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This Expert's name is Charles Ouma Wafula

This Expert's occupation is Health Systems Expert
This Expert's location is Kenya
This Expert's nationality is Kenyan

Snapshot

Experience

15+ years

Languages

English

Countries of Work

Kenya

Areas of Expertise

  • Social participation and health communication
  • Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Health management information systems
  • Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
  • Data collection methodology
  • Performance management plans
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Policy analysis
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health

Professional Experience

  • Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development, Great Lakes University of Kisumu

    Apr 2017 - Present
    I am involved in leadership and managerial roles, entrepreneurial innovations both at community and institutional levels, training of TOTs in Community. The position also entails institutional planning, budgeting and spearheading implementation of community regional wide activities.
  • Lecturer and Researcher, Great Lakes University of Kisumu

    Sep 2005 - Present
    In research, I am involved in research on health systems strengthening and community-based health and development systems as a Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, and member of research teams. Through this work of research, I have participated in the development of models for community-based health and development program design and implementation. Similarly, I have been involved in the health systems strengthening program in Western and Nyanza Provinces, Kenya.

Areas of Expertise

  • Social participation and health communication
  • Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Health management information systems
  • Community health workers--engagement, capacity-building and retention
  • Data collection methodology
  • Performance management plans
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Research
  • Policy analysis
  • Problems and priorities assessment
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health