Experience

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  World Health Organization

  • Health Information and Promotion Officer

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  World Health Organization

  • Switzerland
  • International Affairs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Health Information and Promotion Officer

    • Sep 1998 - Present

    Provision of technical advice on Health Promotion (policies, guidelines and implementation), Health in all Policies (HiAP), Communication for health development (strategies and implementation), risk communication, health campaigns, Social mobilisation for Expanded Programme on Immunisation, Tobacco Control - implementation of the WHO framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO/FCTC), communication and community engagement strategies for disease outbreak response, Prevention of Substance Abuse, Media liaison, Design of health education materials, programme management, prevention strategies for risk factors for of Non-Communicable Diseases, Training, Newsletter production, production of advocacy videos on health issues.

  • Health Information and Promotion Officer

    • Aug 1998 - Present

    Dynamic health promotion expert with wide experience of working in public health in Zambia and other African countries. Highly skilled in policy and strategy development, programme management, Communication for health development, community mobilisation and engagement, outbreak communication, risk communications, research, training, writing, development of health education materials and working with the media. A professional with a MSc Public Health (Health promotion and environmental health) from Leeds Metropolitan University.

  • Health Information and Promotion Officer

    • Aug 1998 - Present

    Wide experience in providing technical advice and support to the Ministry of Health for development and implementation of health promotion and communication strategies and guidelines for priority public health issues particularly communicable and non-communicable diseases. Planning and implementation of social mobilization campaigns for polio, measles, cholera, Rota virus, HPV vaccination campaigns in Zambia and Liberia (measles). Development and implementation of risk communication and community mobilization strategies during Ebola outbreaks in Uganda and Liberia, and Marburg outbreak (Uganda), cholera outbreaks (Zambia and Tanzania). Development Health in All Policies strategies in Zambia and Namibia. Development of advocacy kits and health learning materials. Research and writing, training of district health promotion teams in health promotion programme management, communication and community engagement including WHO COMBI methodology for disease outbreak response. Production of WHO newsletters, press releases and management of WHO Country Office website. Working with the media including community radio.

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  National Council for Scientific Reseaerch

  • Lusaka, Zambia

  • Scientific Officer

    • Sep 1988 - Sep 1998
    • Lusaka, Zambia

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  Ministry of Science and Technology

  • Lusaka

  • Libraries Officer

    • Feb 1988 - Sep 1988
    • Lusaka