1. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
Ndifreke Ekanem
21 Evo Road, GRA Phase 1, Port Harcourt, Rivers State | 08069608323 | sync872000@gmail.com
PROFILE
I have over eight (8) years cumulative professional experience in providing technical assistance and management
of public health logistics and monitoring of public health programs through PEPFAR and other international
donor funds to Nigeria, with an extensive training in commodities quantification and supply chain management
from JSI SCMS Project; and on Monitoring & Evaluation from MeasureEvaluation. As well as being a member of
IAPHL (International Association of Public Health Logisticians), I have a very good knowledge of the Nigerian
public health sector due to my high level working relationships with State Ministries of Health, PSM TWGs, M&E
TWGs and SACAs of several States and at the national level having been a key member of the National PSM TWG
and Strategic Information TWG as well as a former chairperson of the Akwa Ibom State Logistics/M&E TWG.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Logistics Advisor, John Snow Inc. (SCMS & USAID|DELIVER Project); September 2012 till date
(September 2012 - March 2014 – Cross River State; April 2014 till date – Rivers State)
 Provide technical support to and manage all Public Health Programs (Malaria, TB,
Reproductive Health, HIV) supply chain activities in the State
 Provide technical support to the State Logistics Management Coordination Unit (LMCU)
and provide coordination in managing supported health facilities in the State to ensure
commodity security of all relevant health commodities
 Provide technical support to the LMCU in the preparation of State Quarterly
Commodities Stock Status Reports (QSSR) for all Public Health programs (HIV, Malaria,
TB, Reproductive Health) and ensure the timely generation Bimonthly LMIS Technical
Report
 Share analyzed commodities stock status data with all relevant stakeholders and policy
makers in the State and advise the State PSM TWG on managing public health
commodities to avert stock-outs and expiries

2. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
 Provide technical support to the State on commodity utilization, monitoring &
evaluation, forecasting and supply planning using the State’s Stock Status Report and
relevant supply chain indicators
 Support coordination of supply chain activities in the State including timely collation and
validation of LMIS reports from all health facilities working collaboratively with
implementing partners, coordinating agencies, program managers to inform accurate
supply chain decisions
 Collaborate with the State PSM TWG to carry out capacity development through routine
MSV (Monitoring and Supportive Visits) to health facilities with poor performance
indicators
 Provide technical support to the LMCU in the development of an integrated State
workplan for all public health programs’ supply chain activities
 Support capacity building activities for GoN (Government of Nigeria) counterparts and
other stakeholders on supply chain activities
 Deploy other cost effective strategies in LMIS data collection aside from cluster review
meetings which include use of LGA M&E personnel for report collation and emails for
LMIS reports submission for ART comprehensive sites
 Prepare commodities long-haul requirement estimates for the entire phase (Abia, Akwa
Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River & Rivers States) using bimonthly commodities utilization and
SOH data analysis
 Ensure capacity transfer and provide technical support to the State focal persons in the
LMCU on LMIS reports collection/collation from health facilities, reports validation,
development of LMD (Last Mile Distribution) matrix and preparation of State Quarterly
Stock Status Report
 Conduct TB Mentoring, FP CLMS (Contraceptives Logistics Management System) & MCLS
(Malaria Commodities Logistics System) Trainings for health facility staff and support
routine review meetings
 Conducted end-user LMCH (Logistics Management of HIV Commodities) trainings for
SDP staff in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa and Rivers States
 Collated and analyzed shelve-life of commodities and take remedial actions to
avert/reduce expiries by facilitating community outreach to increase utilization and
carrying-out redistribution as may be required
 Dejunking and waste drive management: Collate data on expiries and on several
occasions have acted on behalf of the Operations Department to supervise movement,
screening, weighing and incineration of expired and quarantined health commodities at
the incineration plant

3. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
Monitoring & Evaluation/Logistics Advisor, Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme
(ECEWS) a PEPFAR Implementing Partner; April 2008 to August, 2012
 Provide coordination of all Monitoring & Evaluation activities to facilities and ensure
timely collation and validation of reports for Adult & Pediatric Palliative Care & Support,
OVC, TB/HIV, PMTCT & Sexual Prevention programs
 Provide coordination of all supply chain activities to ensure non-stock out of
commodities and timely collation of site-level LMIS across supported sites
 Provide coordination & ensure that all Program Managers implement their thematic
program areas on target timelines and meet set objectives
 Organize and facilitate in workshops/training on Monitoring & Evaluation and Logistics
for HIV/AIDS programming across seven (7) thematic program areas and partner CBOs
 Conduct routine field visits to sites (facility & community-based) for project monitoring,
collection, collation and analysis of programs and logistics data.
 Design and maintain both paper-based and electronic database Management
Information System for eight(8) thematic program areas across 67 sites in three States
(Abia, Akwa Ibom & Cross River States) for logistics data and routine programs M&E
data
 Collated and reported site-level bi-monthly RTK & ARV LMIS to SCMS on a timely basis
from sites in the HIV/AIDS supply chain unification pilot region
 Prepare monthly, quarterly and other routine reports on HIV/AIDS response on eight (8)
thematic program areas (HCT, PMTCT, TB-HIV, Adult/Pediatric Care & Support, Sexual
Prevention, and Strategic Information) to management, USG PEPFAR Strategic
Information Team & CDC
 Advise/assist management in planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of
projects
 Attend all USG PEPFAR Implementing Partners’ Strategic Information (USG SI TWG,
SAPR, APR & IPR) meetings on behalf of the organization
 Attend and properly represent the organization at quarterly National/USG PSM/Logistics
TWG meetings, monthly State Logictics/M&E meetings (coordinated by State Ministry of
Health, in conjunction with SACA in Akwa Ibom, Abia & Cross River States)

4. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
Logistics/Quantification & Strategic Information (S.I) Officer, Excellence Community Education
Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) a PEPFAR Implementing Partner; July 2007 – March, 2008.
 Provide coordination of all supply chain activities to ensure non-stock out of
commodities across supported sites
 Providing quantification, forecasting and management of HIV rapid test kits, its
consumables, IEC materials and condoms
 Developed and managed electronic LMIS centrally, and deployed paper-based
requisition-utilization tools across sites to monitor commodity utilization
 Ensured non-stock out of HIV test kits, lab consumables, IEC materials and condoms at
site level
 Conducted training for site level staff on supply chain management of commodities,
taking into account site needs, proper quantification, lead time, stock taking and general
supply chain management
 Attend bi-monthly USG-coordinated Rapid Test Kits, ARVs, & condoms logistics meetings
on behalf of the organization
 Provide periodic reports to SCMS; and management on commodities and advise
accordingly on quantification and procurement
STRONG POINTS/ACHIEVEMENTS & CORE COMPETENCIES
 Excellent performance appraisals for the past three (3) consecutive years as an
outstanding Logistics Advisor
 Deep understanding of public health supply chain principles to ensure commodity
security and SPARCHS as a tool for reproductive health Commodity Security
 Through my technical support, Rivers State was the first State in the country to have its
LMCU to be formally instituted and inaugurated by the State government with an
approved budgetary provision in the State Appropriation Bill and an office space in the
State Ministry of Health
 Supported the State LMCU to develop seven (7) editions of the State Quarterly Stock
Status Report for all public health commodities
 I have led teams and participated in National MSV (Monitoring & Supportive Visits) to
health facilities in Ondo, Ebonyi, Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River States

5. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
 Outstanding technical writing and oral presentation skills, having been part of the
technical narratives and budget development of two successful CDC RFAs
 Development of electronic Management Information Systems using various
programming languages for managing and analyzing health, programmatic and logistics
data
 Ability to determine and analyze Logistics and program performance indicators for
programmatic and supply chain management
 Ability to develop study designs with Epi-Info and SPSS softwares
 High proficiency in personal computer user skills with all Microsoft Office Suite
applications
 Excellent communication skills (both written & verbal) and ability to seamlessly work
with other team members and/or alone with minimum or no supervision
 Proven ability to work in hard-to-reach areas and travel in the field even at short notice
TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
 Basic Concepts of Family Planning and TB commodities Supply Chain Management (TB
Mentoring & FP/HIV Integration Orientation); Conducted by USAID|DELIVER, Abuja
(February, 2016)
 Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on Logistics Management of Health Commodities
(LMHC), Conducted by USAID|DELIVER, Abuja (August 6th – 17th, 2012)
 Monitoring & Evaluation Training for OVC, conducted by MeasureEvaluation and the
Nigerian Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (21st – 25th March, 2011)
 National Health Sector Quarterly Data Validation Workshops, coordinated by HIV
Division of the Federal Ministry of Health (From 2008 till 2012)
 National Non-Health Sector Quarterly Data Validation Workshops, coordinated by
National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS - NACA (From 2008 till 2012)
 Epi-Info and SPSS research and analytical software training, conducted by Centre for
Research Operations in Africa; Calabar. (November 4th – 7th, 2010)
 National Prevention Workshop on MPPI/PITT (Minimum Package of Prevention
Intervention & Prevention Intervention Tracking Tool), conducted by National
Prevention TWG; Makurdi (October 25th – 27th, 2010)

6. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
 Data Demand and Information Use(Strengthening the Use of HIV and AIDS Information)
Workshop, conducted by MeasureEvaluation; Access Hotel, Kaduna (February 15th –
17th, 2010)
 National MSM IEC Material Development Workshop for MSM Programming held in
Channel View Hotel, Calabar (February 24th – 25th, 2010)
 Executive Leadership Development Training by Ivory Consult, Daaty Hotel, Uyo (3rd –
4th February, 2010)
 Participation in The Akwa Ibom State Strategic Planning/Development (SSP) Workshop
between 9th – 20th November, 2009.
 National Prevention Intervention Tracking Tool (PITT) Workshop, Rockview Hotel,
FESTAC, Lagos (October 26th – 30th, 2009)
 A 4-day M&E Training Workshop on the Basics of Monitoring and Evaluation, Indicator
Definition & Characteristics conducted by ICAP (International Centre for AIDS Care and
Treatment Programs, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University), Makurdi.
(April 1st to 4th, 2008).
 End User Training on GLP and Use of Bundi HIV Rapid Test Kit as a Tie-Breaker in the
Current National Testing Algorithm, conducted by Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria
(IHVN) at IHVN Laboratory Training Center, Asokoro, Abuja. (February 11th to 13th,
2008).
 Capacity building training on the PEP Model for Community Level Strategic HIV/AIDS
Prevention conducted by Society for Family Health (SFH). (November 20th to 27th,
2007).
STUDY/PROJECT RESEARCH
I. Member of the Akwa Ibom State Modes of HIV Transmission (MoT) Study Team, with
technical assistance from DFID-funded Enhancing Nigeria’s Multi-sectoral HIV Response
(ENR) Program (November, 2011)
II. Importance of Phytopathology to Mankind: A seminar paper presented to The Dept. of
Botany, University of Calabar, Calabar. (July, 2006).
III. Plant Tissue Culture: Chaonephora cucurbitarum as a facultative saprobe: A research
project presented to The Dept. of Botany, University of Calabar, Calabar. (December,
2006).

7. |Ndifreke Ekanem |sync872000@gmail.com +234 806 960 8323
EDUCATION/TRAINING
2016 Masters in Public Health (MPH), University of Liverpool (In view)
2016 Annually certified in US Abortion and FP Requirements - 2014, 2015, 2016; John
Hopkins School of Public Health
2012 ToT (Training of Trainers) Workshop on Logistics Management of Health
Commodities (LMHC), Abuja (August 6th
– 17th
, 2012)
2010 Certificate in M&E Frameworks for HIV/AIDS Program, John Hopkins School of
Public Health Global Health e-Learning Centre
2010 Certificate in Logistics for Health Commodities, John Hopkins School of Public
Health Global Health e-Learning Centre
2010 Strengthening Supply Chains through Monitoring & Evaluation Training,
conducted by Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), Kaduna. (November 9th
to 16th
, 2010)
2008 Nigeria National Training on Monitoring & Evaluation Of Public Health
Programs, conducted by MeasureEvaluation, Jos, Nigeria (June 11th
– 20th
, 2008)
2007 ProQ and PipeLine Quantification and Supply Plan Training, conducted by
Supply Chain Management System (SCMS), Abuja. (August 14th
to 22nd
, 2007)
2007 B.Sc. Botany, University of Calabar, Calabar
2002 Diploma in Computer Programming/Application, Contemporary Institute of
Information Technology, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State (Affiliated to Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile Ife).
REFEREES
I. Sunday Aguora
Director, Field Programs Management
Supply Chain Management System (SCMS)
Partnership for Supply Chain Management (PFSCM)
USAID | DELIVER PROJECT
John Snow, Inc. (JSI) Logistics Services
Cell: +234 (0) 806 3800 779
Email: saguora@ng.pfscm.org

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II. Pharm (Mrs.) Ureh C, Peters
Director of Pharmaceutical Services
Rivers State Ministry of Health,
State Secretariat Complex, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Cell: +234 (0) 803 707 9775
Email: urehp@yahoo.com
III. Dr. Lekan Ajijola
State Program Manager
SIDHAS Project, FHI360
No 6, Etonahia Close, Olu-Obasanjo Way
Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Cell: +234 (0) 803 427 5155
Email: lajijola@ng.fhi360.org
IV. Dr. Golden Owhonda, FWACP
Deputy Director, Public Health Services
Program Manager, (State AIDS/STI Control Program).
Rivers State Ministry of Health
Cell: +234 (0) 803 338 9721
Email: goldenowhonda@yahoo.com