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Education
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Years Of Experience
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Training
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Joseph Katumba

Joseph Katumba

Kampala

Summary

Results-driven Medical Clinical Officer and Public Health Officer with over nine years of experience in clinical practice and public health program management. Proven track record in coordinating multidisciplinary teams, implementing quality improvement initiatives, and delivering effective health education to enhance community well-being. Holds a Master’s degree in Control of Infectious Diseases from Yonsei University, specializing in infectious disease control and health promotion to drive impactful health outcomes in resource-limited settings.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Medical clinical officer, SMC focal person

Kikuube HCIV
Kikuube
04.2019 - Current
  • Advocating for survivor-centered care policies and systemic responses to GBV
  • Providing immediate medical and emotional support to survivors of GBV, documenting injuries and collecting evidence for legal proceedings
  • Managing physical and psychological health issues resulting from GBV, such as injuries, STIs, and trauma
  • Closely coordinating Implementing partners’ objectives with health facilities in Kikuube district through implementation of VMMC activities as guided from Ministry of Health
  • Conducting quality improvement mentorship for VMMC and HIV/AIDS care services as well as IPC in relation to COVID-19 pandemic
  • Preparing weekly and monthly site reports and disseminating to relevant supervisors, Co-ordinating site activities including camps, outreaches, meeting among others
  • Identifying, managing and reporting emergency and adverse events occurring at site
  • Timely requisition, proper utilization and documentation of all site finances, logistics and supplies
  • Engaging in demand creation of VMMC clients through public community sensitization, radio and TV talk shows to scale up circumcision, Capacity building to VMMC staffs through CMEs, Strengthening Linkage and referral of HIV clients into HIV care centers in Hoima/Kikuube District
  • Supervising of health programs including Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), immunization, Maternal Child Health (MCH) and HIV/AIDS Programs
  • Participating in planning, budgeting for clinical work, Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients and Conducting health education to patients
  • Participating in research activities and participating in continuous professional development activities
  • Planning and budgets preparing, Accountability for allocated medical, fiscal, and other resources made
  • Review of clients visiting ART clinic; Enrolling clients into Care, clinical staging of HIV, initiating ART and prescribing ARVs, filling the clients’ HIV care cards, requesting, and interpreting viral load, CD4 and chemistry tests, Adherence counseling, Treatment monitoring, Management of opportunistic infections, identify and send eligible patients for Community refill programme
  • Participating in the TB program activities; Screening presumptive TB patients for active disease, Requesting and interpreting Gene pert results and Chest X-rays, implementing infection control, linkage of TB patients to TB unit, Counseling TB patients, psychosocial support, Implementing DOTS, Prescribing, and dispensing antiTB drugs, Updating the Unit TB register, Management of HIV-TB co-infected patients, Initiating INH to eligible clients, Updating the Unit INH log
  • Offering pediatric and adolescent facility-based mentorship across the entire district, over all support supervision of facility Adolescent Services in terms of adolescent linkage, adolescent patient follows up, Review of OVC children on their clinic days, Adolescent collaborative activities like HCT, ART, INH
  • Overall supervision of patients with High Viral load through follow ups to start (IAC) Intensive Adherence Counseling
  • Update VL register, complete list of patients for switch, viral load Audits
  • Assessing the effectiveness of the recommended risk reduction actions or other interventions
  • Recognizing groups at threat for specific preventable diseases
  • Carrying out epidemiological research of acute and chronic diseases
  • Preparing precautionary health reports which include problem explanations, analyses, alternate solutions, and suggestions
  • Delivering details about potential health risks and possible treatments to the media, the public, other health care experts, or local, state, and national health regulators
  • Managing or coordinating the work of doctors, nurses, statisticians, or other staff members
  • Educating or training medical teams regarding precautionary medicine problems
  • Designing, implementing, or assessing health service delivery systems to enhance the health of specific communities
  • Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients, conducting health education to patients, participating in research activities, participating in Continuous Professional Development activities and preparing and submitting reports

