Eleonah Kapapa is a Zambian researcher seeking new opportunities. She has over 15 years of experience conducting research projects in Africa on topics like public health, energy, and development. Her skills include qualitative data collection and analysis, budget management, and fluency in English and local languages. Kapapa holds a Master's in Public Health from the University of Zambia and has worked with universities and organizations across Africa and Europe. She is motivated to take on new challenges and help organizations achieve their goals.

1. Eleonah Kapapa
M: +260977 259327, E: eleonah@yahoo.com, Skype: eleonah.kapapa3
P.O. Box, 278, Chawama, Lusaka, Zambia
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Profile
 Strong background and work experience as field researcher, project manager,
and sociology tutor.
 Highly motivated individual with excellent research, organizational and
administrational skills.
 Demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards and a diverse
workplace.
 Experience in budget development and oversight.
 Demonstrated exceptional data analysis and writing skills; able to work under
pressure.
 Leadership and vision in working with groups and major projects or initiatives.
 Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and manage time well.
 Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
 Team player and quick learner with focus on high productivity and results.
 Goal oriented, constructive with advice, motivational as part of a team, disciplined
and committed to achieving desired results with minimal supervision.
 Sociable and possesses ability to adjust and adapt to changing multi-cultural
work environments.
 IT skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Epi Data, STATA and
other applications.

2. Work Experience
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Introduction and strategic placement of new diagnostic technologies for HIV: analysing
policy and modelling costs
Research Consultant, November 2015 – March 2016
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 Conducted key stakeholder interviews with policymakers on HIV technologies
and participated in data analysis and write-up
 Carried out costing data collection in eight health facilities
 Administered questionnaires to collect patient-level costs of HIV+ patients,
entered data in Excel and participating in analysis
Challenges developing countries face in relation to sustainable development with
particular reference to Zambia’s energy sector
Research Consultant, July – September 2015
University of Cumbria
 Conducted in depth interviews with key stakeholders in the Energy sector in
Zambia and participated in data analysis and write up
 Conducted six focus group discussions with end users of energy in different
communities and analysed the data using qualitative method.
Understanding how people whose family originates from other parts of Africa settle in
Zambia
Research Assistant, January 2015 – March 2015
Department of International Development, University of Oxford and the University of
Zambia
 Conducted in depth interviews with eight foreigners, six from Mali and two from
Senegal living in Zambia
 Transcribing the data for analysis
Civic volunteering and democracy in Zambia and South Africa
Research Assistant, August 2014 – October 2014
Kentucky University
 Conducted key stakeholder interviews with people that are volunteers, their
experience, why and how they started volunteering
 Transcribing the data for analysis
Cost-effectiveness and sustainability of co-implementation of community-directed
treatment for Schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminth infections in children and
pregnant women in two districts of Zambia
Research Assistant, December 2013
University of Zambia, School of Medicine
 Conducted twelve focus group discussions with men and women who have been

3. participating in community-based health and prevention programmes in
schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminth infections
 Transcribed the interviews for data analysis
Community participation in Schistosomiasis mitigation: a grounded theory approach in
Siavonga District in Southern Province in Zambia
MPH student, 2013 - 2015
University of Zambia, School of Medicine
 Conducted FDGs with men and women who have been participating in
community-based health and prevention programmes, analysis of the data using
grounded theory and the write up of the final dissertation.
 Graduated with a Masters in Public Health focusing on Health Promotion
Global health partnerships in anaesthesia residency: the lived experience of
postgraduate trainees
Researcher, 2012-2014
The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, Department of Anesthesiology and University of
Zambia
 Conducted in depth interviews with sixteen Masters in Medicine students in
Anaesthesia about their lived experience with the course
 Conducted these interviews for a period of three years using phenomenology
 Cleaning of data during transcriptions of the interviews
Determining appropriate entrance fees for Zambian national parks
Research Assistant, July 2012
University of Cape Town
 Conducted interviews with foreign tourists in four Zambian national parks
 Administered questionnaires and entered the data in Access for analysis
Identifying, analysing on making recommendation on potential new program areas and
their feasibility for Habitat for Humanity Zambia
Consultant Researcher, May 2012 – June 2012
Habitat for Humanity
 Conducted key stakeholder interviews with policy makers was well as players in
the Non-Bank Financial Institutions
 Did the data analysis and write-up of the final report
 Identified and made recommendations on potential new program areas and their
feasibility for Habitat for Humanity
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene in Southern Province, Zambia
Research Assistant, March 2012
Leonard Cheshire Disability/Wateraid
 Conducted interviews
 Administered questionnaires
Economic evaluation of eye health care in Zambia
Research Assistant, February 2011 – December 2012
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Sight Savers Zambia
 Administered questionnaires on patient costs for people who recently underwent

4. cataract surgery and other eye conditions such as allergic conjunctivitis
 Entered and cleaned data on Epi Data
 Follow up of respondents at their permanent address
Uptake of family planning by post-partum mothers
Research Assistant, April 2009
Family Health International
 Administered questionnaires to postpartum mothers breastfeeding babies
between the ages of 3 and 9 months
 Data entry in SPSS software
ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE
Accounting Officer, University of Zambia
1998-2007
 Responsibilities included: maintaining primary computerised books of accounts.
 Analysing computerised and manual cash books, preparing bank reconciliation
statements in local and foreign currency
 Preparing vouchers for post-balance sheet items, and assisting in preparation of
statutory accounts (ledger accounting), among others.
Education
Master’s Degree in Public Health (Health Promotion major)
University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
2013-2015
Thesis: Community Participation in Schistosomiasis Mitigation: A Grounded Theory
Approach in Siavonga District in Southern Province in Zambia
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Public Administration
University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
2005-2011
Certificate in Banking and Finance (CIBF)
Zambia Insurance Business College Trust, Zambia Institute of Bankers, Lusaka, Zambia
1994-2002
Other:
Certification in Communication Planning and Mass Awareness Education at the
Minerals and Energy Education and Training Institute, in Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
Certification in Training of Trainers in Rural Energy Planning and Environmental
Management at the Minerals and Energy Education and Training Institute, in
Johannesburg, South Africa
2003

5. Other
Language Proficiency (oral and written):
 English
 Tonga
 Bemba
 Nyanja
References
1. Dr. Alvert N’gandu
Executive Director
Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies
P.O Box 35243
Lusaka, Zambia
Mobile: +260 0966-458392
2. Mr. Jason Mwanza
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Research
University of Zambia
P.O Box 32379
Lusaka, Zambia
Mobile: +260 0977 945790
Email: jasonmwanza2@yahoo.co.uk
3. Mrs. Fiammetta Bozzani
Research Fellow
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place
London WC1H9SH, UK
Mobile: +260 0969 802062
Email: fiammetta.bozzani@lshtm.ac.uk