Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Boniface Maket MBCHB, MPH, PMD Pro P.O Box 15671-00509 Nairobi, Kenya

Telephone no: +254 703 575 982 Email: bmaket@gmail.com

Professional Summary Highly dedicated professional with over 22 years of experience, having extensive expertise in public health program design, planning and health systems strengthening in Africa, with specific focus on HIV/AIDS Prevention, care and treatment, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Malaria, Reproductive Health and Family Planning. Dr. Maket began his distinguished career with six years in the Kenyan Ministry of Health. As a District medical officer of health Dr. Maket managed all human resources, quality improvement, budgets, work plans, and partner coordination within two successive districts of Kenya. Building on his experience with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, Dr. Maket managed public health programs within the NGO sector in Kenya, first leading World Vision’s Kenya health and nutrition programs (including HIV/AIDS, MNCH, and nutrition), served as Country Director of the Hope for African Children Initiative, and returned to World Vision to lead development, implementation, and oversight of $30 million HIV/AIDS, MNCH, nutrition, and Malaria programming in 25 countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Maket then moved abroad, first serving in Accra, Ghana as a senior technical advisor as part of World Vision’s senior management team overseeing $ 5 million per year in HIV/AIDS, MNCH, nutrition, and malaria programs and approaches in eight countries of West Africa; then managing $20 million in World Vision’s integrated HIV/AIDS and MNCH programs in nine countries of Southern Africa, and finally managing the $7 million Malaria Control Evaluation Partnership for PATH in Lusaka, Zambia. As the Deputy Director for Regional Programs, Dr Maket led the establishment of PATH/MACEPA country presence in Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi and Ethiopia through strategic negotiations and development of MOUs with respective governments. As director-level staff on each of these public health programs Dr. Maket led complex multi-country monitoring and evaluation efforts and capacity building for program and host-country government staff, and earned a reputation for maintaining a culture of excellence, honesty, independence, and trust among his staff. Upon returning to Kenya, Dr. Maket deepened his experience managing USAID programs through serving as Deputy Country Director for Jhpiego and lead for the USAID/Kenya APHIA Plus Western/Nyanza program, overseeing Jhpiego’ s RH, MNCH, FP, HTC, TB, and VMMC technical portfolio, and providing financial and administrative management for Jhpiego’ s $17 million APHIA Plus sub-award. Dr Maket also provided leadership to Jhpiego’ s CDC funded SAIDIA that focused on HIV/TB care and treatment, HIV Testing and counselling, OVCs, abstinence and behavior change, involvement of men in PMTCT and development of national palliative care and support guidelines While Dr. Maket has deep technical expertise, he also has strong administrative and financial management experience to ensure programs are well-implemented on time, within budget, and in compliance with donor and host government rules and regulations. While country director of HACI Dr. Maket helped set up the HACI country program from scratch, developing administrative and financial systems, scopes of work, and awards with sub-grantees; of the 10 initial HACI countries his office was the first to establish systems and disburse grants to CBOs within the first year of project inception. Dr. Maket provided strategic leadership and management of the HACI Kenya Country program through development and management of a comprehensive work plan, sound financial management and budget control, staff recruitment and supervision. As the deputy director, regional programs, for four years with PATH’s MACEPA program in Zambia Dr. Maket supervised all financial and administrative operations, including a team of seven staff that included technical experts, accountants, and administrative personnel responsible for project administration. As deputy country director for Jhpiego and APHIA Plus/Western lead, Dr. Maket was responsible for contractual and budgetary compliance of Jhpiego’ s sub award, as well as tracking project performance via specific U.S. government funding streams. During this time Dr. Maket also managed and tracked budgets for sub awards funded by private sector partners such as MSD and the Gates Foundation. Most recently, Dr. Maket served as Danya International’s senior director of programs, where he fine-tuned his expertise in strategic multi-country program leadership, management oversight to country program operations, supervision and HR management and technical expertise in monitoring and evaluation, social and behavior change communication, ICT,

