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This Expert's name is Edward Willis Bill Obura

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

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Snapshot

Experience

15+ years

Languages

English, French, Swahili

Countries of Work

Kenya

Areas of Expertise

  • Social participation and health communication
  • Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
  • Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
  • Provider payment
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • 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
  • Policy analysis
  • Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health

Professional Experience

  • Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kisumu Campus, Kenya

    Jan 2018 - Present
    Lecturer in various disciplines in Economics and Business Studies for Masters Students. Supervising Masters Students and PhD Students.

  • Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kisumu Campus

    Apr 2012 - Dec 2017
    Part-Time Lecturer in various disciplines in Economics and Business Studies for Masters Students. Supervising Masters Students and PhD Students.

  • Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya

    Jan 2011 - Oct 2015
    (2013-2015) Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration. Associate Professor of Economics; Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Head of Agribusiness Department lecturing to both undergraduate and post graduate students in Marketing, Organization and Management, Economics Management, Micro and Macro Economics. Also supervising both Masters and PhD Students.

    (2012) Associate Professor of Economics; Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Head of Agribusiness Department Lecturing to both undergraduate and post graduate students in Marketing, Organization and Management, Economics Management, Micro and Macro Economics. Supervising both Masters and PhD Students.

Areas of Expertise

  • Social participation and health communication
  • Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
  • Financing for PHC and community health (preventive, promotive, and curative care
  • Provider payment
  • Resource allocation
  • Strategic health purchasing
  • Health management, policy and planning
  • Institutional strengthening
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Strategic planning
  • Strategy development
  • 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
  • Policy analysis
  • Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health