Negusu Worku GEBRMICHAEL

*** ******** **. *******, **, Canada M6K 2B6 416-***-**** advgh6@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

20+ years ( 10 years International ) work experience in Public Health emergency database management, IT Assistant, IT Manager, data analysis and GIS mapping,

100+ thesis data management support for the School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University both qualitative and quantitative data analysis, GIS mapping for the post graduate program research including Behavioral Surveillance Survey, Malaria outbreak, Cholera Outbreak, Water and Sanitation, Influx ( migrations) and Internal Displaced Persons ( IDPs ), Public Health emergencies,

10+ years international work experience in developing countries through WHO :Africa, Asia, middle east and Europe,

7+ Organizations work experience : Academia, Ministry of health, UN-WHO, UNICEF, Save the Children-UK, CANADEM ( Canada), FHI/USAID, CDC - Embassy in Ethiopia), and CDCHQ ( USA),

Well versed of Statistical packages and certified on SPSS, STATA, ARCGIS, EPI-Info, SAS, CesPRO, Vulnerability assessment and risk mapping ( VRAM ),

8+ developing countries international work experience at Congo, Brazzaville ( WHO-AFRO), Sierra Leone, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan ( remotely), Jordan, Turkey and Ethiopia,

Guest Lecturer at School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University for the post graduate program in the department of field Epidemiology, and course entitled the application of GIS for Public Health. Course designed, lecture delivered and practical hands-on training on ARCGIS software given,

Provide Capacity building training for emergency preparedness data management, GIS mapping, data collection, obtain GPS data at : Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Jordan, Bangladesh and India including IT, data, SPSS software, information use ad ARCGIS mapping,

10+ Scientific paper ( et al) publication on public health in the area of Ebola outbreak, Cholera outbreak, health system strengthening, information use, field epidemiology and maternal health and health emergencies,

5+ national survey data management, data cleaning, data analysis GIS mapping and indicator updates for the following national Survey : Behavioral Surveillance Survey Round-I and Behavioral Surveillance Survey Round Round-II, National health facility survey to start HIV/AIDS ART drug, National Drug Utilization Survey and Africa region TB/HIV Indictor update for the year book to update TB/HIV indicators for the 46 Africa countries and Emergency Obstetrics and New born Care ( EmONC),

Field Epidemiology data management for academia ( School of Public Health ), for the first time is kind in Africa called Field Epidemiology laboratory,

IT assistant of Post graduate students residents ( MPH Students ) : on general public health, field epidemiology and doctorate students on their data management, data cleaning, data analysis,

Areas of Expertise

Data Entry,

Data Organizer,

Data management,

Data analysis and analytical skill

Information Management,

IT-Assistant

IT Manager,

Data Collection

PDA Data Collection,

IT Desktop Support

Monitoring and Evaluation,

GIS Expert,

Infographics,

Guest Lecturer : GIS on Public Health Course,

Public Health Writing,

CISCO,CCNA/CCNP,

A+ Hardware

Public Health Writing & Editing Skills,

Reporting & Documentation,

Capacity building training,

Server Operating

Vulnerability assessment and risk mapping ( VRAM)

Epidemiology and Public Health

Computer Skill: MS Office SPSS STATA Epi-Info ARCGIS Windows SQL19 Networking administration Server Operating System CesPRO Python R SAS Programming

Professional Languages: English Amharic

Professional Experience

1. Health Information Management & Risk Assessment iMMAP and World Health Organization, Afghanistan December, 2021 Level – P4 - International

Collection, collation and analyses of geo-spatial data; Lead the team and be responsible for overseeing the work of the Information Management unit and /or coordinate the work of Information Management assets located throughout disparate units, Manage the timely and high-quality collection, analysis, production and dissemination of Data / information. Lead the development of project documentation based on the overall strategy and plan, for use by the emergency leadership to mobilize resources,

Continually adapt planning and project documents based on available information and revolving emergency situation, Develop and improve field information management procedures at the local and regional levels.

Ensure inter-cluster communication and information sharing, Oversee and design field epidemiological surveys.

