C O N T A C T P R O F I L E

Support the set-up of the programme to ensure that the grants funded will contribute to the country’s National Action Plan on AMR. Develop and strengthen coordination between health partnerships, Ministry of Health, and other key health institutions to align with strategic priorities. Facilitate learning and collaboration between health partnerships to ensure learning, synergies and sustainability, and to avoid duplication. Support health partnerships to improve their operations and deliver effective and sustainable projects in line with national plans. Provide in-country monitoring of partnerships and risk management to provide overarching technical support of the projects and to ensure any potential challenges and risks are identified and mitigated as soon as possible

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Technical Exparts In-country consultant

Commonwealth Pharmacist Association

2023-2025

I am a healthcare provider and researcher with a strong track record of delivering exceptional pharmaceutical services and conducting high-quality research. My expertise spans a variety of areas, and I am skilled in both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. I am currently seeking a suitable position to collaborate with employer and leverage my extensive knowledge to make a meaningful impact in my field. I am passionate about my work and bring a collaborative spirit, technical proficiency, and an unwavering drive for excellence to all aspects of my work. I am committed to ongoing learning and personal and professional growth and confident in my ability to make significant contributions to an esteemed organization while thriving in a dynamic and challenging work environment.

J O H N A L I M A M Y K A B B A

P H A R M A C I S T / R E S E A R C H E R

NVivo

GeoDa

R Programming

MS PowerPoint

GraphPad Prism

KoboToolbox

Power Bi

SPSS

RedCap

Stata

Excel

Project management

M&E

International logistics.

Data analytics

Stakeholders engagements

MS Word

Publisher

E X P E R T I S E

Health technology assessment

Health service research.

Public/Global Health Research

Pharmaceutical research/practice

Healthcare/pharmaceutical policy

planning and research

Pharmaceutical business

Pharmacoepidemiology

Maternal and Child health research

Substance use and mental health

Clinical trials

Data Analytics

Developing, reviewing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the National Health Policy with the goal of ensuring equitable medicine delivery in Sierra Leone.

Developing strategies to strengthen staff’s values and work principles Providing technical advice to the chief pharmacist on international and national pharmaceutical policies, laws, protocols, and conventions on narcotics and psychotropic substances and their chemical precursors and implementing those policies to ensure compliance

Planning for pharmacy staffing needs at all levels Providing in-service professional development as a licensure requirement Promoting collaborative linkages among MoHS departments and programs, statutory bodies, development partners, and other ministries implementing pharmaceutical activities at all levels.

Assists stakeholders understand how they contribute their unique strengths, expertise, experience, and position to support successful pharmaceutical service.

Operational Research and Policy Lead

Directorate of Pharmaceutical Services MoHS-SL 2021-2023 E D U C A T I O N

Ph.D. Administrative Pharmacy

Xian Jiaotong University, China

2017 - 2021

Thesis title: An Evaluation of

Healthcare Provider Prescribing

Practices and the Pharmaceutical Care

they Deliver in Sierra Leone's Free

Healthcare: A Drug Utilization Study.

MSc Pharmacology

China Pharmaceutical University, China

2014 - 2017

Thesis title: “PGC-1α Activator

ZLN005 Ameliorates Ischemia-Induced

Neuronal Injury In Vitro and In Vivo”

BSc (hon) Pharmacy

University of Sierra Leone (USL), SL

2006 - 2013

Thesis title: Patients satisfaction with

free healthcare services in Freetown

(SL): A cross-sectional survey

Superintending Pharmacist

Harry’s Medical services

Provide expert advice on the establishment of a pharmacy retail business in Freetown, in coordination with the SOP set by the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL).

Provide technical support for the running of the business in accordance with the established framework by PBSL.

Conduct regular training for pharmacy staff on good pharmacy practice, prescription handling, patient counseling, adverse reaction reporting, and rational dispensing.

Conduct routine monitoring and evaluations of all pharmacy staff and operations to ensure quality standards are adhered to and maintained in compliance with medicines legislation and local policies. Lead the investigation and resolution of all medication incidents 2021- NOW

Doctoral Researcher Assistance

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Develops comprehensive work plans per research objectives this includes; the application for study clearance, study design, recruitment of study assistance and participants, data collection and management, budgeting, application for research grants, and funding and reporting of findings in conferences and international journals.