HRH, and HMIS; he led Danya’s contributions to the USAID/Kenya FANIKISHA institutional strengthening and capacity building project, and led Danya’s contributions to the USAID/Kenya FANIKISHA institutional strengthening and capacity building project, and led a team of ICT experts to integrate ICT into the USAID/Tanzania feed the future programs and development and roll out of eLearning for pre-service training of health care workers on HIV/AIDS in the government medical training colleges and Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK) medical training colleges. Specific areas of Dr. Maket’s expertise and relevant experience include the following:

Strategic Management and Leadership- Served in senior leadership positions at Danya International, Jhpiego, PATH, World Vision International and Government of Kenya providing strategic and organizational leadership, ensuring alignment of programs with organizational strategic plan.

Program Development and Implementation- Designed and managed large and complex programs that include HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment; Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH); youth and adolescent reproductive health; nutrition and food security, girl-child empowerment and economic resilience among others in East, West and Southern Africa. Significantly I have contributed to strengthening of health systems in a number of countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Malawi.

External and donor relations- As a senior manager in his previous capacities, Dr. Maket had the responsibility for initiating new partnerships for program development and strategic engagement for national and regional programs. I have engaged with senior government officials in East and Southern Africa for initiatives that help strengthen national health systems. In addition I have hands on experienced in donor relations management.

Business Development and Resource Mobilization- Dr. Maket has a demonstrable record of successful business development through proposal writing for donor and private funding. The donors with whom I have had successful business development with USAID, CDC, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, EU, DFID and private donors.

USAID Experience- At Jhpiego Dr. Maket managed a USD 17 million dollar APHIA plus Western/Nyanza project. Jhpiego’s portfolio included HIV testing and counseling, RH/FP, Maternal newborn and child health, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision, TB and Cervical cancer screening. At World Vision International I helped design and implement child survival project in Kenya, an OVC project in Zambia, HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment in Eastern and Southern Africa countries.

Budgeting and Financial Management- Dr. Maket has a proven track record of prudent financial management ensuring that project activities are implemented within budget and that controls and risk management plans are in place.

Advanced Communication and Documentation- Documented comprehensive donor reports and published research findings for presentation at international conferences. Dr. Maket has also co-authored articles that have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Human Resource Management and capacity building- Having managed teams in his various capacities Dr. Maket has knowledge and skills in supportive supervision, mentorship and ability to design systems for reward and recognition for teams under his leadership.

Engagement with Academia- Dr. Maket has served as a honorary lecturer at the University of Zambia and offered lessons to MPH students in Health Systems Management as well as health policy and planning. While at World Vision Kenya I forged partnerships with Universities of Kenyatta and Moi to enable students from nutrition and environmental health departments to benefit from hands-on experience at World Vision Kenya programs.

International Experience- Lived in Accra, Ghana, and supported 8 Country programs for World Vision International in West Africa; lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, and supported 12 Country programs for

World Vision International; lived in Lusaka, Zambia, and supported 7 Country programs for PATH.

Education

1997 - 1998 Master of Public Health

University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute of International Health and Development, UK

1987 - 1992

Bachelor of Medicine

Bachelor of Surgery

University of Nairobi

Skills Leadership and Management Skills: A goal driven leader who maintains a productive climate and confidently

motivates, mobilizes and coaches team members to meet high performance standards.

Decision Making and Problem Solving Skills: Ability to make timely, well considered and logical decisions on problem situations that may arise so as to find appropriate and workable solutions.

Communication Skills: An excellent communicator who effectively conveys information both verbally and in writing. I am also a keen listener and gives prompt feedback.

Project Management: Ability to lead a team, manage and coordinate the planning, budgeting, and implementation of a project.

Monitoring and Evaluation: strong ability to design, build and operate a comprehensive Programme/project management, monitoring and evaluation system based on best practice.

