Addisu Yacob, Health Programs Specialist

Addisu Yacob

Health Programs Specialist

Population Services International

Location
Ethiopia
Education
Master's degree, Management and Development Studies
Experience
11 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months

Health Programs Specialist at Population Services International
  • Ethiopia
  • My current job since January 2013

Developing strategic plans for adolescent sexual and reproductive health project, updating regular HIV testing and positive tracking and linkage services among private, public and nongovernmental health facilities, collaboratively planning and implementing non communicable diseases with particular attention to hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cervical cancer, supporting community level food fortification through model mothers, developing sustainability strategies for local implementing partners through technical and organizational capacity assessment, Identifying training and performance gaps among networked facilities, Provide cost effective gap filling training.

Education

Master's degree, Management and Development Studies
  • at Hawassa University (Debub University)
  • July 2016

Developing strategic plans for adolescent sexual and reproductive health project, updating regular HIV testing and positive tracking and linkage services among private, public and nongovernmental health facilities, collaboratively planning and implementing non communicable diseases with particular attention to hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cervical cancer, supporting community level food fortification through model mothers, developing sustainability strategies for local implementing partners through technical and organizational capacity assessment, Identifying training and performance gaps among networked facilities, Provide cost effective gap filling training, Providing materials and equipment, Conducting routine supportive supervision and mentor-ship, building Strong partnership of networks, Participating in town level service mapping and resource mobilization through the help of GIS, performance monitoring against the defined standard for Networked facilities, provide appropriate on- job- coaching for networked service providers, Lead core partners and public, private & NGO health facilities representatives quarterly based meetings to further develop performance improvement plans.

Bachelor's degree, Nursing
  • at Addis Ababa University
  • July 2009

Bachelor of Sciences (B.SC) in Clinical Nursing, Addis Ababa University Centralized School of Medicine and Nursing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2009

Bachelor's degree, Development Management
  • at Ethiopian Civil Service University
  • February 2008

Specialties & Skills

Nutrition
Humanitarian Affairs
Emergency Services
HIV2FAIDS prevention
Healthcare IT
Computer excel, power point, internet and DHSI2
training and counseling
life skill coaching
Excel applications
computer
Counseling

Languages

English
Expert
Amharic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Trainers of Training for Integrated Clinical Services for Healthcare Providers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Comprehensive HIV care and treatment training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Clinical system Mentor-ship for ART care sites (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2017