Arthur Namara Araali's curriculum vitae summarizes his professional experience and qualifications. He has over 15 years of experience working in community development roles, primarily focused on health education, counseling, and advocacy related to aging populations. Namara Araali holds a Master's degree in Social Gerontology from the University of Southampton and has received several awards for his research and work advocating for older persons in Uganda. He currently serves as the Principal Director of Health Nest Uganda, a non-profit organization that works with and for older persons.

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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAMARA ARTHUR ARAALI
Telephone: +256 0782 199612/702587029
Email: arthurnamara@yahoo.com
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1. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
First name: Arthur
Surname: Namara Araali
Birth place and date: Tooro, Uganda, September 1970
Nationality: Ugandan
Address: P.O Box 148, Entebbe
Wakiso, Uganda.
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2. PERSONAL PROFILE STATEMENT
I am an effective communicator, self-motivated with high personal integrity,
dependable and highly reliable in supporting and working in a team. I have the ability to
handle multi-tasks without compromising quality.
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3. ACHIEVEMENTS and AWARDS
a. One of the lead authors of the Social Gerontology Training Manual Published by
Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development in 2013
b. Good Leadership award by Uganda Red Cross Society – 2002 – 2006
c. Dean’s List Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Gerontology) –
University of Southampton (UK) 2016
d. Hazel Muras-Osborn Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance
(Gerontology) – University of Southampton (UK) 2016
e. Successfully conducted research on Health Ageing Using a Health Outcomes Tool
designed by Help Age (2016).
f. Led Research on EasyCare tool on assessing the health of older Persons 2012
g. Founded on Organization (Health Nest Uganda) that works for and with older
persons in 2007
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4. EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
DEGREE COURSE
2014 – 2015 Masters in Social Gerontology, Southampton University, UK

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2001 - 2004 Bachelors of Arts in Community Based Development (Hons; Upper),
Nkumba University, Uganda. .
SHORT COURSES
2013 The challenges of Global Poverty Certificate by The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology through edX
2008 Good Clinical Practice Training Certificate, INTERACT
2007 Certificate in Good Clinical Practice, Human Research & Protection of Human
Subjects, Collaborative Institution Training Initiative
2006 Certificate in Trainer of Trainers’ Course in HIV Prevention, Management, Care
and Support, Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour & Community Development
2006 Certificate in Couple Counseling and Testing, Partner in Prevention, Kampala site
2005 Certificate in ARVs Counselling Skills, Regional Training Network-Mild may
2005 First Aid Trainer of Trainers [TOT] Certificate, Magen David Adom in Israel
2004 Certificate in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation [CPR], Swedish Red Cross Sweden-
Gotland Region
2000 First Aid Trainer of Trainers [TOT] Certificate, Uganda Red Cross Society
2000 Certificate in Micro soft Ward, Window and Access, Medical Research Council,
Entebbe
1998 Diploma in Project Planning and Management, Uganda Chamber of Commerce
1999 Certificate in Counselling, TASO Uganda Limited
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5. WORK EXPERIENCE
o Institution: HENU - Health Nest Uganda
Position Held: Principal Director
Period: 2007 – to date
 Help develop group activities for older persons in the community
 Lobbying for the rights and issues of older persons and orphans under their
care in Uganda.
 Advocate for better services and care for older persons in Uganda
 Actively engage and energize HENU volunteers, board members, older
persons groups and partnering organizations

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 Develop, maintain, and support HENU Board of Directors and Older Persons
Forum: serve as ex-officio of each committee, seek and build board
involvement with HENU strategic direction for both ongoing activities as well
as for the new projects
 Lead, coach, develop, and retain HENU's high-performance volunteer team.
 Ensure effective systems to track scaling progress, and regularly evaluate
program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively
communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents
 Identify fundraising strategies that benefit and complement the mission and
vision of the NGO
 Deepen and refine all aspects of communications—from web presence to
external relations with the goal of creating a stronger brand
 Use external presence and relationships to garner new opportunities
 Build and expand partnerships and networks for HENU with the funders,
political and community leaders.
 Allocating resources and supplies to the HENU volunteers in order to make
sure they have the correct equipment to complete their responsibilities to
the highest potential.
 Making sure that programs and activities are being laid out efficiently and as
effectively as possible.
 Ensure that the activities implemented are of good quality and relevant to
the mission and vision of the organization.
 Advocating and embracing change.
 Being a leader by setting high standards and living by these standards,
mentoring and instilling hope in HENU volunteers and followers, and making
hard decisions and critical choices.
 Listening to the community’s needs.
 Recognizing and supporting change within the community on issues of older
persons.
 Utilizing essential interpersonal, communication, and listening skills to
challenge misconceptions about ageing
 Using the information gained through community programs to promote
greater public awareness about issues of older persons
 Assessing whether HENU programs and activities have been successful by
talking to community members and getting their feedback.
 Conducting research on the effect of aging or diseases that affect older
persons in Uganda
 Promote health aging
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda

