Senior Technical Advisor
management anagement Sciences for Health
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :21 years, 10 أشهر
Built the capacity of rural drug vendors through training and mentoring
•Prepared Ethiopian Medicine Formulary, 2013
•Developed Mentoring Manual on Pharmaceutical Services
•Prepared Ethiopian Manual for Medicines Good Prescribing Practice, 2012
•Prepared Ethiopian Manual for Medicines Good Dispensing Practice, 2012
•Provided TOT training on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), Auditable Pharmaceutical Transactions and Services (APTS), Rational Drug Use and Pharmacovigilance
•Supported/mentored 11 hospitals in Amhara to implement Auditable Pharmaceutical Transactions and Services
•Supported/mentored 7 hospitals in Amhara to categorize their medicine budget by ABC -VEN analysis to help them use their medicine budgets rationally.
•Designed and conducted survey to assess Rational Drug Use, End-user Verification (EUV) on antimalarial Drugs in Amhara and Afar Regions,
•Conducted 3 Drug Use Evaluations/DUE (chart reviews) on Coartem, Ceftriaxone and Amoxicillin in 3 hospitals in Amhara Region in their efforts to contain Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
•Implemented the Six Steps of Dispensing (Good Dispensing Practice) in 11 Hospitals in Amhara Region and some health centers
•Designed and implemented the concept of local language medicine labeling in 11 hospitals in Amhara and some health centers
•Conducted Joint supportive supervision on the implementation of pharmacy services
•Mentored 11 Hospitals to conduct, document and report on patient medicine use health educations
•Distributed Standard Treatment Guideline including malaria and ART, Ethiopian Medicine Formulary, Good Dispensing and Prescribing Manuals to hospital in Amhara and Afar Region and also mentored on the adherence of providers to these national treatment guideline
•Mentoring provided to 11 Hospitals to detect, prevent, manage and report adverse drug events (adverse drug reaction, medication errors and drug quality problems to the medicine regulatory authority of Ethiopia
•Established 9 Drug Information Services (DIS) in 9 hospitals
•Implemented clinical pharmacy services (patient oriented pharmacy service or pharmaceutical care) in 11 hospitals in Amhara region and 2 in Afar region to detect, manage and report drug therapy problems
•Mentored hospitals to impended Electronic Dispensing Tool (EDT) to generate data on ART patient uptake, regimen breakdown and many other related information
Management Sciences for Health, November 2008-November 2011.
Training Team Leader, Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
•Designed and implemented training database for training events
•Prepared technical and donor reports;
•Developed training event checklist and training standard operating procedures to ensure quality
•Developed training-of-trainers manual and mentoring manuals
•Served as the Member of TWG for the Development of ART Training Curriculum for Pharmacists
•Planned, coordinated, facilitated, and documented numerous trainings on antiretroviral therapy and rational medicine use.
•Drafted a joint plan of action between MSH/SPS and Pharmaceutical Fund and Supply Agency (PFSA) of Ethiopia
•Wrote a section on “Dispensing Standards” in the Ethiopian Hospital Reform Implementation Guidelines
•Represented MSH in various national and subnational forums
•Provided TOT on Antimalarial Drug Management, Pharmacovigilance, Rational Drug Use, Anti TB medicines,
, CUC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Lectured on many episodes of pharmacology and other courses to both diploma and degree pharmacy and nursing students, developed laboratory manual for pharmacology and pharmaceutical analysis, served as member of the self-audit committee of Higher Education Relevance and Quality Assurance (HERQA) of Ministry of Education of Ethiopia representing the college, introduced the oral examination as evaluation tool, developed curriculum for bachelor of pharmacy degree, designed laboratory for pharmacy courses, and served as head of pharmacy department.
, Asella, Ethiopia.
•Conducted dispensary activity at outpatient and inpatient pharmacies,
•Served as a pharmacy department head for the hospital
•Managed the special pharmacy unit and the revolving drug fund program
•Locally produced intravenous fluids including Normal saline, dextrose 5%, ringer lactate for use at the hospital
•Forecasted, Quantified, procured routine pharmacy drug and medical supplies, participated in design of electronic database for drug supply management, conducted small scale compounding of antiseptics and small scale, local production of intravenous fluids (dextrose 5%, ringer lactate, normal saline, and dextrose 5% in normal saline), planned and led the hospital’s revolving drug fund (special pharmacy), served as a member of the hospital’s committee for strategic planning, and conducted various trainings as a trainer on various topics, including logistics of contraceptives.
Acted as store keeper
- Involved in the committee for quarterly supervision of privately owned pharmacies/drug shops and government owned health facilities
Chiro Hospital, Asebe-TEFERI (Chiro), October 1996-May 1998
Hospital Pharmacist and Department Head, Asebe-TEFERI (Chiro), Ethiopia
-Conducted dispensary activity at outpatient and inpatient pharmacies, procured routine pharmacy drug and medical supplies,
-Acted as department head,
Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) Program
Management Sciences for Health
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
P.O.Box: 1157 Code 1250
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Computer use, Addis Computers and Language Training Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1999
, School of Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University