Strategies and Policies: highly able to develop, formulate, recommend and coordinate the implementation of strategies, policies and operational systems

Work Experience

March 2014 - September 2016 Danya International

Position: Senior Director of Programs

Responsibilities:

Lead Danya International portfolio of programs in Africa that include a CDC funded strategic information project (SSI) in partnership with Amref Kenya that supports the MOH’s HIV/AIDS program, a USAID funded Institutional Capacity Building project (FANIKISHA) in partnership with MSH Kenya, a CDC funded Pre-service HIV/AIDS E-Learning project in partnership with Jhpiego for Government and Faith-based medical training colleges in Kenya, CDC funded HIV/AIDS/TB/ public health Communication project (Public Affairs) in Ethiopia, Feed the Future projects in partnership with ACDI/VOCA in Ethiopia (AMDE), Tanzania (NAFAKA) and Zambia (Profit plus) and other new initiatives within East and Southern Africa region.

Identify new funding opportunities and develop concept papers for review by senior leadership team as well as initiate strategic partnerships for business development.

Ensure compliance with Danya International as well as donors’ policies, regulations and processes of donors.

Ensure compliance with host government (Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Ethiopia) statutory laws, regulations and policies.

Oversee budget and financial management of assigned projects and institute financial controls including monthly forecasts and burn rates.

Manage local project teams across multiple projects and provide effective supervision and management of direct reports and oversee the establishment and operations of a strong and effective senior leadership team. Institute systems that lead to the identification, onboarding and retention of high quality staff for high

quality and sustainable impact.

Working with the lead Monitoring and Evaluation Regional Advisor, ensure effective and efficient institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation system that among other outputs, generates real time data for decision-making. Ensure timely submission of quality reports and other communication briefs to donors, stakeholders and Danya International leadership team at Home Office.

Work with Africa regional project team members and US-based headquarters to ensure smooth program planning, development, resource availability and management activities. Lead the implementation and periodic review of Danya International’s strategic plan in Africa. Ensure that current and new program initiatives are aligned with Danya international’s strategic focus.

Promote a learning environment within the Africa Regional Program through documentation and dissemination of best practices among the project teams and various stakeholders including both the public and private sectors. Support project teams to write and submit quality abstracts for presentation at national, regional and international conferences as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Achievements

Strategic Management and Leadership- Contributed to Danya International’s organization Vision and Mission of catalyzing change for social impact through leadership of the organizational strategic plan and programs in Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania and initiatives with private sector.

Program Development and implementation-

o Successfully led a team of ICT experts to develop and integrate ICT in the USAID funded NAFAKA Feed the Future project in Tanzania.

o Successfully led the design and application of innovative project management tools that include implementation tracking, risk management and training tools for Danya’s public health (HIV/AIDS/Nutrition) and food security projects in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia. The public communication project greatly increased the capacity of the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia communication teams in the documentation and dissemination of best practices in HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention and TB control.

o Successfully managed a CDC funded HIV/AIDS project under Amref Health Africa-Kenya, during which period we developed the national HIV/AIDS M&E curriculum, tools and guides that are used at the National and County levels thus contributing to the strengthening of Kenya’s health system.

o Met all targets for the CDC funded public health communication and USAID funded Food Security projects in Ethiopia as well as nutrition and food security projects in Tanzania and Zambia.

o Successfully managed implementation of Danya’s scope of work under the USAID funded FANIKISHA project led by MSH and subsequently contributed to a peer-reviewed scientific paper on FANIKISHA’s model for CSO capacity building that was published in the Pan African Medical Journal.

o Successfully completed a Situational Analysis in Tanzania and Kenya for the development of the Aflatoxin Communication Strategy for East Africa Community funded by the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA).

Budgeting and Financial Management- Provided budgeting and financial oversight for all regional and country program budgets and ensured prudent financial management that adhere to strict financials controls including monthly forecasts and burn rate reviews.