Build the capacity of team members and partners involved in the planning and data/information management process; provide ongoing technical guidance and training on data gathering and analysis, quality assurance, performance monitoring, information dissemination and management,

2. Health Information and Risk assessment (HIRA) and GIS expert, International Consultant, Istanbul and Gaziantep

United Nations World Health Organization Turkey, Istanbul and Gaziantep Level – P3 International

January - March 2021

Collection, collation and analyses of geo-spatial data;

Production of risk-based maps showing quantified risks (where possible) for potential priority hazards/threats by location, population distribution density, and other vulnerabilities, and asset maps by infrastructure and other relevant coping capacities of responders.

Provide input in drafting mapping procedures and tools to be used by EWRS and Field Epidemiology experts to produce maps using ARCGIS.

Power BI Data analysis of the Syria refugees at the boarder of Syria and Turkey,

3. Data Management Specialist, National Professional Officer, Seconded to Federal Ministry of Health,

Department of Maternal and Child Health, Immunization Section UNICEF – Ethiopia Level NPO

September 2020- February, 2021

Designing national immunization database system for monitoring the immunization coverage in different levels including : Federal ( national level ), Regional, Zonal and district levels,

Designing Six monitoring tools including Rapid Household Survey, Immunization Session Sites, Data Quality Verification to monitoring immunization coverage and quality,

Based on the Data, national analysis has been done at the level of regional, zonal, district and Health Facility levels using SPSS and GIS mapping using different administrative levels,

Conductive review meeting and data analysis feedback was given to all stakeholder and implementing organizations,

4. Consultant, Capacity building training, AA Health Bureau–Addis Ababa Level National Consultant January 2019 – August, 2020

Capacity building training for Federal ministry of health, regional health bureau, zonal health bureau, district health bureau, field epidemiology residents attached to federal health bureau, regional health bureau, zonal health bureau and district health bureau in the area of Geographic Information Systems ( GIS ) – mapping and SPSS statistical packages for data analysis and geo-coding using mapping for whenever there is disease outbreak,

5. Information Management Specialist, Save the Children UK and World Health Organization – Head Quarter

Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar Level – P3 International),

August 2018 - December, 2018

Support the regular collection, collation, and management of information on service coverage and gaps, health status of population, and performance of the Cluster and trends as needed or required,

Provide technical assistance in developing reliable data management processes including standardization of data format, sustainable structure of data collection, validation, analysis and eventually results dissemination.

Ensure close collaboration with the MoH and other Health Cluster partners including OCHA and IOM as applicable, to receive first hand data on population, population movement and other data of relevance for the Health Cluster, Perform validation and quality assurance checks on data sets received.

Gather and maintain the 4Ws data (Who is doing What, Where and When) sheet and the distribution list of the Health Cluster agencies, Work with Health Cluster partners to identify information gaps at national and sub-national levels and propose ways to bridge information gap, Work with the OCHA Information Management Specialist to develop appropriate supportive IM strategies for inter-cluster collaboration.

Provide technical support for data projection and visualization (including mapping, health snapshots, dashboards, GIS…), Support the adaptation and adoption of standard multi-sectorial needs assessment tools to enable meaningful representation of the health cluster within the joint multispectral assessment exercises.

Where possible, provide assistance in building national capacity, and provide necessary training to the relevant personnel on the implementation of the development humanitarian health information system, Prepare the Health Cluster Bulletin, Prepare cluster meeting minutes and circulate the cluster meeting outputs, presentations & minutes to all partners, Regularly update and maintain contact list of all Health Cluster partners and working groups, Ensure the maintenance of the Health Cluster page within the humanitarian response website Support development of HNO and HRP as needed. Perform any duties that may be assigned as required.

6. Information Management Officer, UNICEF - Ethiopia National Professional Officer

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia, Health Emergency Section Level – National Professional Officer),

September 2016 – August, 2018

Weekly Situational report data analysis ( Sit Rep )on multi-sectoral response,

Monthly analyzed report on Scabies and AWD responses, both qualitatively and quantitatively,

Regular update HPM data and summary of resources utilization

Updates of the progress with the overall emergency responses,

Participate, Federal Incident Command Post to identify relevant implementing partners for health, WASH and C4D response.