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Position Held: Community Liaison Officer
HSS - Project
Period: 2016 – to date
 To establish and maintain close collaborative links with study communities
 To operationalise and oversee NCD outreach activities at participating
health facilities
 To liaise with the field worker(s) to supervise outreach activities
 To co-ordinate health education on CDs at community level
 To provide orientation of VHTs into project activities
 To provide IEC material to VHTs and to community
 To ensure utilisation of checklists for referral of potential cases of CD
 To document and provide timely study updates to study team and to VHTs
 To participate in community health activities e.g. family health days,
World Health days, etc
 To write reports for engagement activities with VHTs and share them with
research teams
 To co-ordinate travel and transport for the field teams
 To conduct health facility supervisory visits
 To provide technical support to health workers at participating health
facilities
 To provide technical guidance to co-interviewers during supervisory visits
 To track and order supplies/consumables for the health facilities
 To track and order supplies/consumables for the field teams
 To administer research related interviews, questionnaires or checklists and
collect data
 To check checklists/ questionnaires to ensure accurate record of data
before leaving the field
 To contribute to data cleaning, writing papers and publications.
 To help design and roll out a dissemination plan at the end of the project
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda
Position Held: Head Counsellor
HSS - Project
Period: 2013 – March 2016
 To co-ordinate health worker training and health facility supervisory schedules and
inform the principles in time
 To facilitate health worker and community health worker (VHTs) trainings
 To ensure the timely conduct of health facility supervisory visits
 To obtain informed consent from study participants as appropriate
 To administer research related interviews, questionnaires or checklists and collect
data
 To check checklists/ questionnaires to ensure accurate record of data before leaving
the field
 To liaise with the community health workers (VHTs) to promote program activities
at the intervention health facilities and communities
 To provide health education to patients/ study participants and the intervention
communities
 To provide technical support to health workers at participating health facilities

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 To track and order supplies/consumables for the health facilities
 To track and order supplies/consumables for the field teams
 To contribute to data cleaning, writing papers and publications.
 To keep and order minutes of team meetings or workshops
 To help design and roll out a dissemination plan at the end of the program
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda
Position Held: Health Educator
HCP (COSTOP) - Project
Period: 2008 – 2013
Responsibilities:
 To lead and coordinate communication between the community and the
project
 To explain study information to potential study participants
 To obtain informed consent from potential study participants
 To educate study participants and their families about study interventions
such as study drug
 To support participants in adhering to study drug and trial procedures
 To provide psychosocial and counselling support to study participants
 To contribute to data cleaning, paper writing and publications
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda
Position Held: Head Counsellor/Health Educator
Entebbe Cohort - Project
Period: 2003 – 2008
Responsibilities:
 Liaising between Medical Research with TASO Entebbe branch
 Coordinating outreach activities
 Educating HIV infected and affected people about Nutrition and hygiene
 Counselling clients about ART and adherence
 Educating and obtaining informed consent from patients willing to
participate in research
 Conducting study interviews using questionnaires
 Assessing and addressing patients’ psychosocial issues
 Home visiting clients to assess their home environment
 Coordinate and give support to counseling coordinators and field officers.
 Giving Health Talks about Research and obtaining informed consent from
potential study participants
 Compiling monthly field and counseling activity reports

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 Offering on going psychosocial support to study participants
 Organizing & conducting Discordant couple workshops [TASO]
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research in Uganda
Position Held: Study Clerk
Septrin Study - Project
Period: 1998 – 2002
Responsibilities
 Giving health talks to all patients attending TASO Entebbe clinic about study
interventions
 Educating potential study participants about the study
 Obtaining informed consent from willing patients
 Maintaining patient records and data
 Providing information about research to potential study participants
 Coordinating Patients flow at the clinic
 Scheduling patients’ appointments.
 Handling Administration and finances of Entebbe Cohort project
o Institution: Medical Research Council Unit on HIV/AIDS Research
Position Held: Study Clerk/Clinic Assistant
Period: 1994 – 1998
Pneumococcal Vaccine Study
Responsibilities
 Maintaining patient records and data
 Providing information about research to potential study participants
 Coordinating Patients flow at the clinic
 Scheduling patients’ appointments.
 Handling Administration and finances of Entebbe Cohort project
 Home visiting
 Making monthly reports of project activities
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6. Research Experience
2012 – 2014, I was part of the research team that investigated whether it was better for
people with HIV infection to start taking HIV medicines as soon as they found that they
had HIV or wait until their CD4 cell count is less than 350 cells/mm3. The study was
called Strategic Timing of Ant-Retroviral Treatment (START).The study results have
influenced change of policy in initiation of ART drugs among HIV infected people.

