Moulid Ahmed

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Education:

Master of Health Science, Community Health Education

**/**** - ** /****

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota USA GPA: 3.6

Thesis: Knowledge and Perceptions PNEUMONIA/HIV/AIDS among the Mothers of Children aged five years and younger in Mandera District of Northern Eastern Kenya.

Bachelor of Science, Medical Laboratory Sciences

03/2000-07/2004

Jommokenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, GPA 3.3

Nairobi, Kenya

Research project: The prevalence of Tuberculosis and HIV AIDS in Wajir / Mandera District North- Eastern Kenya.

Associate Degree/Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science 1994/1997

Medical Training Collage, Nairobi, Kenya GPA: 3.6

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

Sabunley Secondary School –Wajir District North Eastern Kenya- 1989-1992

Work Experience:

Related Work Experience

RICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

301 Becker Ave. SW

Willmar, MN 56201

Community Health Representative / medical interpreter - 2004-2008

As Community Health Representative (CHR) I was responsible for:

In identifying barriers to health care for the among African refugees’ population to Providers, educators or interdisciplinary team.

Utilize social service skill in helping triaging the client needs with care coordination. Support of these services includes screening to identify patient needs, assisting with connections to community resources and help with ongoing care plan development and follow through as necessary.

The work was carried out within the assigned clinic, community and patient homes to address barriers in healthcare and educate on health care issues and provide additional support as appropriate.

Facilitates identification of patients that require Community health worker services.

Evaluates all relevant modes of available information (i.e. psychosocial, social, financial and other related factors) to determine an appropriate care plan in eliminating barriers to the patient health care needs.

Participating in the delivery of high standard Community Health, treatment and surveillance programs in order to provide quality heath prevention for the Somali community living in Minneapolis Minnesota.

As a member of the Health Care Team I was responsible for liaising between patients, families, the community and health care providers to ensure patients and families understand their conditions and treatment, and are receiving appropriate care.

Community Health Representative (CHR) I was also responsible for participating in the delivery of high standard Community Health, treatment and surveillance programs in order to provide quality health prevention and treatment in the community. As a member of the Health Care Team, I was also responsible for liaising between patients, families, the community and health care providers to ensure patients and families understand their conditions and treatment, and are receiving appropriate care. Provide participants with the skills and knowledge they need to effectively manage health care service, and act as a community health representative and advocate.

Plans, coordinates and provides patient-specific health education based on the chronic or associated conditions identified.

Determines and advises patients on other potential services the patient may want/need.

Serves as an advocate for the patient to understand needs (i.e. shelter, transportation, child care, safety) and refer to the behavioral health and dental services.

Collaborate with and strengthen the capacity of the community, acting as co-provider of services.

Assist and lead with improving access through outreach, medical interpretation and care coordination.

Provide medical interpreting services to give more culturally appropriate and timely care as well as giving patient’s confidence in the level of confidentiality provided.

Work to ensure that patients receiving mental health diagnoses are referred to the behavioral team for further treatment, where appropriate.

Responsible for the administrative tasks for coordinating, tracking, documenting and reporting coordinated care visits between dental and behavior health.

Assist with scheduling and arriving integrated care patients

Meet and greet patients in the waiting rooms sand lobbies to apprise them of PCHS services available and educate them about the opportunities to see medical, dental and behavioral health providers all on the same day

Department of Health Science (Community Health) Minnesota State University, Mankato. Graduate Assistant and outreach Health Educator, June 2008- June 2010

1Provide and encourage healthy lifestyles and wellness by educating High school student from Mankato east High School about behaviors that promote healthy living and prevent diseases. Also provide information about proper nutrition, exercise and how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other illnesses.

2Assist in providing a structured program that addresses multiple concerns of underrepresented, concentrating on the issue of Health, social and academics for the students attending Minnesota state university from Minnesota high schools.

Provide direction and coordinate program evaluation efforts by:

Designing a program evaluation plan with project staff

Designing appropriate tools for data collection

Implementing an evaluation plan

Analyzing data and synthesizing reports

Tracking progress on program outcomes

Assist in developing and directing services to underrepresented students, faculty, and staff.

COMMUNITY HEALTH SPECIALIST

WAJIR REFERAL HOSPITAL

WAJIR COUNTY, KENYA (2013-2016)

The department was dedicated to promoting vibrant, healthy and safe communities through Environmental Prevention strategies. Environmental Prevention plans addressing community norms and policies related to alcohol and other drug (AOD) problems, in collaboration with other project staff, community groups, community leaders, prevention agencies, prevention provider workgroups, law enforcement and policy makers.

My ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS was : 1. Help develop and implement a strategic Environmental Prevention plan to further substance abuse prevention goals;

2. Collaborate, create, and cultivate partnerships among community groups to help implement ATOD prevention campaigns;

3. Conduct presentations on alcohol and other drug prevention issues to community groups;

4. Participate in data gathering activities; to include risk assessments, focus groups and community surveys;

5. Participate in selected collaborative and other community meetings on a regular basis;

6. Provide training and technical assistance to community partners to support prevention campaigns;

7. Identify community leaders and solicit their participation as spokespersons for media advocacy-related activities;

8. Establish partnerships with law enforcement agencies, secure help in gathering enforcement data, in conducting alcohol outlet compliance checks and in advancing policy goals;

9. Conduct and/or help organize Community Forums focusing on alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention;

10. Facilitate meetings and/or trainings focusing on the components of the environmental prevention model;

11. Complete progress reports; and

12. Other duties as assigned.

ALDEF (NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION)

Malaria Technical Coordinator (Disease surveillance) 09-200**-**-****

Contribute towards development of malaria control strategies for Wellshare international East Africa programmes in collaboration with key staff in the region

Provide technical advice on malaria control to Wellshare international uganga country programmes.