Collaborate and coordinate weekly research seminars, present on research progress and the latest update in the literature

Assists with general administrative duties related to conferences and seminars as needed.

Attends local and international conferences and establishes collaboration with external researchers.

2017- 2021

L A N G U A G E S

English

French

Chinese

Creole

Journal of Market Access & Health

Policy

BMC Medical Education

BMC Public Health

Healthcare Journal

International Journal of

Environmental Research and Public

Health

Tropical Medicine and Infectious

Diseases

Current Oncology

Heliyon

Tropical

Children

I N V I T E D R E V I E W

Enumerator SARA survey

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Ensuring that all data collection tools and hardware are properly maintained and that there are backup plans in place in case of any equipment failure. Manage both softcopy and paper-based data for completeness. Ensuring that all data is properly entered into the system and that there are clear procedures for handling paper-based data.

Identifying the data that needs to be collected, developing a data collection plan, and training staff on how to collect data.

Report any issue that cannot be handled to the technical team at the central level. This includes any issues with data collection tools and hardware, any problems with the data collection process, or any concerns about the quality of the data.

2021- NOW

Registered Pharmacist Pharmacy

Board of Sierra Leone (PBSL)

Member of the Pharmaceutical

Society of Sierra Leone (PSSL)

Member Medicines Utilization

Research in Africa (MURIA)

Outstanding graduate international

student award

Chinese Ministry of Commerce

scholarship award

Malta International fellowship award

Best presenter award China

Pharmaceutical University

Chinese government scholarship

award

Liu Y, Kabba JA, Xu S, Gu H, Su X, Liu Y, Yu H. Regional and temporal trends of falls and injurious falls among Chinese older adults: results from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, 2011- 2018. Inj Prev. 2023 May 19:ip-202*-******. doi: 10.1136/ip-2022- 044833. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37208004.

Kabba, J.A., Koroma, M.M., James, P.B., Kitchen, C., Xu, S., Chang, J., Saeed, A., Malik, U.R., Jiang, M. and Fang, Y., 2021. Pilot drug and therapeutic committee program in Sierra Leone: A descriptive mixed- method study. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Kabba, J.A., James, P.B., Li, Z., Hanson, C., Chang, J., Kitchen, C., Jiang, M., Zhao, M., Yang, C. and Fang, Y., 2020. Prescribing for Patients Seeking Maternal and Child Healthcare in Sierra Leone: A Multiregional Retrospective Cross-Sectional Assessments of Prescribing Pattern Using WHO Drug Use Indicators. Risk management and healthcare policy, 13, p.2525.

Kabba, J.A., Tadesse, N., James, P.B., Kallon, H., Kitchen, C., Atif, N., Jiang, M., Hayat, K., Zhao, M., Yang, C. and Chang, J., 2020. Knowledge, attitude and antibiotic prescribing patterns of medical doctors providing free healthcare in the outpatient departments of public hospitals in Sierra Leone: a national cross-sectional study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114(6), pp.448-458.

Kabba, J.A., Bah, A.J., James, P.B., Chang, J., Kitchen, C., Jiang, M., Zhao, M. and Fang, Y., 2021. Patients satisfaction with free healthcare pharmaceutical services in Sierra Leone: a national cross-sectional study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 43(3), pp.556-565. Koroma MM, Kabba JA, Wanda J, Yu J, Zhou F, Liang Z, Tarawally AB, Chigoneka K, Dai YC. Under-five mortality in Sierra Leone and possible associated factors: evidence from the 2019 Demographic and Health Survey. Health Policy Plan. 2022 Nov 14;37(10):1210-1220. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czac070. PMID: 36052949.

James PB, Bah AJ, Kabba JA, Kassim SA, Dalinjong PA. Prevalence and correlates of current tobacco use and non-user susceptibility to using tobacco products among school-going adolescents in 22 African countries: a secondary analysis of the 2013-2018 global youth tobacco surveys. Arch Public Health. 2022 Apr 14;80(1):121. doi: 10.1186/s13690-022-00881-8. PMID: 35422011; PMCID: PMC9009031.

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R E F E R E N C E S

Professor. Yu Fang (Ph.D. Supervisor)

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Professor. Pang, Tao (MSc. supervisor)

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Dr. Deborah Sherman.

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