Take lead in conducting capacity mapping of current resource requirement for the response.

Provide technical support to Federal Incident Command Post and partners ensure that an integrated package of scabies and AWD outbreak response interventions using a guideline/ protocols

Assist to carryout rapid assessment on overall scabies and AWD response intervention, assess the strength and weakness and document best practices.

Oversee CLINET’s technical, financial and supply assistance to the respective zones, woredas and health facilities in affected and at risk regions.

Assist CLINET field offices with an oversight to emergency supply planning and management; and fund-raising and financial management.

Use standard humanitarian performance monitoring (HPM) Templates for monitoring indicators for the effective and timely scabies and AWD emergency response and report biweekly bases,

Establish and maintain regularly a database to record, compile, monitor and analysis CLINET inputs on supply, technical and financial management and performance results of the outbreak response,

7. Data Manager and Information Management Specialist, World Health Organization – Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Ebola Outbreak Responses, Level – P3/P4 – International

September 01, 2014 – March 31, 2016

Working under the supervision on the WHO national Coordinator and other supervisors that may be assigned from time to time, the Data Manager shall do the following:

Designing national capacity building training materials on :

Database Management in general, Information Management, Data quality At the collection level ( Field Level ), At the entry level ( at Computer stage ), Data Cleaning, Information Use, Knowledge management,

GIS Mapping and Data on spatial analysis, Village level, Section level, Chiefdom Level, National Level, Integrating International Boundary ( Cross border Mapping ) : Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea,

Installing ARCGIS 10.2 Evaluation version for each computer for the national and for all the districts,

Installing SPSS 20 Version to all regions,

GPS data capturing and determine the association/correlation between specific diseases ( Ebola, Malaria and any other communicable diseases ) with geo-spatial correlation along road, river, the population density,

Correlation of the location of Health Facilities ( HFs ) with the human resources on health ( HRH ) in each facility vs. the population density vs. the number of Health facilities distribution vs. the road to see the equity and accessibility.

Working under the supervision on the WHO national Coordinator and other supervisors that may be assigned from time to time, the Data Manager shall do the following,

Create and maintain an Ebola virus database as guided by the Task Force on Ebola.

Oversee the data collection process through the surveillance teams, hospitals, laboratory and other relevant sources.

Conduct regular supportive supervision for the data entry clerks and any other person collecting Ebola epidemiological data in the field and at the District Ebola Response Centre (DERC),

Manage the data cleaning process and ensure timeliness and completeness of the data from the surveillance teams, hospitals and the laboratory

Do the standard daily data analyses as may be instructed by the supervisor

Compile and provide data analyses including epidemiological tables, charts and maps for surveillance teams, social mobilizers and DERC to facilitate their work

Monitor Ebola trends in the district/country and assist the surveillance teams to make data based decisions.

Work with the District Health Management team (DHMT) data managers to make daily summary situation reports,

Ensure the sending of the updated daily database and analyses as instructed by the supervisor,

Ensure safe back-up of the physical and electronic records and data,

Advice on the data collection, manipulation, storage and transmission equipment requirements,

Support Inter-district and cross border surveillance needs by providing appropriate mapping products,

8. Information Management Specialist, World Health Organization – Jordan

Amman, Syria Crisis Influx at Cross border, Level – P3 – International

June 21 – August 21, 2013

Supports Health Information Management to strengthen information generation for prioritization, coordination, monitoring and evaluation,

Critically assesses the available health resources and services for primary and secondary healthcare using the adapted mapping tools neighboring countries involved in the Syria Crises,

To develop a draft for standard multi-sectorial rapid assessment tools in collaboration with other sector/cluster lead agencies for possible implementation in neighboring countries,

Support WHO country office on formulating solutions for sustainable and efficient reporting processes (i.e. designing Health Information Systems based on needs analysis),

Develop reliable data management processes including standardization of data format, sustainable structure of data collection, validation, analysis and eventually results dissemination,

Outline the framework for the development of routine statistical and analytical reports as required based on the existing databases,

