Sabwe Tshibanda

Senior Medical Officer at Ministry of Health Botswana

• Botswana
• July 2008 to August 2013

JULY 2008 TO DATE
1.Employee Ministry of Health Botswana as Senior Medical Officer at Boteti health district (Clinics, Letlhakane Primary Hospital)

Main responsibilities

-Management of paediatric, medical, gynaecology -obstetric and accident of emergency cases.
-To give comprehensive, holistic and continues care to patients at primary care level;
- Accepting referral cases from other health post & Clinics
-To perform some procedures: Incision & drainage, Intravenous Access, Urinary Catheterization, Nasogastric Intubation, Surgical Suturing, etc.
-To run ARV Clinic and follow-up HIV positives Patients;
-Supervisors of medical officers

2.July 2010, employee Ministry of Health Botswana as Senior Medical Officer at Boteti health district and also coordinator of malaria program in the district.

Main responsibilities

-Program Management and coordination
-Vector control and personal protection
-Case management and chemoprophylaxis
-Information, education and communication and advocacy including community mobilization
-Monitoring and evaluation, surveillance and research
-Epidemic preparedness response and control in the district

CLINICAL AND SURGICAL SKILLS
1.Internal Medicine and Paediatric

•Examination, diagnosis and treatment of patients (out and in patients).
•Follow up of patients
•Set up IV line..Etc.

2.Surgery, Gynecology and obstetric
•Examination, diagnosis and treatment (out and in patients)
•Minor surgery (incision-drainage, excision of lumps, wounds suturing, wound debridement, POP....)
•Deliveries
•Evacuation in gynecology-obstetric
•Caesarean section
•Neonate resuscitation
•Etc.