Schistosomiasis Control Initiative

Who we are

I am interested in the Control of Infectious Diseases with a focus on diseases that confer a significant burden in the developing world. My interests lie in the assessment of the constraints of local public health delivery systems, the selection and design of appropriate methods of infectious disease control and their subsequent implementation and evaluation, and the investigation of the transmission of endemic and epidemic infections. 

I aim to contribute to the production of some of the currently lacking empirical evidence that is direly needed to bring issues that undermine disease control programs to the main discussion table of health ministries, rural and urban health care centres, communities and global disease control programs. 

Hailing from Uganda, this objective doubles as an act of service in honour of the daily lives that communities such as mine continue to lose due to prevalent knowledge gaps surrounding the control of preventable and/or treatable infectious diseases.

Experience

 Programme Manager - Nigeria

Company Name: Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Dates Employed: Feb 2017 – Present

As a programme manager, I work with Ministries of Health in my respective countries to implement national programs aimed at controlling or eliminating (where feasible) Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (whipworm, hookworm, roundworm) from endemic populations.

Duties:

1. Supporting national coordinators and programme teams in assigned countries to implement mass drug administration (MDA) programmes 

2. Overseeing Surveillance and Monitoring & Evaluation activities in assigned countries 

3. Overseeing financial management of country programme budgets

4. Ensuring that programme activities are delivered in a timely, comprehensive and cost-efficient way by planning, finalising and executing workplans according to strict deadlines and within budget.

5. Advocacy, Networking and Fundraising

Programme Manager - Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia

Company Name           Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI)

Dates Employed           Jul 2013 – Jan 2017

As a programme manager, I work with Ministries of Health in my respective countries to implement national programs aimed at controlling or eliminating (where feasible) Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (whipworm, hookworm, roundworm) from endemic populations.

Duties:

1. Supporting national coordinators and programme teams in assigned countries to implement mass drug administration (MDA) programmes 

2. Overseeing Surveillance and Monitoring & Evaluation activities in assigned countries 

3. Overseeing financial management of country programme budgets

4. Ensuring that programme activities are delivered in a timely, comprehensive and cost-efficient way by planning, finalising and executing workplans according to strict deadlines and within budget.

5. Advocacy, Networking and Fundraising