Select a set of core health indicators based on the priority areas in the context of the Syrian Displaced (Access to essential health care services, Access to medication, Sexual and reproductive Health Care, Nutrition, Special Needs, and Communicable Diseases),

Supporting the Health Management Information Support the Syria EWARN Sentinel Sites,

9. Data manager, Information Management Specialist, World Health Organization–Regional Officer for Africa

Congo, Brazzaville, P3 – International TB-HIV and Reproductive Health Indicator update from 1992 - 2012

September 29, 2012 – June, 11- 2013

In liaison with the HIV/AIDS Strategic Information and Planning Officer, identify gaps in the HIV/AIDS data available at AFRO and come up with a plan to fill those gaps,

Link up with all countries to collect HIV Sentinel Surveillance Reports for the past 5 years;

Compile HIV Surveillance data from sentinel sites surveillance, AIDS Indicator Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys reports;

Compile HIV knowledge, attitude and behavior data from AIDS Indicator Surveys and Demographic and Health Surveys reports;

Compile HIV prevention, treatment and care data from previous Universal Access Reports and other relevant data sources;

Compile, triangulate and consolidate HIV/AIDS data available from HIV/HQ SharePoint site, UNAIDS, UNICEF, World Bank and other relevant sources;

Consolidate all HIV/AIDS data for upload in the rSiS ( Real Time Information System being developed in DPC cluster),

To have a briefing session with the Regional Advisor/Health Risk Factors to agree on the list of indicators to be searched and compiled,

To do a thorough literature search to identify available data sources on unsafe sex

To obtain clearance and download public data sets from established global and regional data sources, such as DHS, CDC, etc.

Discuss with data managers in AHO, DPC, and HPR to identify and get access to existing AFRO,

Design a database of all unsafe sex indicators, which is upgradable, and easily maintained,

Any other assignment given by the Regional Advisor/HRF

Upgradable and easily maintainable AFRO database,

10. Data Manager, M&E Officer and GIS UNICEF Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, National Professional Officer Health Section – Maternal Health and Health – Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM)

February 2011 – March, 2012

National coordinator of Monitoring and Evaluation ( M&E), GIS and national data management for the Integrated Community Case Management ( iCCM),

National iCCM coordinator M&E and Data among UNICEF implementing partners,

Assessment of knowledge measurement of Health extension workers based on the iCCM guideline whether correctly threat cases,

Capacity building training for UNICEF iCCM implementing partners including : IFHP, L10K, SCUK, SC-USA, MERLIN-UK and IRC,

Designing the database management system for the national health facilities to evaluate the capacity of handling new born care,

Geo-code the health facilities to capturing the geo-code of road, point data of health facilities to calculate, how many of the facilities are in road, along the road and out of road,

Working the National HMIS expansion programs to the entire health facilities, districts, zonal and regional health bureaus,

Providing technical support on the national HMIS (health information Management system): on data capturing registration, data accuracy, data timeliness and completeness issues,

Providing training to the EPI – Medical Officers on GIS, GPS and EpiInfo and ARCGIS Mapping at Kaleb Hotel from April 20-22, 2010,

Providing training for the entire WHO-Ethiopia staff on SPSS and Statistical data analysis concept (methods and methodology ),

Technical Support to the Health System Strength for the Human Resource of Health (HRH) national study,

Essential Drug and Medicine [ EDM ] – Operational research technical support on Database management, analysis and Mapping, in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, MEDCO and MOH, 2011 Bureau, WHO, UNICEF, MOH, 2011,

11. Data Manager, Information Management and GIS analyst WHO–Ethiopia Disease Prevention and Control ( DPC), TB/HIV, Emergency Humanitarian Action ( WHE – WHO Health Emergency Program),

December, 2005 – January 2011,

Establishing an health emergency main database to generate trend, the hot spot area and the affected population by time, place and person ( TPP) Epidemiological methods to produce weekly analysis, monthly using Infographics for decision makers, to control measures and capacity building purposes, data analysis had been produced in a time manner,