Business Development and Resource Mobilization-

o Spearheaded the design and development of project proposals submitted to USAID and CDC in 2014/2015 in Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda. Four proposals were submitted during this period with a combined budget of over USD 200 million. The OVC proposal for the coastal region of Kenya was successfully funded and it is currently in the first year of implementation led by Plan International.

o As Program lead for Danya’s resource mobilization team, initiated collaborative relationships with

strategic partners for new initiatives such as with IITA for the development of the Aflatoxin Communication strategic framework for the East African Community Secretariat.

Advanced Communication and Documentation- Documented comprehensive donor reports and published research findings for presentation at international conferences. In 2015, I co-authored; Juma C, Sundsmo A, Maket B, Powell R, Aluoch G, Using ICT to increase institutional capacity of local health organisations in Africa, A case study of the Kenya Civil Society Portal for health. Pan Africa Medical Journal. 2015;21:23

External and Donor Relations-

o As the Senior Director of Programs and point person for donor engagement, successfully established and sustained cordial working relations with USAID and CDC, the government NGOs and community based organisations, resulting in seamless project implementation.

o Successfully initiated new partnerships for Danya International in Africa and maintained excellent communication with current and potential donors as well as implementing partners.

Human Resource Management and Capacity Building- Established systems for professional development and mentorship for staff as well as reward and recognition for excellent performance.

Health Systems Strengthening-

o Successfully managed the roll-out of E-Learning HIV/AIDS Modules for the CDC funded PreService training of health care workers in the Kenya Medical Training Colleges and Christian Health Association of Kenya Medical Training Colleges and subsequent close-out of the project.

o Successfully managed the implementation of Danya’s scope of work under the CDC funded Support to HIV Strategic Information (SSI) led by Amref. This project provided support to the MOH’s HIV/AIDS program in the development of national HIV/AIDS M&E curriculum, tools and guides for increased HIV/AIDS M&E capacity at both national and county levels.

July 2012 - Feb 2014 Jhpiego Kenya

Position: Deputy Country Director

Responsibilities:

Working with the Country Director, lead the implementation and periodic review of Jhpiego’s country strategic plan in Kenya. Ensure that current and new program initiatives are aligned with Jhpiego’s national and global strategic focus.

Manage local project teams across multiple projects (APHIA plus Western/Nyanza; CDC HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment SAIDIA project; BMGF integrated health project in informal areas of the city; MSD Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health Project at two national university campuses) and provide effective supervision and management of direct reports to ensure high impact results. Mentor, support, supervise teams of technical staff

Working with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Director, ensure effective and efficient institutionalization of monitoring and evaluation system that among other outputs generates real time data for decision-making. Ensure timely submission of quality reports and other communication briefs to donors, stakeholders and Jhpiego country senior management team as well as the leadership team at Home Office.

Liaise with HQ staff to inform and update on successes, challenges and lessons learned in program implementation.

Represent Jhpiego in stakeholder meetings including periodic donor review meetings, conferences and presentations.

Oversee budget and financial management of assigned projects and institute financial controls including monthly forecasts and burn rates.

Manage country office human resource matters in collaboration with the Country Director and Director of

Global Human Resources.

Manage strategic relationships with USAID, other donors, global and regional institutions, private sector entities, government ministries and other stakeholders.

Coordinate the development and dissemination of materials to further the achievement of all Jhpiego/Kenya programs and promote a learning environment within the country through documentation and dissemination of best practices among the project teams and various stakeholders including the government of kenya. Support project teams to write and submit quality abstracts for presentation at national, regional and international conferences as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Achievements

Strategic Management and Leadership- Contributed to Jhpiego’s organizational Vision and Mission of innovating to save lives through alignment of national strategic plan with global goals and objectives.