Medical clinical officer, SMC surgeon

Nsozi Health Centre III
Hoima/Kikuube
06.2015 - 04.2019
  • Performing proficient Circumcision surgeries using both the dorsal slit and Shang ring methods of circumcision
  • Closely coordinating Implementing partners’ objectives with health facilities in Kikuube district through implementation of VMMC activities as guided from Ministry of Health
  • Conducting quality improvement mentorship for VMMC and HIV/AIDS care services
  • Preparing weekly and monthly site reports and disseminating to relevant supervisors, Co-ordinate site activities including camps, outreaches, meeting among others
  • Identifying, managing and reporting emergency and adverse events occurring at site
  • Participating in the TB program activities; Screening presumptive TB patients for active disease, Requesting and interpreting Gene pert results and Chest X-rays, implementing infection control, linkage of TB patients to TB unit, Counseling TB patients, psychosocial support, Implementing DOTS, Prescribing, and dispensing antiTB drugs, Updating the Unit TB register, Management of HIV-TB co-infected patients, Initiating INH to eligible clients, Updating the Unit INH log
  • Offering pediatric and adolescent facility-based mentorship across the entire district, over all support supervision of facility Adolescent Services in terms of adolescent linkage, adolescent patient follows up, Review of OVC children on their clinic days, Adolescent collaborative activities like HCT, ART, INH
  • Overall supervision of patients with High Viral load through follow ups to start (IAC) Intensive Adherence Counseling
  • Update VL register, complete list of patients for switch, viral load Audits
  • Participating in planning, budgeting for clinical work, Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients and Conducting health education to patients
  • Participating in research activities and participating in continuous professional development activities
  • Planning and budgets preparing, Accountability for allocated medical, fiscal, and other resources made
  • Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients, conducting health education to patients, participating in research activities, participating in Continuous Professional Development activities and preparing and submitting reports

Medical clinical officer

St Namaliga HCIV
Bombo
11.2014 - 06.2015
  • Review of clients visiting ART clinic; Enrolling clients into Care, clinical staging of HIV, initiating ART and prescribing ARVs, filling the clients’ HIV care cards, requesting, and interpreting viral load, CD4 and chemistry tests, Adherence counseling, Treatment monitoring, Management of opportunistic infections, identify and send eligible patients for Community refill programme
  • Diagnosing, treating and managing patients, conducting health education to patients, participating in research activities, participating in Continuous Professional Development activities and preparing and submitting reports

Medical clinical officer

Lisa Medical Centre
11.2014 - 06.2015
  • Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients, conducting health education to patients, participating in research activities, participating in Continuous Professional Development activities and preparing and submitting reports

Education

Master’s degree - control of infectious Diseases

Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
12.2024

Degree - public health and Health promotion

Uganda Martyrs University
04.2021

Diploma - clinical medicine and community Health

Medicare Health Professional’s college
11.2014

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) -

Kagadi Academy Secondary School
01.2010

Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) -

Kagadi Secondary School
01.2007

Primary Leaving Examination -

Kahunde Primary School
01.2003

Skills

  • Team player
  • Driving/riding
  • Computer skills
  • SPSS
  • Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • PowerPoint
  • Jamovi
  • RStudio

Years Of Experience

9 Years

Contacts

josephkatumba7@gmail.com, +256783206461

References

  • LWENGE MATHIAS, Associate Dean Faculty of Health Science, Uganda Martyrs University (NKOZI), mlwenge@umu.ac.ug, +256782450525
  • CHUNA MOSES KAPOLON, Chief Administrative Officer, Kikuube District, kapoloncm@yahoo.com, +256772585174
  • SUK-YONG JANG, MD, JD, PHD, Associate professor, Yonsei University, Seoul South-Korea, sukyong@yuhs.ac, +82-10-6404-3249

Training

  • Clinical management of rape, gender based violence, Lutheran World Federation/Ministry of Health, 2019
  • Integrated Management of malaria, Ministry of Health, 2019
  • Medical male circumcision (Dorsal slit method), Rakai Health Science Program (AMAKA), 2017
  • HIV care in Key Population, IDI, 2016
  • Pediatric HIV/AIDS Management, IDI, 2016
  • Adolescent HIV care and treatment, counseling in HIV/AIDS care and Management, Mild May institute of Health Science, 2018
  • Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, Medicare Health Professionals’ College, 2012
  • Open MRS, METs/ MOH, 2017
  • Quality Improvement Mentorship and coaching on Data and surgical Skills, METs/MOH, 2020
  • Care, Treatment and management for covid cases, MOH, 2020
  • Quality Improvement and Adverse event Management, IDI, 2017
  • Medical male Circumcision (Shang Ring Device Method), Baylor Uganda Johns Hopkin University, 2021
  • Pediatric and adolescent HIV case-based Mentorship, Baylor Uganda, 2020

Disclaimer

I KATUMBA JOSEPH declare that the information in this document is correct and liable. It can be used to supplement and be relied on to support my academic and professional achievement made.

Signature Date

01/22/25

Personal Information

  • Profession: Medical clinical officer/Public health officer
  • Nationality: Ugandan

Timeline

Medical clinical officer, SMC focal person

Kikuube HCIV
04.2019 - Current

Medical clinical officer, SMC surgeon

Nsozi Health Centre III
06.2015 - 04.2019

Medical clinical officer

St Namaliga HCIV
11.2014 - 06.2015

Medical clinical officer

Lisa Medical Centre
11.2014 - 06.2015

Master’s degree - control of infectious Diseases

Yonsei University

Degree - public health and Health promotion

Uganda Martyrs University

Diploma - clinical medicine and community Health

Medicare Health Professional’s college

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) -

Kagadi Academy Secondary School

Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) -

Kagadi Secondary School

Primary Leaving Examination -

Kahunde Primary School

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