Emergency and Humanitarian Action ( EHA ) later WHE ( WHO Health Emergency ) database design including :

oOutbreaks of Cholera ( AWD ),

oFlooding,

oConducting Humanitarian needs assessment in a high risk area,

oConducting a capacity building training for ministry of health, zonal health bureau,

Surveillance and Immediately reportable diseases database management and analysis based on the time, place and person ( TPP ),

Conducting Survey, design rapid assessment, designing questioner to obtain data,

Conducting review meeting,

Conducting capacity building for the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, Zonal Health bureau, district health bureau,

Supporting national baseline survey of Emergency Obstetrics and New born Care ( EmONC-2008),

Technical Support to the Health System Strength for the Human Resource of Health (HRH) national study,

Geo-code the health facilities to capturing the geo-code of road, point data of health facilities to calculate, how many of the facilities are in road, along the road and out of road,

Working the National HMIS expansion programs to the entire health facilities, districts, zonal and regional health bureaus, Providing technical support on the national HMIS (health information Management system): on data capturing registration, data accuracy, data timeliness and completeness issues, and data use and reporting capacity to the zonal, districts and clinicians and public health workers in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), World Health Organization (WHO), Tulane University, and JSI,

Running the national Cholera (Acute watery Diarrhea) report and mapping using the current-state-of-the-art-information-technology, GIS and Health mapper, analyzing the Case fatality rate (CFR), and trend analysis analyze the reported data using the WHO standardized analysis format and dispatched the findings to the technical team Support the Federal Ministry of Health Capacity training in the area of database management, GIS and health mapper Validate the reported AWD data and convert into softcopy,

HMIS assessment and technical support to the Plan and Program department of the Federal Ministry of Health and implementation assessment had been conducted from August 22 – 31, 2010 at AWI Zone of Amhara region in collaboration with FMOH, WHO, Tulane and JSI partners, Technical support for the International Health Regulation (IHR)monitoring survey in collaboration with EHNRI, WHO-AFRO and WCO,

Providing training for the entire WHO-Ethiopia Medical and Surveillance staff on SPSS and Statistical data analysis concept (methods and methodology ),

Supporting the National database management of TB/leprosy, TB/HIV Co-infection national data along the ART database for all the health facilities in hospitals and health stations throughout the country,

Supporting the database management staff capacity training at the regional health bureau WHO officers with the regional health bureau communicable surveillance,

(2007-UNICEF – National Professional Officer ) Running the national malaria ITNs distribution database, Running the national ITNs distribution utilization survey, Running the national Woreda [district] based plan for the entire health programs for the national program at Federal Ministry of Health Mapping using GIS and Health mapper the Malaria case report with the malaria net distribution [net effect analysis ], Conducting the cluster net utilization survey analysis for the entire country using the international standard indicators for the malaria program,

For the annual review meeting, preparing data analysis by weekly, monthly and year trend based on time, place and persons,

2008 – WHO at India International – P3 level :

oDesigning the Indian database management system for polio, Measles, Support planning, development and testing of Measles module to be added to Surveillance Information Management System in states conducting measles surveillance, create documentation for measles modules,

oHelp trouble shoot and provide support to the units using AES SIMS,

oStudy laboratory data management system, creating methods to flow of electronic data flow from laboratory to central system, Prepare documentation and preparing program script and rewriting programming for the old database to using new programming languages,

oSupporting the best method data flow for the Supplementary Immunization activities,

oStatistical database management using EPIinfo program and Other database related tasks will be carried out,

12.Data Manager, Information Management CDC – Ethiopia

Global Aid Program ( GAP ), National Professional Officer ( NPO )

June – November, 2005,

Supporting the Federal Ministry of Health National ART Database Program along the all the ART hospitals,

Support the second round Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS- Round II) in collaboration with Central Statistical Authority, CDC, WHO and other International partners,

Supporting the masters of monitoring and Evaluation Post graduate program, Supported by CDC, Tulane School of public Health and Federal Ministry of Health. Implementing the 1st its kind in Ethiopia and the National health facility survey using the PDA Pendragon software (the 1st time in Ethiopia using PDA on line data entry process) in collaboration with WHO and Federal Ministry of Health,

