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Paul  Kasu

Paul Kasu

Public Health Specialist
Jinja,Uganda

Summary

Intuitive Public Health Specialist with a passion for effectively maintaining healthcare standards and coordinating treatment programs. Impressive proficiencies in introducing new healthcare programs to the public, providing seasonal information to ensure the optimal public health and coordinating funding efforts. Dedication to facilitating the distribution of health information through effective communications and strong leadership.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Regional Coordinator (Health)

Busoga Dioceses
Jinja , East Central
08.2017 - Current

General Duties.

Supported day-to-day organizational and Project activities
· Participated in drawing of periodic work plans/budgets-in relation to setting targets.
· Worked with the Program Manager and the Diocesan teams to support delivery and attainment of set targets.
· Ensured safe custody and proper utilization of project assets and equipment.
· Developed monthly schedules for the activity and plans.
· Supported the Program manager on reporting and documentation.
· Helped the Program manager in coordinating project activities and liaising with partner organizations and the dioceses in Busoga
· Helped the Program manager schedule and coordinate all appointments and meetings for staff and those for other stakeholders as scheduled.
· Prepared meeting minutes, meeting notes and internal support materials.

USAID/LSDA

Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau 2020 - 2022

  • Guide and facilitate quality data collection to capture process and outcome indicators.
  • Collect, review and manage data from the health
    facility/community teams, and maintain updated QI databases including national QI databases.
  • Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents
  • Develop and implement QI work plans to address
    priority quality gaps and provide a strategy for regional level scale up.
  • Develop and test tools and guidelines for QI activities and support their roll out through the health structures.
  • Build the capacity of the regional, district QI teams to use the QI approach to improve the quality of care.
  • Coordinate and liaise with the QI structures to implement QI interventions for the MoH priority areas.

UPMB/Health Heart Africa/Astrazeneca

NCDs Project

  • Supported day-to-day organizational and Project activities
  • Participated in drawing of periodic work plans/budgets-in relation to the setting targets.
  • Worked with the Program Manager and the Diocesan teams to support delivery and attainment of set targets.
  • Ensured safe custody and proper utilization of project assets and equipment.
  • Developed monthly schedules for the activity and plans.
  • Supported the Program manager on reporting and documentation.
  • Supported the Program manager in coordinating project activities and liaising with partner organizations and the dioceses in Busoga
  • Supported the Program manager in scheduling and coordinating all appointments and meetings both staff and those for other stakeholders as scheduled.
  • Prepared meeting minutes, meeting notes and internal support materials.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues

Intern

Swedish Organization for Global Health
Iganga Town, East central
07.2019 - 08.2019
  • Provided clerical support, addressing routine and special requirements.
  • Sorted, organized and maintained files.
  • Answered and transferred incoming telephone calls, taking messages for various staff members.
  • Assisted with projects by applying strong analytical skills and studies.
  • Developed more suitable tools to collect the data based on the previous evaluation report
  • Built a cohesive international team, that included members coming from both Europe and Uganda
  • Conducted interviews with project beneficiaries, local government and VHTs
  • Collected quantitative data from medical records at health facilities
  • Wrote the final project report
  • Sorted, organized and maintained files
  • Provided clerical support, addressing routine and special requirements

Interviewer

Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Medicine
Iganga Town, East central
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Delivered information from script regarding surveys for on-demand phone project assignment.
  • Observed participants and recorded results.
  • Explained questions in better detail for interviewees to allow truthful answers.
  • Coded data from participant interviews.
  • Receive and assist patients referred by the study staff for enrollment into the study and completion of
    the study baseline and monthly surveys
  • Obtain written consent from persons eligible for participation in the study
  • Conduct required study physical assessments and all participants enrolled in the study and complete the necessary study documents

Education

IBM Data Analytics With Excel And R - Data Analysis

Coursera, Online
10.2021 - Current

Utilized Excel spreadsheets to perform a variety of data analysis tasks like data wrangling, using pivot tables, data mining, & creating charts
Completed the data analysis process, including data preparation, statistical
analysis, and predictive modelling, using R, R Studio, and Jupyter
Created relational databases and tables, query data, sorted, filtered and aggregated result sets using SQL and R from Jupyter Lab
Communicated data findings using various data visualization techniques including, charts, plots &interactive dashboards with Cognos and R Shiny
1. Introduction to Data Analytics
2. Excel Basics for Data Analysis
3. Data Visualization and Dashboards with
Excel and Cognos
4. Assessment for Data Analysis and
Visualization Foundations
5. SQL for Data Science with R
6. Data Visualization with R
7. Data Science with R - Capstone Project

Google Professional Certificate in Project Managem - Project Management

Coursera, Online
01.2022 - 07.2022

Gained an immersive understanding of the practices and skills needed to succeed in an entry-level project management role
Learnt how to create effective project documentation and artefacts throughout the various phases of a project
Learnt the foundations of Agile project management, with a focus on implementing Scrum events, building Scrum artefacts, and understanding Scrum roles
Practiced strategic communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management through real-world scenarios
1. Foundations of Project Management
2. Project Initiation
3. Project Planning
4. Project Execution
5. Agile Project Management
6. Capstone: Applying Project Management in the Real World

Certificate in Global Health - Global Health

Yale University, US
01.2022 - 07.2022

Module 1: Introduction
This module introduces you to the course, some of the basic concepts of global health, and a number of key perspectives for considering global health issues. This module will also introduce you to the key actors in global health and the different ways in which they are organized and function.

Module 2: The Burden of Disease
Module 2 focuses on the “burden of disease”. It first examines the state of the world’s health. It then introduces you to key demographic factors and how they relate to global health. It concludes with several sessions that examine what people get sick, are disabled, and die from and to what risk factors and determinants these conditions can be attributed.

Module 3: Health Systems and Value for Money in Health
Module 3 focuses on health systems. It first examines the notion of “value for money” in considering investments in health. It then reviews how health systems in different parts of the world are organized;

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Information And Communication TechnologyUniversity, Yaounde Cameroon
07.2017 - 12.2020
  • Principles of Management in Healthcare
  • Health and Development
  • Introduction to Statistics
  • Sociology for Healthcare Professionals
  • Introduction to Finance for Healthcare Managers
  • Epidemiology I
  • Environmental Health
  • Health Communication: Theory and Practice
  • Primary Healthcare & Community Health and others

Skills

    Project Management

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Software

Microsoft office

SQL

Open office

References

David Balikitenda

Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau

P.O Box 4127 Mengo

Tel: +256750427027

dbalikitenda2014@gmail.com


Sr. Annette Namusosa
Jinja Regional referral hospital
Ear, Nose and Throat Department
In-charge
Tel: +256772393466
annettenamusosa@gmail.com

Work Availability

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Timeline

Coursera - Google Professional Certificate in Project Managem, Project Management
01.2022 - 07.2022
Yale University - Certificate in Global Health, Global Health
01.2022 - 07.2022
Coursera - IBM Data Analytics With Excel And R , Data Analysis
10.2021 - Current
Intern - Swedish Organization for Global Health
07.2019 - 08.2019
Regional Coordinator (Health) - Busoga Dioceses
08.2017 - Current
Information And Communication TechnologyUniversity - Bachelor of Science, Public Health
07.2017 - 12.2020
Interviewer - Makerere University College of Health Sciences School of Medicine
01.2017 - 12.2018
Paul KasuPublic Health Specialist