Program Development and Implementation-

o As Jhpiego’s lead for the USAID funded APHIA plus Western/Nyanza project with a budget ceiling of approximately US $ 17 million, successfully met all the project component annual targets. The project components under my leadership included Reproductive Health, Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Family Planning, HIV Testing and Counseling, TB Screening, Cervical Cancer Screening and Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC). The project consistently surpassed the VMMC annual targets.

o Successfully initiated a life planning project for the University students in two Campuses of Jomo Kenyatta University and Kenyatta University. The project called the Brighter Future was funded by the Pharmaceutical giant, MSD, helped students acquire skills to plan their lives and make decisions on their reproductive health (www.brighterfuture.org)

o Successfully integrated the concept of Health Wagons into urban and peri-urban family planning project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the cities of Nairobi and Kisumu as well as the towns of Machakos and Kakamega. These wagons made integrated health services (MNCH/FP) accessible to families and communities in hard-to-reach informal settlements in the cities and towns of Kenya.

o As the project lead, successfully negotiated partnership between the BMGF funded Advance Family Planning (AFP) project and three county governments (Kakamega, Tharaka Nithi and Siaya) in Kenya for grass roots advocacy for Family Planning.

o Through effective project management, documentation and dissemination of best practices and skill and knowledge transfer, successfully contributed to the strengthening of Kenya’s health system.

Budgeting and Financial Management- Ensured effective financial management and accountability for the projects under my leadership including USAID funded APHIA plus Nyanza/Western project, CDC funded HIV/AIDS treatment, care and prevention (SAIDIA) project, MSD funded youth sexual and reproductive health project for university students and BMGF funded FP project. All the projects were implemented within budget and timelines.

Innovation and Conceptual Thinking-

o As the lead investigator, developed and presented an innovative concept at the annual Development Exchange Conference in DC, USA, titled “Reducing Maternal and Newborn Infection with an Energy-Generating Incinerator”.

o Developed the first concept paper on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) for Jhpiego and set up a team to integrate NCDs in ongoing USAID funded APHIA plus projects.

Aug 2008 - April 2012 PATH/Malaria Control Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) Lusaka, Zambia

Position: Deputy Director, Regional Programs

Responsibilities:

Provide leadership in Programmatic management and operational oversight to country level and regional PATH/MACEPA activities in Africa. Ensure appropriate program strategies are developed, implemented and lessons documented.

Oversee budget and financial management of the regional program and institute financial and operational controls including monthly forecasts and burn rates.

Working with the regional Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Technical Advisor, ensure effective and efficient institutionalization of a monitoring and evaluation system that generates real time data for decision-making. Ensure timely submission of quality reports and other communication briefs to BMGF, stakeholders and PATH/MACEPA senior leadership team at Home Office.

Promote a learning environment within the PATH/MACEPA Africa Regional Program through documentation and dissemination of best practices among the project teams and other Rollback Malaria stakeholders through regional learning workshops. Support project teams to write and submit quality abstracts for presentation at national, regional and international conferences as well as publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Manage country program teams and provide effective supervision and management of direct reports and oversee the establishment and operations of a strong and effective senior Africa regional leadership team. Implement a human resource management and development system that lead to the identification, onboarding and retention of high quality staff. Provide supportive supervision and mentorship of technical staff to improve their technical and project management skills for high impact results.

Initiate and manage key regional and national partnerships and alliances for malaria control and prevention.

Develop, monitor and update Regional Programs’ annual work plans and budgets.

Coordinate communication with PATH/MACEPA partners and host government departments.

Represent PATH/MACEPA in meetings and conferences and Rollback Malaria working groups.

Key Achievements

Strategic Management and Leadership- Contributed to PATH’s global mission of ‘Driving Transformative Innovation to Save Lives” through leadership and management of a USD 7 million regional malaria control and evaluation partnership in Africa.

Program Development, Advocacy and External Relations-

o Led negotiations with Ministries of Health of Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe resulting in the signing of MOUs with PATH/MACEPA in pursuit of their national malaria control and prevention goals that aimed at reducing Maternal, Newborn and Child (MNCH) morbidity and mortality as a result of malaria transmission.

o Led the development of the 2010-2014 SADC Malaria Advocacy and Communication Advocacy framework for malaria control and prevention and contributed to the regional malaria pre-elimination framework.

o Built the visibility of MACEPA through major Rollback Malaria activities in Africa through participation and presentations at national and sub-regional malaria forums.

o Key member of Rollback Malaria Partnership Networks in Southern, Eastern and West Africa.

