Snapshot
Experience
15+ years
Languages
English, Swahili
Countries of Work
Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Professional Experience
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Options Consultancy Services
Apr 2020 - PresentI work as the Regional health financing advisor in the WISH2ACTION program covering 7 countries in Africa and Asia. The program focus in creating national ownership through improving public sector investment for FP/SRH in the 7 countries. -
PATH
Jan 2018 - Sep 2019I was the Senior Advisor- Health systems strengthening for USAID funded Afya Ziwani project. The health systems focus for the HIV project was strengthening county capacity for sustainable HIV financing through program based budgeting. -
Intrahealth International
Jan 2012 - Jan 2016I was the Ass. Director for Strengthening County Human Resources for Health in 47 Counties in Kenya. The focus of the project was to support the county health departments during the devolution transition to strengthen systems and structures for functional Human resources for health both at the national and county level.
Education
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Great Lakes University of Kisumu & University of Ottawa
Graduated 2011PHD - HEALTH POLICY AND SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT -
Great Lakes University of Goma 2004
Graduated 2004MASTERS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT -
Tropical Institute of Community Health
Graduated 2002HIGHER DIPLOMA COMMUNITY HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT -
Kenya Medical Training College
Graduated 1995DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Publications
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Coordinating health workforce management in a devolved context: lessons from Kenya
Published Dec 2020 View publication -
Strengthening County Human Resources for Health Budgeting through Collaborative Learning & Adapting
Published Jan 2017 View publication -
Kenya’s Experience in Improving Health Workforce Management through HR Training and Mentorship at Co
Published Jan 2017 -
Collaborative Mentorship Program Improves Health Worker Management
Published Jan 2015 View publication -
Assessment of capacity for Health Policy and Systems Research and Analysis in 7 African universities
Published Jan 2013
Areas of Expertise
- Health technology assessment
- 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
- Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
- 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
- Regulation and enforcement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic planning
- Strategy development
- Data reporting and analysis
- Health management information systems
- Health-related surveys
- Interoperability of information systems
- 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
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Cost-effectiveness analysis
- Costing
- Dissemination and knowledge brokering
- 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
- Licensing and accreditation
- PHC
- Facilitating stakeholder dialgoue
- Media engagement
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
- Cold chain
- Forecasting/quantification
- Logistics management information system
- Purchasing
- Supply chain organizational capacity and workforce
- Warehousing and Distribution