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Curriculum Vitae
SAMSON OLUSEGUN ATURAKA, B.Sc, CHSCM, ACIA, MBA, M.Sc, PhD (In View)
I/c Mr. Adeyemi Babalola, Niigerian French Language Village, P.M.B. 1011, Ajara Badagry, Lagos State.
Mobile: +234802 595 6625, +234909 303 5005, E-mail : segunhydd@yahoo.com,
otunbaturaka1964@gmail.com
Competencies
I am a seasoned Medical laboratory Scientist with good analytical mind and experience in Management of
men and materials. I have acquired skills for over 20 years in all areas of medical laboratory sciences,
logistics, Health System Strengthening, inventory and warehousing management in the public and
development sectors. I have been well exposed to supply chain management with USAID funded
International Non-Governmental Organizations. I have worked with AXIOS and Family Health International
(FHI360) on the GHAIN and SIDHAS projects. I am experienced in the use of Microsoft words, Excel,
PowerPoint, DHIS 2 and mSupply software for warehousing.
Qualifications.
2016 (March - June), CLMH Certificate in Leadership and Management in Health, University of Washington,
USA
2014-2017, PhD in Public Health (In view) – University of Central America, Nicaragua
2012-2015, CHSCM Certificate in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management, Fritz Institute/CILT, UK.
2006-2008, MSc (Immunology) Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City, Edo State.
2000-2002, MBA (Business Administration) Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State.
1995-1998, ACIA (Financial Administration). The Chartered Institute of Administration, Nigeria.
1985-1990, BSc (AMLSCN) School of Medical Laboratory Science, Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
Complex, Ile-Ife.
1977-1982, WASC/GCE Ordinary Level, Obalatan Commercial Grammar School, Ilupeju Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Professional Membership
• Member, Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN)
• Member, Association of Medical Laboratory Scientist of Nigeria (AMLSN)
• Member, Chartered Institute of Administration (CIA)
• Member, International Association of Public Health Logisticians (IAPHL)
• Member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
Work Experience.
a. Logistics Management, Health System strengthening and Continuous Quality Improvement
October 2014 – Date Technical Officer – HSS/ Logistics with FHI360 in the development of FHI 360 in-
house capacity among the various departments, implementing agencies (IAs) and all tiers of government in
all aspects of logistics and supply chain management of health commodities. Provide technical support and
leadership to Nigeria’s efforts to strengthen the procurement and supply chain management system of
health commodities using evidence based data from the Logistics management information system, to
reduce stock-outs, lower costs and eliminate wastage
• Work with state Logistics team to strengthen inventory management at the facility level and Community
Based Organizations (CBOs) to ensure that all required health inventory checks are conducted, all
variances reconciled and flag areas requiring redistributions.
• Ensure proper documentation and timely reporting at the facility level and Participate in joint DQA
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exercise with other partners
• Ensure that all commodities are stored effectively
• Work with SCMS to ensure that commodities are supplied to all 472 supported health facilities in Cross
River State and flag distribution gaps by reviewing proof of delivery document
• Provide technical coordination in product selection, quality assurance, receipt of commodities and
efficient storage and distribution systems.
• Prepare reporting rates, stock status reports, expiry status reports, stock outs reports and bimonthly
state aggregate reports and share with Country Office
• Work with the state team to ensure all logistics data are captured into DHIS
• Support functionality of the state Logistics technical working groups
• Provide technical support to facility staff on generation of bimonthly CRRIRF of laboratory reagents
and other project commodities
• Build the capacity of facility staff and members of the state logistics team on supply chain
management.
• Conduct quarterly monitoring and supervisory visits to facilities on logistics activities
• Member of senior management team (SMT)
November, 2011 – September, 2014. Logistics Advisor with Axios Foundation in the implementation of
SIDHAS programme to build Government of Nigeria capacity to deliver and sustain integrated, quality
HIV/AIDS services. SIDHAS is designed with a focus on health system strengthening (HSS), with all
interventions delivery within the GON’s strategic health framework and structure.
• Build the capacity of the state government officials and health personnel to forecast, quantify,
acquire and distribute HIV/AIDS health commodities.
• Quantification of drugs, Laboratory reagents and consumables.
• Warehousing of all project commodities at the state warehouse.
• Distribution of health commodities to the Health Facilities supported by SIDHAS (for gap-filling
purposes)
• Redistribution of health commodities between HFs.
• Support and strengthening the LMIS to enable HF report their consumption data accurately and
timely.
• Building capacity of the SITs to mentor, monitor and supervise SCM activities both at health facility
level
• Advocating for State driven SCM activities with leveraging of resources from government to support
the activities
• Supporting the State coordination mechanisms to ensure integration of HIV/AIDS related
commodities into the State Warehousing, Distribution and LMIS)
• Supporting the state in coordination and harmonization of other IPs SCM activities to achieve
maximum efficiency and synergies through the formation of LTWG.
• Support the state to formulate and implement SC performance indicators.
• Provide logistics and technical assistance to the state government officials to monitor and supervise
the health facilities.
• Support the state officials to review the health facilities stock status reports and provide feedback to
the health faculties.
b. Commodities Logistics Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation
September, 2009 – September, 2011. Commodity Logistics Officer with Family Health International
(FHI)/Achieving Health Nigeria initiative (AHNi) is a public health and development organization working to
improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people. FHI’s employees worldwide conduct research and
implement programs that advance public health and building local capacity to address development needs.

