy analysis
- 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
- Health management
- PHC
- Quality and quality assurance
- Service delivery networks
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Media engagement
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Forecasting/quantification
- Inventory management
- Logistics management information system
- Procurement
- Product selection and registration
- Purchasing
- Risk management
- Supply chain and commodity costing
- Supply chain in humanitarian response
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
- System design
- Warehousing and Distribution
Public speaking and facilitation of local and international workshops