Capacity building training for federal ministry of health, regional health bureau, zonal and district health bureau in the area of Health Information Management, database techniques, data manager, data analysis and Monitoring and evaluation,

Capacity building for the first time the post graduate program of Monitoring and Evaluation ( M&E) for health in collaboration with Jimma University and Tulane University, School of Public Health, 2005

13.IT Assistant, Data Manager FHI/USAID– Ethiopia

National Professional Officer

June, 2002 – June, 2005,

Designing the networking system of the organization,

Server Configuration, cabling, configuring networking

IT desktop support for the staff, trouble shooting,

Design a national database of Behavioral Surveillance Survey for ten target groups including : Out of School, In school, Military, Factory Workers, Female Sex Workers ( FSW), Pastoralist, Inter City drivers, Mini bus drivers, Truck drivers,

Analysis of the Behavioral Surveillance Survey ( BSS) based on target groups, including the descriptive analysis, distribution by places, t-test and logistics regression,

Designing the Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS) database management,

Providing training for data collectors based on the tools,

Managing the Database assessment studies, the national database of Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS – Round I) (Ten target groups and 32, 000 Questionnaires)

Providing database management training for the Addis Ababa Heath Bureau staff in collaboration with CDC, Rotary Club and other Local and International agencies with the Monitoring and Evaluation and Surveillance experts

14.Data Manager, Data analysis Addis Ababa University, Department of Community Health,

Faculty of Medicine National Professional Officer

June, 1992 – June, 2002

Running the Field Epidemiology laboratory database management system for the Butajira Rural Health Program, (the first its kind in Africa for the Public Health Laboratory conducting in the southern Ethiopia.)

A record of 100+ Masters of Public Health thesis data analysis coaching and Supporting the Masters of Public Health students at their database processing, analysis and interpretation specifically and supporting the teaching hospital of Black-lion hospital including the clinical department in general,

Providing training to the field data collectors on the questionnaires,

Education & Professional Development

Post graduate fellow, International applied Epidemiology and Public Health, Emory University, School of Public Health, October, 2009

MCSE/BSc, Microsoft Certified Computer System Engineering, 2003-2005

Management Institute Information Technology, advanced database training,1994

ITSC School of Technology, Advanced Certified Computer Hard ware Engineering and Advanced Computer Networking System CISCO CCNA/CCNP/A+ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Jan-June, 2008

Advanced Diploma of English language Ling phone Language Institute, September, 1994

International training on disaster risk management, Bangkok, Thailand, November, 2010

International training on Vulnerability assessment and Risk mapping (VRAM),Addis Ababa, November, 2016

International training Pre-Emergency Deployment Induction, Entebbe Uganda,

WHO-AFRO, January, 2014

International GIS training at Freetown. Application of Satellite Image for Polio Eradication, WHO-Sierra Leone, January, 2016

TB Monitoring and Evaluation training, in collaboration with Addis Ababa University, Department of Community Health, USAID and GLRA, WHO and FMOH, DebreZeit Road, Red Cross Training Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January, 2006

Special Training on the Ethio-Info V1.1 on the Socio -Economic database indicator which had been conducted at the ECA co-coordinated by UN Resident and UNICEF Ethiopia,

GIS training

oLocal training, ISS, June, 2008, April, 2020, Dec., 2007

oInternational training GIS for Public Health, Organized by USAID and IRC, 2010

Implementing SQL Server, 2005, March, 2009

CesPRO statistical package training, Addis Ababa University, Department of Statistics, April, 2019

SPSS statistical packages training,, Addis Ababa University, Department of Statistics, May, 2012

SAS training statistical packages,, Addis Ababa University, Department of Statistics, Jan., 2012

STATA training,, Addis Ababa University, Department of Statistics, Nov., 2011

International training on Polio eradication and vaccine preventable diseases for the STOP Polio International training, Center for Disease Control and prevention, head quarter (CDCHQ) in collaboration with, World Health Organization – Head Quarter (WHOHQ), UNICEF, Rotary International, and the Canadian Public health Association (CPHA) in Atlanta, Georgia,

Contact this candidate