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CURRICULUM VITAE
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
First name: Mwarimu Alfred
Sex: Male Date of Birth: 24/11/1984 Nationality: Kenyan
Contact address: tel. +254718773442 Email.: lfrdmwrm1@gmail.com
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PERSONAL PROFILE
My life and career are based on the principle that “I can do all things through Christ who
strengthens me.” On this principle, I have set EXCELLENCE as my ultimate standard for
everything set do well knowing that all life is an act of worship and therefore my main objective
is to live a life that brings praise to God
Professionally
I am a gifted, qualified, dedicated, results oriented and passionate Public Health practisioner with
6+ years’ practical experience. I possess demonstrable expert knowledge, skills and experience
in key areas of health as detailed below.
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KEY STRENGTHS:
5+ Years providing healthcare service to vulnerable children and geriatric populations
4+ implementing health promotion programs
2+ years of conducting health system research
Self-driven, passionate and very passionate about exploring new heights and ways to
solve problems.
Excellent problem solving skills
Very eager to learn and ability to learn fast.
Creative and ability to think out of the box resulting from cross sector training (ranging
from clinical to public health to project monitoring and evaluation) and multi-faceted
diploma in clinical medicine and community health and an undergraduate degree.
Culturally sensitive, flexible and inclusive as a result of working with diverse
international populations.
Excellent scientific report writing and presentation skills
Excellent ability to critically analyze varied development and health projects resulting
from working in excellent dynamic organizations
Strong research and data analysis skills
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Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Languages: excellent command of English and Swahili
Experience I working with international humanitarian medical mission teams to reach out
to the underprivileged communities
Commendably pro active
Strong and commendable capacity building skills
Demonstrable knowledge and skills in coordinating health care services complex
emergency settings
Excellent skills in developing and maintaining an Health Management Information
System (HMIS)
Knowledge and skills of planning and coordinating health services in emergency settings
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SELECTED DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
Medical clinical officer,
Watoto childcare ministries
November 2010 to July 2014
Providing holistic medical care to vulnerable children and elderly women,
(offering holistic medical care, minor surgery, follow up and timely referral)
Planning, implementation and coordinating of health promotion activities
Mobilizing and maintaining multi-stakeholder engagement in the catchment
population.
Represent the organization at various forums
Enhance health utilization of adolescent and geriatric health services through
advocacy.
Quality improvement
Capacity building of 20 staff members through training, continuous medical
education and support supervision
Assist in managing the communications department
Planning health service delivery models
Leading and managing healthcare service delivery teams
Management of health management information systems
Monitoring and evaluation of the health service activities and reporting timely and
regularly to various stakeholders on the status of the program progress
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Achievements:
i. Successfully contributed in providing holistic care to vulnerable children and geriatric
women under the care of Watoto Childcare Ministries
ii. Successfully contributed in building staff capacity through continuous medical education
and training
iii. Contributed and gave technical support to the development of National health
management information system policy and the malaria control policy and also
contributed in the review of Uganda national extended immunization program.
iv. Successfully lead and managed the health service delivery team and successfully and
creatively solved problems and maintained good team spirit
v. Successfully coordinated adolescent health promotion programs (reproductive health and
school health programs)
vi. Timely compiled and submitted reports on various projects deliverables
vii. Successfully assisted the health manager in the administration of the health services
viii. Successfully conducted routine monitoring and evaluation for various project and project
activities
ix. Commendably mobilized communities for various health activities
x. Successfully planned and conducted a number of health Needs assessment activities.
xi. Developed project 4 fundable project proposals (1. A dental clinic was established, 2.
Routine nutritional assessment for the under five children,3. A diabetic clinic for the
elderly was also established, 4. Regular first aid training for schoolchildren were also
instituted)
xii. Provided technical and oversight to program planning and implementation as well as
policy formulation
xiii. Commendably and holistically advocated for the protection of children rights
xiv. Proactively contributed to the rehabilitation children suffering from abuse
Research clinician
Mildmay Uganda, Kampala, Uganda
September 2014-september 2015.
Give clinical oversight to the research team
Conducting data collection, data analysis and transcription(qualitative and quantitative)
Moderating Focus Group Discussions and
Planning, managing, review and continuous reporting on research project status.
Undertaking data analysis and data quality control
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Provide technical guidance to the research team on assessment of management outcome
for non communicable diseases among HIV/AIDS clients receiving care at MildMay
Uganda, Kampala
Assist in managing and daily operations of the research department
Undertaking Continuous Capacity building/Training of research.
External representation in various research forums
Programme management and strategy-meetings, reporting assessment.
Quality improvement
Achievements:
Effectively built capacity of 5 research officers on research procedures to successfully
undertake data collection and data entry
Efficiently managed and coordinated the research activities
Represented the organization at different forums and won an award for best abstract
presentation of a research paper I co- authored
Meet the deadlines set for various research activities (data collection, data entry, data
analysis, dissemination of information to various stakeholders)
Co authored a fundable project to scale up management of non communicable diseases
among HIV/AIDS in central Uganda
Timely complied and submitted reports on project activities
Gave technical and programmatic support
CONSULTANCY WORK
I addition to the above, I do freelance consultancy in the areas of health research, medical statics,
health promotion, monitoring and evaluation, health system research and project planning.
Achievements:
Effectively conducted and coordinated a number of research projects
Successfully trained individuals and corporate groups on data analysis using epiinfo, SPSS,
STATA and Excel.
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EDUCATION:
Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Disease Control-- Kenyatta University, Nairobi
Kenya (2016).
Bachelor of Science in Public health-- International health sciences university, (IHSU), Kampala,
(2014)
Diploma in clinical medicine and community health-- Gulu, Uganda, (2010)
Certificate in monitoring and evaluation Uganda management institute, (UMI) Kampala, (2015)
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Certificate in basic computer applications, Uganda, (2010)
Uganda advanced certificate of education (UACE) A’ level Uganda, (2005)
Uganda certificate of education (UCE), O’ Level, Uganda, (2003)
Certificate in trauma counselling Uganda (2010)
Certificate protection of child and young persons rights Uganda (2012)
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Humanitarian work
I have worked with Hearts Afire and Hand of Hope international medical mission outreaches to
provide medical services to underserved populations in northern Uganda
I also spent more than three years training and working in war torn northern Uganda immediately
towards the end insurgence. This experience equipped me with skills in managing and
coordinating skills in complex emergency. On this experience, I developed strong compassion
for the disadvantaged communities. It also gave me a feel of what it is like to work in insecure
complex emergency settings
REFEREES:
Mary Oditt
Director research and strategic information
Mildmayuganda
Email: mary.odit@mildmay.or.ug
tel.+256312210200
Harriet Chemusto
Research manager mild may Uganda
Tel. +256312210200/+256782405487
Email: harriet.chemusto@mildmay.or.ug
Chris Kaganda
Health Services Coordinator
Watoto Child Care Ministries
Email: chris.kaganda@watotochurch.com
Tel: +256788706872