Budgeting and Financial Management- Provided budgeting and financial oversight for all regional and country program budgets and ensured prudent financial management that adhere to strict financials controls including monthly forecasts and burn rates.

Innovation and Conceptual Thinking- Contributed significantly to the concept of cross-border malaria programming towards the pre-elimination and elimination goal in southern Africa by 2015.

Engagement with Academia-

o Appointed as a honorary lecturer by the University of Zambia and lectured Master of Public Health Students on Health Systems Management, Health Policy and Planning.

o Coordinated partnership between MACEPA, Tulane University and University of Zambia for the development of an M&E module for MPH students.

Health Systems Strengthening-

o Contributed to health systems strengthening efforts in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Swaziland, Namibia, South Africa and Malawi through concept development and participation in joint national malaria program performance reviews and provision of technical assistance in the revision of national malaria control strategic plans.

o Key member of a Global Fund initiative that undertook joint assessment of the National Malaria Strategic Plan of 2011-2015 for Zambia.

January 2007- August 2008 World Vision International, Johannesburg, South Africa

Position: Senior Regional Technical Advisor, Health and HIV/AIDS Program/Communicable Diseases, Southern Africa Region

Responsibilities:

Provide strategic and technical leadership to integrated Health (MNCH) and HIV&AIDS programs for World Vision focus countries in Southern Africa namely South Africa, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, Angola, DRC, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

As a member of Senior Management Team of Africa Hope Initiative, contribute to the strategic direction of the program in Africa.

Develop and implement the integrated sub-regional HIV/AIDS, MNCH, and nutrition strategy. Conduct training needs assessment of country program staff, developed and implemented a capacity

building plan. Identify new initiatives, write concept papers and lead resource mobilization efforts for the new initiatives. Oversee Program monitoring and evaluation. Document and disseminate lessons learnt. Manage collaborative partnerships with government departments and key development and implementing

partners in West and Southern Africa. Facilitate strengthening of community health systems to ensure effective implementation of primary health

care strategies for control and prevention of communicable diseases, HIV/AIDS, MNCH and nutrition.

Key Achievements

Strategy, Program Development and implementation- Successfully led the development and implementation of the integrated sub regional HIV/AIDS, MNCH and nutrition strategy, whilst managing the collaborative relations between the government departments and implementing partners.

Business Development and Resource Mobilization- Led the mobilization of over USD 50 million for health and HIV/AIDS programs in East and Southern Africa, through proposal writing and advocacy with World Vision International’s support offices.

Capacity Building - Coached and mentored the Africa region health and HIV/AIDs staff in the 25 countries that World Vision International had national programs.

Other Positions Held

Jan 2005 - Dec 2006: Senior Regional Technical Advisor-Health and HIV/AIDS Program, World Vision International, Accra, Ghana, West Africa Region.

Oct 2002 -Dec 2004: Africa Regional HIV/AIDS Program Officer at World Vision East Africa Regional Office Nairobi, Kenya

Oct 2001 - Sept 2002: Country Director at Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI), Nairobi

Feb 1999 - Sept 2001: National Health Coordinator (Head of Health, HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Sector) at World Vision Kenya, Nairobi

Jan 1997 - Jan 1999: District Medical Officer of Health at Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Kajiado District

Jan 1995 - Dec 1996: District Medical Officer of Health at Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Kericho District

Jan - Dec 1994: Medical Officer in-Charge at Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Provincial General Hospital-Annex, Nakuru

Jan - Dec 1993: Medical Officer Intern at Government of Kenya, Ministry of Health, Armed Forces Memorial Hospital, Nairobi

Additional Information

Memberships

Kenya Medical Association

Board member of Action Africa Health International, Zambia

Board member of Health NGO Network (HENNET), Kenya

Member of Advisory Council, Kenya NGO Alliance Against Malaria (KeNAAM)

Publications, Abstracts and Presentations

2015: Juma C, Sundsmo A, Maket B, Powell R, Aluoch G: Using information communication technologies to increase the institutional capacity of local health organizations in Africa: A case study of the Kenya Civil Society Portal for Health. Pan African Medical Journal.