The tasks include providing technical support to the implementation of high quality services with primary
focus on health commodities and or logistics management related to program implementation under the
supervision of the Senior Medical Services Advisor.
Specific Responsibilities include:
• Coordinate the design and implementation of components related to commodities logistics in
program implementation.
• Provide technical assistance to all aspects of commodities forecasting, storage and distribution and
capacity building relating to logistics management of field programs.
• Contributes to development of lesions learned from programs and projects related to commodities
logistics and apply these to modify existing programs and improve the design of new programs.
• Assists in the provision of programmatic assistance to partners on issues of commodities logistics
management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Perform other health system strengthening duties as assigned.
c. Logistics Management and Warehousing
November, 2008 – 2009. State Program Officer (Commodities Logistics) with Axios Foundation. An
organization that provides strategic consulting and implementation services that increase access to
medicines, diagnostics and healthcare. Axios provides its clients with expert knowledge of HIV, cancer and
other chronic diseases, as well as specialized expertise in healthcare delivery in low- and middle- income
countries.
Provide technical support to implementation of high quality services with primary focus on health
commodities logistics management related to program implementation.
• Ensure that Order requests from Health facilities are promptly processed by Axios Central
Warehouse & State Program Depot where applicable.
• Monitor and ensure effective Inventory Management System at the Health Facilities for
completeness and accuracy of all transactions.
• Conduct periodic stock verification exercise and reconciliation of records to ensure accountability of
the commodities issued to the Health Facilities
• Have good understanding of DHIS to ensure that quality data are entered into DHIS at the zone and
subsequently exported to the Country Office.
• Analyze data from DHIS on commodity logistics and share same with stakeholders at the zonal level
and country office level.
• Monitoring and supervision of the Laboratory commodities and RTKs in HAST Project in the
selected LGA
• Conduct routine monitoring visits to GHAIN Project sites to provide technical support and capacity
building for staff of the sites.
• Follow up at the Health Facilities on timely preparation and submission of monthly reports on
commodities logistics.
• Participate in trainings /meetings organized by GHAIN Zonal Office.
d. Medical Laboratory Services
March, 1994 - November, 2008. Assistant Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist with Lagos State Ministry of
Health/ Heath Service Commission Lagos State. Rising from the post of Medical laboratory
scientist to Assistant Chief Medical Laboratory Scientist having worked in various sections and

departments in different General Hospital including being a head of department in some of the
hospitals in Lagos State.
• Supervision, screening and certification of blood using ELIZA technique for testing of HIV, Syphilis,
and Hepatitis B and C for blood transfusion services
• Supervision and testing human samples such as blood, tissue, urine or cerebrospinal and faecal
material for enzymes, hormones, and other constituents
• Testing human samples such as blood, tissue, urine or cerebrospinal and faecal material for
enzymes, hormones, and other constituents
• Monitoring the effects of medication and other programmes of treatment by carrying out further tests
• Using information technology to accurately record and analyze data, write reports and share results
and assisting in ensuring that the necessary turnaround times for reporting results are achieved
wherever possible
• Implementing quality control procedures (both internal and external) to maintain accurate results for
achieving good laboratory practice.
• Supervision & coordination of GHAIN / PEPFAR laboratory for antiretroviral activities e.g. CD4/CD8
counts, clinical chemistry & haematology test.
• General management of laboratory department, responding to and redirecting professional enquiries
and assisting in ensuring that the necessary turnaround times for reporting results are achieved
wherever possible.
• Working with computers, sophisticated automated machinery, microscopes and other hi-tech
laboratory equipment for CD4 testing, Heamatology and clinical chemistry.
• Procurement of laboratory equipment,reagents, chemicals & consumables.
• HIV Counseling and testing at the Heart-to-Heart centre.
• Collection, X-matching of blood for transfusion services and analysing cell cultures grown from
tissue samples and identifying blood groups
• Management and supervision of microbiology and parasitology laboratory.
• Collection, Smearing & staining of AFB samples and Oversee the activities of Mycobacteria
tuberculosis programme (DOTS)
• developing new methods of investigation and keeping up to date with diagnostic innovations
• communicating the results of tests to medical staff, who use the information to diagnose and treat
the patient’s illness
• maintaining and updating professional knowledge and taking responsibility for continuing
professional development (CPD)
e. Private Medical Laboratory Services
December, 1991- March, 1994. Laboratory Manager with Beta Medical Laboratory Limited, Hospital Road,
Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Specific Responsibilities Include:
• Management of all laboratory activities including Co-ordination and supervision of other laboratory
staff
• Supervision and testing human samples such as blood, tissue, urine or cerebrospinal and faecal
material for enzymes, hormones, and other constituents
• Testing human samples such as blood, tissue, urine or cerebrospinal and faecal material for
enzymes, hormones, and other constituents
• Monitoring the effects of medication and other programmes of treatment by carrying out further tests

