Health Systems Strengthening Specialist

• Nov 2022 - Present

Director of Programs

• Sep 2017 - Dec 2022

- Propose adequate and appropriate interventions based on the finding of needs assessment, from beneficiaries and/or other key stakeholders, - Develop and maintain adequate performance management plan consistent with the HDI policies, including human resources, helping in hiring process and ensure capacity building of the existing staff Working with program management team to meet the donor requirement, review M&E plan, gap identification in the ongoing projects and give constructive feedback. - Ensure that all clients coming at HDI clinics are provided with high quality stigma-free services and ensure that all health commodities for the clinics are supplied on regular basis. - Coordinate and manage ongoing programs and ensure the linkages and synergies among different programs, - Ensure timely and high quality reporting to donors, - Ensure smooth collaboration with local authorities, and maintain close relationship with all stakeholders, - Ensure the project budgets during the proposal writing are within the HDI strategic plan. - Oversee budget management and planning, ensure proper separation of duties between finance, administration, logistics and field programs, - Represent HDI in the national and international platforms, media and donor meetings, - Maintain effective and positive communication with HDI staff and beneficiaries - Participate and provide technical inputs on different national strategic documents under development. - Conduct advocacy initiatives on issues regarding sexual and reproductive health services, national budget allocation, inclusion and health in general. - Ensure mainstreaming of Human Rights Based Approach and results based programming in all HDI's projects. - Capacity building of different stakeholders on RMNCAH, SRHR, CSE, Value clarification... - Participate in JADF of various districts and bring the health and social aspects in this forum. - Conduct community awareness on different health topics with greater impact. Show less

Clinical Services Associates

• Jul 2016 - Aug 2017

- Review and develop training modules for nurses, midwives and doctors on use of management of respiratory distresses using medical oxygen and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in addition to existing mechanisms. - Landscaping of CPAP technology in various Rwandan hospitals and shared the findings with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and various partners in order advocate for more CPAP machines for rural hospitals - Monthly clinical mentorship of clinicians from 15 hospitals - where we trained more than 160 clinicians with 60 being trained as CPAP instructors, ETAT+ and IMCI trainers in their respective hospitals, and collect & analyze monitoring & evaluation forms of our CPAP. - Provide clinical to mentorship to 112 health centers from all districts covered by health builders and support health management advisors based in various districts to conduct mentorship to health centers on six building blocks of a health system. - Design and produce tools that respond to gaps identified the management performance surveys done on quarterly basis in all health centers covered by Health Builders. - Support health management and oxygen teams in their daily activities: Capacity building of health professionals working in primary Healthcare facilities to effectively manage them. - Developed the pharmacy curriculum, tools, and training module for health centers on the effective management of health commodities - pharmacy logistics - Supported the development of quality of service domain and its piloting in 5 health centers. - I developed several tools, guidelines and job aids that could assist healthcare providers in the management of various cases. - Conduct management performance surveys in 8 districts supported by Health Builders, 1 quality of service survey in 14 health centers and provide recommendations to responsible leadership. - Prepared and managed all logistics for various trainings and coordinated all stakeholders quarterly coordination meetings. Show less

Volunteer

• Sep 2013 - Apr 2017

- Volunteered in the Pediatric Surgery mission organized by IOWD in collaboration with Kanombe Military Hospital where I was operating with Dr Julie Long - Ensured good communication between Rwandan staff, patient, and US teams through interpretation of English-French-Kinyarwanda and patient education on their condition and management options - Volunteered to perform Cesarean sections and ventral hernia repair surgeries at Kibagabaga hospital - Training medical students working with our team - Volunteered with IOWD by taking medical history from patients with obstetric fistula and other gynecological conditions, interpretation for both patients & clinicians, and patient education - Training doctors, midwives, nurses and medical students on Helping Babies Breathe - Golden minute - Scrubbing in operating room.. - Training health centers nurses on ETAT+ and effective management of labor. - Training of doctors, midwives and nurses on cesarean section and management of paediatric emergencies. - Support IOWD team and Rwanda Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the development of an education video on performing a safe Cesarean section and neonatal resuscitation - Conduct outreach program in local health centers to teach pregnant mothers about obstetric fistula and its prevention Show less

Medical Doctor

• Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

- Treating patients from various departments including maternity, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, HIV clinic, family planning, and mental health - Conducting an supportive supervision and mentorship on HIV, Tuberculosis and RMNCAH nurses in health centers - Conduct supportive supervision and coordination meetings of CHWs on the management IMCI, malaria and Rapid SMS. - Collaboration with CHWs on identification and referral of high risky pregnant women and severe cases of malaria among pregnant women and under-five children. - Foster the preventive culture through patient education, screening non-communicable disease in rural communities, annual check-ups of students at school and Tea factory employees. - Conduct health screening campaigns in various primary and secondary schools, secondary schools and factories in Nyaruguru district. Show less

Summer Intern

• 2013 - 2013

- Daily care of patients, assist in various surgical operations, and labor monitoring/conduct labor - Patient education - Daily care of patients, assist in various surgical operations, and labor monitoring/conduct labor - Patient education