This Expert's name is Dr. Caleb Mulongo, MD, MBA
This Expert's occupation is
Independent International Health Consultant
This Expert's location is
Kenya
This Expert's nationality is Kenyan
Snapshot
Experience
5+ years
Languages
English, Swahili
Countries of Work
Kenya, United Kingdom
Professional Experience
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PITCH/LVCT/Global Fund
May 2020 - Dec 2020Lead Consultant in an assessment of the health financing landscape in Kenya as well as capacity development and advocacy for civil society in domestic resource mobilization for key populations. -
Amref Health Africa/ Office of the President-Kenya
Feb 2020 - Oct 2020Lead Consultant in an evaluation of a) Provider Payment Mechanisms in the private health sector in Kenya; b) The provider-payer relationships in the private health sector and subsequent mediation for cohesive engagement in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. -
WHO/PATH
Mar 2020 - Jun 2020Associate country lead in a multi-country priority-setting and policy guidance on strategic purchasing of essential nutrition services for Universal Health Coverage.
Education
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University of Glasgow
Graduated 2021HTA in the Global Context -
University of Sheffield
Graduated 2019Health Technology Assessment -
University of Melbourne
Graduated 2019Health Systems Strengthening -
Strathmore Business School
Graduated 2017MBA Healthcare Management -
University of Nairobi
Graduated 2011Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery
Publications
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Health Financing Training Manual: Domestic Resource Mobilization for Key Populations (KP) and Adoles
Published Jan 2020 -
A Review of Provider and Payer Perspectives on Purchasing Mechanisms in Select Mid-Tier Private Hosp
Published Jan 2020 -
The right to emergency care in health care systems in Kenya: a case study of Laikipia and Nyandarua
Published Jan 2019 View publication
Areas of Expertise
- General
- Health technology assessment
- Priority-setting
- Coaching
- Curriculum development
- Process facilitation
- Training
- Remote Coaching
- Civil society engagement
- 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
- Regulation and enforcement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic planning
- Strategy development
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- Health management
- Medical audit
- Pharmaceutical management
- PHC
- Quality and quality assurance
- Service delivery networks
- Specialty care
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Media engagement
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Forecasting/quantification
- Inventory management
- Procurement
- Purchasing
- Supply chain and commodity costing
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
- System design