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2008 – 2013, I was part of the team that investigated the Safety of discontinuing
Cotrimoxazole among African adults on ART. It was a randomized controlled trial. The
study results indicated that it was safer to continue with septrin despite the CD4 count
results.
2001 – 2007, I was involved as a Study Clerk in educating clients on several
immunological studies looking at interventions for possible prevention and treatment of
HIV and collecting information about the illnesses which affect people infected with HIV.
Mobilizing, Educating and obtaining informed Consent were my main tasks
1998- 2001, I was involved as a Study Clerk in educating clients about a study that
looked at the effectiveness of contrimaxazole in preventing opportunistic diseases in
People Living with HIV/AIDS. Mobilizing, Educating and obtaining informed Consent
were my main tasks
1999-2000, I was involved as a Study Clerk still in educating clients about TB prophylaxis
study. This involved giving INH to about 200 clients who participated in the
Pneumococcal Vaccine Trial and had a positive TB skin test (PPD)
1994-1998, I was involved as a Clinic Assistant in educating and providing information
about and prevention of chest infections amongst TASO Entebbe clients who were later
recruited into pneumococcal vaccine Trial Project. The study was a placebo controlled
vaccine trial to prevent pneumonia in HIV infected adults in Entebbe.
As a member of a team of Researchers since 1994, I have a wealth of experience in the
field of health education and biomedical research
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7. Associations/Membership
 Gerontologist (Member) – Uganda National Council for Older Persons (2016 –
2021)
 Life Member – Uganda Red Cross Society
 Member – TASO (U) ltd
 Member – Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council (Orukurato)
 Member – Health Nest Uganda
 Member – EasyCare Health Project International Advisory Council (UK)
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8. Presentations and Publications
 Made an oral presentation on the “Strengthening responsiveness to older
people issues and concerns in Uganda: an innovative approach” in an

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International Conference on Gerontology and Geriatrics in Tehran, Iran from 14th
– 16th
October 2015
 I am one of the authors of that published the Uganda Social Gerontology Manual
in October 2013.
 December 2012, I presented on the Integration of Easy Care tool in Community
Life Competence Process (CLCP) at Easy Care Board Meeting at World Health
Organisation in Switzerland
 “First aid management of chemical eye splashes and needle stick injuries” 2013,
2008, 2007, 2006. Papers presented to Laboratory Staff of Medical Research
Council, Uganda Virus Research Institute and CDC
 “Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Trends at TASO Entebbe since 1996 –
lessons and challenges”. Paper presented to a Scientific Seminar at Uganda Virus
Research Institute – August 2004
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9. Responsibilities ever held
 Treasurer, Uganda Red Cross Society Entebbe Branch 1998 - 2007
 Trainer of First Aiders for Uganda Red Cross 2000 - 2007.
 Chairman Entebbe Tooro People’s Society, Nkumba University 2002 – 2004
 Chairman TASO Entebbe Staff Welfare Scheme 1998 – 2000
 Deputy Minister of Marketing and Production – Tooro Kingdom 2008 - 2009
 Speaker – Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council – December 2010 - August 2011
 Minister of Foreign Affairs and Inter-Kingdom Cooperation Tooro Kingdom 2013
– 2015
 Minister of Information and Cabinet Affairs Tooro Kingdom 2015 – todate
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10. Representation
 In May 2000 – I represented Uganda Red Cross Society in the President’s office
in preparation for Heroes day celebrations.
 February 28th to 23rd March 2001 – I represented Uganda Red Cross Society in
a twinning seminar in Sweden.
 May 2004 I led a delegation from Entebbe Red Cross Branch to Sweden to
strengthen the twinning cooperation.

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Referees:
Retired Bishop Samuel Balagadde Ssekkadde
Chairperson Older Persons Forum
HENU – Health Nest Uganda
0772500494
Dr. Ivan Namakoola
Medical Officer
Medical Research Council
HIV Care Programme
0772494942