Participate in malaria control programme development in collaboration with the respective Health Directors and Medical Coordinators.

Support trainings on malaria control in the East Africa region.

Develop relationships on behalf of implementing partners with other relevant networks in the African Sub-region.

• Participate in the East Africa Roll Back Malaria Regional Network quarterly and annual meetings.

• Action plan for emergency response (responsibilities, activities, monitoring).

Support partners in building consensus and harmonizing malaria control policies and strategies for Uganda, ensuring participation and collaboration of the local authorities;

Participate in consultative and consensus building forums in order to ensure local political commitment to the project.

Assist the malaria zonal coordinators in discussions with the local authorities (MOH malaria focal points (MZFP) on malaria technical issues.

Support strategic and technical planning at national and sub-national levels;

Participate in the malaria management team meetings.

Participate in and facilitate the quarterly review meetings.

Assist the MZC and the MOH focal points in planning of M&E activities.

Support the development/review of malaria strategic papers including treatment protocols, ITN strategy, malaria communication strategy and the national strategic plan for malaria control and prevention.

The design, implementation and analysis of malaria related surveys (KAP, MICS, drug sensitivity).

Evidence-based review of the malaria national strategy.

Malaria related operational research.

Provide technical support to the design, implementation and sustainability of strategies for

Malaria laboratory diagnosis in Uganda among GFATM partners.

Utilize social service skill in helping triaging the client needs with care coordination. Support of these services includes screening to identify patient needs, assisting with connections to community resources and help with ongoing care plan development and follow through as necessary.

Ministry of Health/ Public Health and Sanitations, Nairobi, Kenya (In different capacity from 1997-2007)

District Laboratory Manager Moyale District Hospital, Senior Laboratory Technologist Manager Garissa provessional Hospital and Program Support Officer) Disease surveillance coordinator (Ministry Headquarter) 1997-2005

Supervises and trains staff in the performance of laboratory functions - both

Administrative and technical operating procedures. Evaluates staff proficiency and

Performance.

Establishes and implements written operating procedures and protocols that are in

Compliance with OSHA standards for HIV, AIDS and Pathogen Exposure.

Establishes and maintains a routine documented schedule of quality control and quality assurance, including satisfying the external quality control procedures established by the College of American Pathology.

Develops and directs the statistical and record keeping software functions of the

Laboratory. Performs laboratory testing – hematology, immunohematology, bacteriology,

Mycology, urinalysis, immunology, chemistry, endocrinology, serology, and parasitological. Obtains and processes specimen.

Conducting population-based surveillance to identify and characterize important and emerging pathogens, establish public health priorities in rural and urban settings, and providing a mechanism for evaluating the impact of interventions for priority diseases.

Provide services and deliverables through performance of evaluation of infectious diseases prevention, care and treatment. Develops M&E initiatives and makes recommendations on priorities to the senior management team of the ministry of public Health and Sanitations head office.

Surveillance operations focus in outbreaks investigations and providing epidemiologic and laboratory expertise for prevention and control of cholera, malaria and other key infectious diseases.

Other major surveillance components of the program include joint operations with, international and local health organization e.g. a national reporting system for influenza, and Immigrant and Refugee health collaboration for disease monitor.

Isolated and make cultures of bacteria or other microorganisms in prescribed media, controlling moisture, aeration, temperature, and nutrition.

Performed tests on water, food and the environment to detect harmful microorganisms and to obtain information about sources of pollution and contamination.

Examined physiological, morphological, and cultural characteristics, using microscope, to identify and classify microorganisms in human, water, and food specimens.

Provided laboratory services for health departments, for community environmental health programs and for physicians needing information for diagnosis and treatment of malaria and other killer diseases in Africa.

Observed action of microorganisms upon living tissues of plants, higher animals, and other microorganisms, and on dead organic matter.

Investigated the relationship between organisms and disease, including the control of Malaria epidemics and the effects of anti-malarial on population.

Supervised biological technologists and technicians and other scientists.

Study growth, structure, development, and general characteristics of bacteria and other microorganisms to understand their relationship to human, plant, and animal health.

Medicine Sons and Frontier (MSF BELGIUM), Daadab Refugee camp (seconded by ministry of Health)

HIV/TB Field Supervisor-

HIV/AIDs field supervisor I was responsible for the following:

Planning and organizing of community outreach events, peer education trainings, peer to peer outreaches and sporting activity outreaches in the informal settlements.

Monitoring and evaluation of the project activities, to ensure concurrence with donor expectations

Guidance and management of implementing youth groups, to ensure adherence with the project’s broad objectives

Mentorship and management of a team of 3 project assistants, as relates to all the project activities.

Maintenance of good working relationships with the principal donor, and other implementing partner organizations.

Strengthening of the referral system already in place

Skills:

Fluent speaker and writer of English Somali, Oromo and Arabic

Strong oral communication skills, and well developed writing skills.

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as a team member.

Ability to demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions to problems.

Proficient in the use of MS Office HMIS and statistical package (Epi-Info, SPSS, STATA).

Highly knowledgeable and conversant with primary health issues, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support, and the impact on youths and communities in genneral.

Knowledge of project management, including budgets and human resource management.

Excellent Report writing skills and proposal writings. Ability to work under pressure.

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