• communicating the results of tests to medical staff, who use the information to diagnose and treat
the patient’s illness
• Co-ordination and supervision of other laboratory staff
f. Capacity Building
August, 1990- December, 1991.
School of Health Technology,
Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
Specific Responsibilities Include:
• Lecturing and Teaching of students
• Maintaining and updating professional knowledge
• Organizing, co-coordinating and workshop and seminars
• Organizing laboratory practical’s and tutorials
Training and Development Programs Attended
• 13th
– 14th
June, 2016, FP-HIV (CLMS) Integrated Logistics Training, Calabar.
• 18th
– 23rd
January, 2016, FP/HIV/STI integration Training of Trainer (ToT), Abuja
• 27th
May, 2015, Logistics data analysis using Pivot Table in the DHIS
• July 15th
-19th
, 2013 – Basic Principle of Forecasting and Quantification using Excel and Quantimen
• August, 14th
– 17th
2012 – Integrated Supply Chain Management of HIV/AIDS Commodities.
• November, 2011 – Global Health e-learning course on Logistics for Health commodities, Malaria,
M&E Fundamentals, Antimicrobial Resistance (Pact 1) and HIV Basics (pact 1)
• April 2011 - 2 day mSupply software warehousing training Ghain Office, Tisco Plaza, Alausa Ikeja,
Lagos.
• December 2010 - Commodities logistics training for State logistics officers in Abuja.
• Oct 2009 - Capacity building for State logistics officers in Abuja.
• March 2009 - District Health Information System (DHIS) FHI, Country office, Abuja.
• February, 2009 - Training Workshop on HIV/AIDS Commodities Logistics and Operationalization of
Pull System by Axios Foundation.
• February, 2008 - Training in Internet, Intranet and Mouse by Ministry of Health, Computer
Resources Centre, Alausa Ikeja.
• July, 2007- Laboratory Training on HIV Serology, CD4 Count, Heamatology, Clinical Chemistry, and
Good Laboratory Training Workshop on Evaluating Hospital Blood Bank Practices in Nigeria
Organized by Safe Blood for Africa Foundation on Behalf of the CDC.
• . July-August, 2007 - Practice and Laboratory Quality System by USAID, FHI, PEPFAR and GHAIN.
• March, 2007-Training on Good Laboratory Practice, HIV Counselling and Rapid Testing Organized
by HIVN.
• September, 2006 - Advance Training Course on Blood Group serology & Quality Issues in Hospital
Blood Banking Organized by SBA Foundation, PEPFAR and Lagos State Blood Transfusion
Services.
Bio Data
Marital Status – Married with Children
Residence – Block 12, Plot 2, Low Cost Housing Estate, Torikoh Badagry, Lagos State.
Referees.

Sadiq Umar
Axios Foundation Nigeria,
Coscharis Plaza,
Area 3, Garki Abuja
Tel: +234 803 882 9798
Email: Sadiq,umar@axioxfoundation.org
Joseph Tarhembah
FHI360/SIDHAS Offices
C/O CRS Essential Drugs Complex, 30 Barracks Road, Calabar, Cross River State/University of Calabar
Teaching Hospital (By male Ward) Permanent Site, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Tel: +2347036882260; +2348095188788
Email: jtarhembah@sidhas.org
Pharm (Mrs). Afusat Adesina
Fhi360 Office, 3rd
Floor Tisco Plaza, 3 Alhaja Ashabi Cole Street,
CBD, Ikeja, Lagos State Office,
Tel: +234 909 810 8230
Email: aadesina@sidhas.org

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