Barbara Asire
Kampala,102
Summary
HIV (adolescent ) Specialist (NOC) with 18+ years experienced, results oriented and competent paediatrician and public health professional, highly proficient in child and adolescent health programming with excellent team building skills, partnership and collaboration skills diverse stakeholders, including community health educators/ peers and community led organizations, government UN agencies, NGOs, and community organizations, to address public health challenges effectively
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
HIV(Adolescent) Specialist
UNICEF
Uganda
04.2019 - Current
- Company Overview: UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
- Provided strategic support to the MoH and other line Ministries to review and implement child health policy, community health guidelines as well as ADH & HIV guidelines through the regional launch and capacity building activities as well as advocate for the multisectoral programming for ADH.
- Focal point in the implementation of the adolescent health /HIV, HPV vaccination programme
- Provide technical assistance on child health and immunization as a member of the office technical working group for disability, EPI- Zero dose.
- Mobilized resources through joint funding proposal for adolescents within UNICEF and other UN agencies platforms.
- Among my notable contributions to the public health sector was the successful supervision of the polio campaign in the Eastern region of Uganda in 2024 and implementation of the HPV+ implementation and coordination of the multisectoral Joint UN programmes for the adolescent health and HIV context with exposure to multifaceted, challenging functions including; finance, budget and administrative components of the CPMP together with compliance and internal control, ensuring all operational reporting requirements fully met.
- UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
HIV Specialist (NOC on stretch assignment)
UNICEF
South Africa
09.2023 - 12.2023
- Company Overview: UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
- Program development and planning with focus on supervision of Global fund consultants
- Program management, monitoring and delivery of results; oversee all Integrates School health policy review and evaluation.
- Provide advisory services and technical support to the UNICEF Country office partners (Love life and IQVIA) in the Adolescent peer mentors program and the line Government Ministries as well as PCA partners
- Provide technical assistance to the adolescent health program
- Resource mobilization through development of funding proposal for adolescents within UNICEF and joint UN platforms, through advocacy, networking and building and maintaining partnerships
- Responsible for entire range of Operations activities including; financial, human resources and administrative management, policy interpretation with full responsibility for funds and assets;
- Effectively act as Officer in Charge for the Ghana Country Office in absence of the International Operations Manager;
- Providing technical data interpretation and analysis to help inform decision making on succession planning and general planning strategies and processes in Finance and Operations.
- Strategically supporting activities related to Operations information/data collection, management, monitoring and reporting, production of statistical reports, studies, briefs, analyses, data and information inputs to senior and executive management
- Successfully contributed to the teams achievements during my stretch assisgnment in South Africa as a focal point for IntegratedSchool health policy review and evaluation and coordination of health partners as well as the and resource mobilization.;performed high-level Operations tasks in two Stretch Assignments; Yemen and Ethiopia, working in emergency context with exposure to multifaceted, challenging functions including; finance, budget and administrative components of the CPMP together with compliance and internal control, ensuring all operational reporting requirements fully met.
- Career Highlight: Instrumental in overseeing UN Reform process in line with SDGs, whilst maintaining an ‘Operating as One’ philosophy, employing UNICEF core values embedded in entire approach and dynamics of teamwork relations.
- UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
Field coordinator UNICEF Uganda EVD response
UNICEF
Fort portal chub
11.2022 - 12.2022
- Company Overview: UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
- Coordinate the UNICEF EVD response program in the 3 districts of Western zonal office (Kyegegwa, Bunyangabu and Kagadi cluster) for 5 weeks
- Participated and provided technical assistance and participated in the district EVD task force weekly.
- Provided weekly updates on the EVD response to the UNICEF CO EVD response task team
- Manage staff deployment and rotation of atleast 5 staff for the 3 districts during the EVD response; WASH specialist, case management specialist (nutrion/ education specialist), risk communication officers and 2 drivers
- Successfully compiled a transition plan for the district which enhanced district owner and smooth transition of the coordination and implementation of the emergency preparedness plan by the districts
- UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. Website: https://www.unicef.org
Technical Advisor Maternal and Child health
Plan
12.2012 - 01.2013
- Company Overview: Plan is a global organization that works to advance children's rights and equality for girls. Website: https://plan-international.org
- Responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring and evaluation of appropriate and sustainable safe motherhood and child health activities.
- Coordinate regular capacity building programmes for community support teams (Village Health Teams) and health workers.
- Provide technical support to field-based teams during development of annual work plans and participate in planning and budgeting activities especially regarding maternal and child health services.
- Provide periodic MCH reports including supplies and commodities in collaboration with the supply chain management.
- Career Highlight: Implemented innovative, accounting process supporting the recruitment of more than 100 National Officer posts in a time-bound cycle of less than 200 days.
- Plan is a global organization that works to advance children's rights and equality for girls. Website: https://plan-international.org
Internship
UNDP
Ghana
11.2010 - 11.2010
- Company Overview: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. Website: https://www.undp.org
- Developed innovative website offering learning and training materials and activities focusing on effective operational performance and efficiency in all areas of accounting and finance, incorporating a new synergy of Accounting Conversations; an innovative finance and social mobilisation strategy for UNDP staff.
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is the UN's global development network, advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life. Website: https://www.undp.org
Education
Master of Public health -
Makerere University
01.2020
Post Graduate Diploma in project planning and Management -
Uganda Management Institute
01.2011
Master of Medicine - Paediatric and Child health
Makerere University
01.2009
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery -
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
01.2001
Skills
- Program management
- Technical assistance
- Resource mobilization
- Data analysis
- Project planning
- Policy development
Training
- A short course on Adolescent health Sub-Saharan Africa, 2025, Nigeria
- Comprehensive HIV/Aids Care and Prevention for Medical Doctors in Africa, 2005, Uganda
- Advanced Security in the field, 06/08/15, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Regional Training on Program Planning and Management, 2015, Kenya
- On-line training course on Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP), 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Achieving the MDGs: Poverty reduction, 2012, World Bank Institute
- Alumni Leader for the Certified Professional Accountant (CPA), 2011 - Present, London Business School, UK
References
- Dr. Iriso Robert, Deputy Chief of Party/ Director clinical services, USAID’s Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services – East University Research Co. LLC Central, +256704465405, ririso@urc-chs.com
- Atnafu Getachew Asfaw, Health and HIV Manager, UNICEF, Uganda, +256772147144, agasfaw@unicef.org
- Ann Robins, Senior Adviser Health, PG- Health- MNCAH, O/P Nairobi, arobins@unicef.org
- Shadrack Omol, Country representative, UNICEF Malawi Office, +265-1770770 / 788, somol@unicef.org
Selected Publications
- The Operations Handbook for Young Leaders, everything and more you need to know, Okafor, A. J., 2016, Journal of Field Operations, V15(7), pp. 7-11
- Innovative approaches for the Developing Operations Manager, Okafor, A. J., 2015, Fiscal Management, V2(4), 111-113
Timeline
HIV Specialist (NOC on stretch assignment)
UNICEF
09.2023 - 12.2023
Field coordinator UNICEF Uganda EVD response
UNICEF
11.2022 - 12.2022
HIV(Adolescent) Specialist
UNICEF
04.2019 - Current
Technical Advisor Maternal and Child health
Plan
12.2012 - 01.2013
Internship
UNDP
11.2010 - 11.2010
Master of Public health -
Makerere University
Post Graduate Diploma in project planning and Management -
Uganda Management Institute
Master of Medicine - Paediatric and Child health
Makerere University
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery -
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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