This Expert's name is JAMES AKPABLIE, MD.
This Expert's occupation is
PH Specialist
This Expert's location is
Ghana
This Expert's nationality is Ghanaian
Snapshot
Experience
15+ years
Languages
English
Countries of Work
Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone
Professional Experience
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WHO
Mar 2020 - Dec 2020Led the WHO Country response to COVID-19 pandemic as the Incident Manager, providing leadership, coordination and technical support to the Government of Namibia in its response to the pandemic with additional attention to surveillance and point of entry pillars. As the focal person, I provided technical advice to the WHO CO and the UNCT in their support to the Gov of Namibia and worked with partners, NGOs, private sector and governmental agencies in assessing the situation, planning, mobilisation of resources and the development and promulgation of national regulations and directives on the overall public health and social measures, including private and public sector policies and guidelines -
GFA Consulting Group GmbH
Feb 2019 - Nov 2019This was a short-term assignment as an independent expert to develop “Communication and Coordination” materials for public health emergencies as a training package, under the “Regional Programme Support to Pandemic Prevention in ECOWAS Region” funded by GIZ through GFA Consulting Group GmbH. Topics covered include (and not limited to) incident Management Systems, Surge Management, Stakeholder management, Partner Coordination, Vulnerable Groups, One Health and Gender Sensitivity in humanitarian situation. The blended learning material were completed followed by a training-of-trainers (ToT) and coaching at the regional level and implementation of training at the country level. -
DFID, Sierra Leone
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018Worked as technical advisor to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) under a DFID supported Saving Lives Project (SLP) in Sierra Leone. I provided technical support on all issues aimed at strengthening the health systems with particular focus on building a resilient health system, including national action plans for health security and strengthening disease control, EPI, maternal, child and adolescent health services, nutrition, and quality of care. I provided concept and advisory notes, and reviewed policies and other national documents and reports, and contributed to reviewing and advising on donor funded projects from several donors.
Education
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Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa - Italy
Graduated 2017Health Systems Through Conflict and Recovery -
School of Public Health (SPH), University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
Graduated 2006Master of Public Health, Major in Reproductive and Sexual Health -
University of Liverpool, UK
Graduated 2001Diploma in Genitourinary Medicine and Venereology -
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Graduated 2001Diploma: Reproductive Health in Developing Countries -
Medical University– Varna, Bulgaria
Graduated 1995Medical Doctor (MD)
Publications
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Mobile health clinic for the medical management of clinical sequelae experienced by survivors of
Published Jul 2017 View publication -
Rapid outbreak sequencing of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone identifies transmission chains linked to sp
Published Jan 2016 View publication -
Establishment of an Ebola Treatment Unit and Laboratory - Bombali District, Sierra Leone, July 20
Published Oct 2015 View publication
Areas of Expertise
- Curriculum development
- Process facilitation
- Training
- Social participation and health communication
- Strengthening linkages between community health and PHC
- Disease-specific surveillance
- Health management information systems
- Health-related surveys
- Disease prevention
- Health promotion
- Health protection
- Immunization
- Preparedness for public health emergencies
- Surveillance
- Data collection methodology
- Indicator development
- Performance management plans
- Research
- Results and logical frameworks
- Family planning
- HIV/AIDS
- Malaria
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Non-communicable diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Root cause analysis
- Stakeholder analysis
- Community health services
- Design and organization of service delivery models that include PHC and community health services
- Medical audit
- PHC
- Quality and quality assurance
- Service delivery networks
- Strategic communications for engaging with community stakeholders for health
Public Health practitioner with many years of experience in providing technical expertise and leadership in global emergency preparedness and response programme; COVID-19 pandemic and Ebola outbreak responses; Disease Surveillance/IDSR, Malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS Control programming; Sexual, Maternal, Adolescent Health and Child Health, Nutrition programmes; EPI; Quality Improvement; Health Systems, including HMIS; Performance Needs Assessment, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation of health programmes, including Impact Evaluation; Operations Research; Development of Course Material; Coaching; Development of policies, strategies, protocols, and standards; Organisational structure analysis.