2013: Maket B, Muthui J, Kabue M, Auma C, Archer J: Reducing Maternal and Newborn Infection with an Energy-Generating Incinerator. Development Exchange Conference, DC, USA,

2014: eLearning Innovations Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014 (Paper presented: Methodology for Application of eLearning in Pre-Service settings for HIV/AIDS training in Kenya: Findings from a pilot study)

2014: 10th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Kampala, Uganda,

2014: Aluoch S, Aluoch G, Maket B, Sundsmo A: The use of eLearning in teaching HIV and AIDS to pre-service students at Medical Training Colleges in Kenya: Findings from a pilot project

2013: 3rd International Conference on Family Planning, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2009: 5th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, Nairobi, Kenya

2008: 57th Annual Conference and training, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

2008: 38th Global Health Council Conference, Washington DC, USA

2005: ICASA Conference in Abuja, Nigeria (Paper presented: Integrated response for Orphans and vulnerable children, unpublished)

2004: 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok

2003: Annual meeting of the World Bank/IMF, Dubai, UAE. (Paper presented: OVC care, investing in human capital, unpublished)

2002: West and Central Africa Regional Workshop on orphans and other Children made vulnerable by HIV&AIDS, Yamoussoukro, and Cote d’Ivoire

2001: 28th Global Health Council Conference, Washington DC, USA. (Team leader, Africa health team, World Vision International),

2000: 13th International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa,

Relevant Consultancies:

2012: Developed framework for a Cross-Border Malaria Initiative (Trans-Zambezi) for the JP Flowers Foundation

2012: Developed a concept for submission to the European Union for an Integrated Reproductive Program for Youth in former refugee hosting communities in Zambia for Action Africa Health International (AAH-I)

2011: Tanzania Malaria program Performance Review

2011: Swaziland Malaria Program Performance Review

2011: Zambia Joint Assessment of National Malaria Strategic Plan 2011-2015

2002: CARE, Development of Regional HIV/AIDS Strategy

2001: National AIDS Control Council Kenya, Development of National OVC Program Guidelines

1999: Final Evaluation of a USAID funded Child Survival Project, Bergville, Republic of South Africa

Trainings and Certifications:

2013: Project Management Training and Certification, PMD Pro, Nairobi, Kenya

Oct 2012: Family Planning Legislative & Policy Requirements (Updated) course

2010: PATH Leadership Training Course, Nairobi, Kenya

2010: PATH Responsible Project Managers training Course, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2007: US Government Grants management and compliance training, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

2001: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill USA, USAID Short course in Monitoring and Evaluation of population, Health and Nutrition projects

1999: Harpers’ Ferry, West Virginia USA, USAID, Managers’ Tools for Child Survival Programming

1999: UNFPA, Reproductive Health and Emergency Situations, Nairobi, Kenya

1996: University of Nairobi, Senior Health Managers’ Course

1995: AMREF/Aga Khan Kenya, Primary Health Care Management Course

1993: John Hopkins University/University of Nairobi Kenya, Certificate course in Surgical Contraception

Referees

Judith Robb-Mccord Director -Every Preenie-SCALE, Project Concern International Telephone no: +27 79 296 832 Email: judithrobbmccord@gmail.com Aaron Sundsmo, BA, MA Senior Director -Field Support, Plan International Email: asundsmo@gmail.com / aaron.sundsmo@planusa.org Moges Gebremedhin BA, MA Regional Director, RTI International Telephone no: +254 739 426 554 Email: mgebremedhin@gmail.com /mgebremedthin@rti.org