Tinashe Alinafe

Tizifa

Experience

January ****–February 2021

Junior Researcher • PhD Candidate • University of Amsterdam University Medical Center/ College of Medicine, University of Malawi. Title: Outcomes of malaria burden and community factors following the implementation of malaria control interventions in an endemic area in southern Malawi: A case of the Majete Perimeter September 2016–June 2019

Research Site Coordinator• Study Coordinator • Majete Malaria Project, College of Medicine, University of Malawi

Overall in-charge of the research site, made sure that research was conducted to ethical standards with well-developed standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Ensuring that the project at the site is managed in accordance with project objectives and participation in selected sub- studies

Training of study staff and arranging orientation programs for new members of staff

Training and educating the communities involved in the study on malaria and study objectives

Day to day management and supervision of staff in various sites

Recording clinical data in both manual and electronic format

Data cleaning and analysis of the main study

Preparing regular progress reports of the site to the team leader and program manager

Responsible for clinical management of all patients in the study during recruitment and follow up

Coordination of all logistics for site activities

Coordinating with masters and PhD students within the project making sure their field objectives are met

Engaging relevant stakeholders (Chikhwawa District Health Office, Hunger Project, African Parks, Community) on study Private Bag 360, Chichiri

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progress quarterly and organizing dissemination meetings on completed studies

Assessments of clients per protocol

July 2016–September 2016

Senior Medical Officer • Zomba Central Hospital, MoH

Head of Internal medicine department

Responsible for managing patients in medicine department

Managing clinical staff and resources in the department

Conducting general medical and Non-communicable diseases

(NCD) clinics

October 2013–June 2016

District Medical Officer • Ntcheu District Hospital, MoH

Supervision of health facilities in the district both Government and private to ensure they are operating within the acceptable standards.

Implementation and supervision of various programs including IMCI, Nutrition (CMAM), HTC, ART, ETAT, ARI, STI and Malaria

Participating in operational research involving various programs within the district as regards to health.

Conducting and supervising community outreach programs and participating in occupational health and safety in mine and industrial sites of the district

Conducting regular supervision, support and coordination of technical services such as pharmacy, laboratory,

ophthalmology and dental departments.

Management of medical, surgical, pediatric and obstetric patients

Conducting on job training

Coordination of the various programs and clinics in the district where one of my achievements was establishment of the palliative care and gynecology clinics in Ntcheu district

Participating in monthly extended District health management team (DHMT) meetings to monitor performance of health centers and interpretation of data to make sound decisions towards improvement of various health programs.

Participation in the formulation of the district implementation plans (DIP).

April 2012–September 2016

Senior Medical Officer • Kamuzu Central Hospital, MoH

Internship as a junior doctor

Management of patients on a day to day basis

Conducting clinics per department

Conducting operations in the main operating theater

Rotation of 4 departments every 3 or 5 months depending on the department

Registered with Medical Council of Malawi, MCM/MP/1955 Education

University of Amsterdam, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

PhD Candidate: 2018 – 2021

Courses attended

Clinical Epidemiology 1: Randomized Clinical Trials, Clinical Epidemiology 2: Observational epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology 3: Evaluation of Medical Tests and Clinical Epidemiology 4: Systematic Reviews

Practical Biostatistics (E-Learning Program)

Research Data Management

Computing in R

Clinical Research Methods Volume 1

Scientific Writing in English for Publication

Infectious Diseases

PhD Teaching skills

Supervising students

University of Malawi, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS): 2006 – 2011 Courses attended

Basic medical sciences, Pathology, Public Health, Clinical specialties: Pediatrics, surgery, Internal medicine and Obstetrics and gynecology

Publications

1. Tizifa TA, Kabaghe AN, McCann RS, van den Berg H, van Vugt M, Phiri KS (2018). Prevention Efforts for Malaria: Current Tropical Medicine Reports. Feb 8 (2018). doi.org/10.1007/s40475-018-0133-y 2. Kabaghe AN, Chipeta MGC, McCann RS, Terlouw DJ, Tizifa TA, Truwah Z, Phiri KS, van Vugt M. Access and adequate utilization of malaria control interventions in rural Malawi: A descriptive quantitative study. Malaria Journal. March 6, 2018. doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018- 2253-1

3. Van den Berg H, van Vugt M, Kabaghe AN, Nkalapa M, Kaotcha R, Truwah Z, Malenga T, Kadama A, Banda S, Tizifa TA, Gowelo S, Mburu MM, Phiri KS, Takken W, McCann RS. Community-based malaria control in southern Malawi: A description of experimental interventions of community workshops, house improvement and larval source management. Malaria Journal. July 16, 2018. doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2415-1

4. Ntenda PAM, Mwenyenkule ET, Putthanachote N, Nkoka O, Mhone TG, Motsa MPS, Tizifa TA. Predictors of uptake of newly introduced vaccines in Malawi – monovalent human rotavirus and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines: Evidence from the 2015–16 Malawi demographic and health survey. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. August 3 2018. doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmy050 5. Senghore T, Nkoka O, Mhone TG, Tizifa TA, Bass P, Ntenda PAM. Factors associated with childhood complete immunization in Malawi: A multilevel analysis of the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey. International Journal of Scientific Research. In preparation

1. Tizifa TA, Nkhono W, Mtengula S, van Vugt M, Munn Z and Kabaghe AN. Leveraging phone based mobile technology to improve data quality at health facilities in rural Malawi: A best practice project. Malaria Journal.

Student supervision

1. Niya Mdoka, Romavimbi Ngwira and Moses Kabanga. Project title: ITN coverage and socio-demographic factors associated with non-use in HIV positive pregnant women attending ANC in Chikhwawa, southern Malawi

References

Professor. Kamija S. Phiri

Director, Training and Research Unit of Excellence (TRUE) College of Medicine

Private Bag 360

Chichiri Blantyre 3, Malawi

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E-mail: adin2g@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Alinune Kabaghe

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Lilongwe

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