CLARE RANJE MANANA
ELDORET
Summary
Dedicated Project Officer successful at cultivating strong relationships and building quality-minded teams. Consistent record of completing projects according to schedule and earning high client satisfaction.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Project Officer: Senior PMTCT Officer
USAID AMPATH UZIMA
07.2022 - Current
- Technical Support
- Development of integrated HIV/PMTCT/MNCH/FP/RH work plans
- Initiating Quality Improvement (CQI) projects aimed at improving project performance
- Integration of cervical cancer screening in MCH and CCC through site mentorship
- Integration of PMTCT with other relevant services such as OVC and PrEP
- Support health facilities to optimally identify and link PBFW and HEI for ANC care and PNC services
- Support the mentor mother program through training, supervision and evaluation to ensure delivery of quality services in MCH and PMTCT settings
- Develop and implement strategy in partnership with local partners for south-to-south mentorship and capacity development in PMTCT activities
- Ensure linkage of clients to other integrated services such as Family Planning and OVC
- Advise on best strategies for male involvement in MCH to improve maternal and child outcomes
- Oversee implementation of strategies to trace back defaulters
- Participating in facility MDT to discuss difficult cases
- Strengthening linkages between PMTCT, follow up of HEI and CCC and the Community level
- Integrating HIV services within FP/RH and child welfare services; administering and tracking pregnancy intention among women living with HIV and refer for appropriate FP/RH services
- Collaborating with the County Ministry of Health in the implementation of PMTCT interventions
- Collaborating with other partners through TWGs on best approaches for mutual benefit such as DREAMS
- Representing the program in county, donor and partner meetings and responding on matters PMTCT
- Drafting monthly, quarterly and annual project performance reports for donor submission
- Reporting and presenting best practices and case studies for knowledge sharing among partners
- Participate in weekly/ Monthly/ Quarterly review of project clinical outcomes
- Setting up in-house targets for performance monitoring on the uptake of integrated services
- Utilization of project data to prioritize maternal child health/ PMTCT interventions
- Development of program PMTCT implementation costed work plan that includes activities against budgets
- Tracking work plans against implementation and achievements
- Collaborating with M&E team to review PMTCT data before submission and close of monthly reporting
- Capacity building technical officers through CMEs and mentorship
- Updating technical officers and facility staff on new guidelines and protocols relating to PMTCT and HIV
- Developing training curriculums, SOPs and job aids for all implemented interventions
- Establishment of low-risk vs high risk clinics (client centered care) in 99 health facilities
- Establishment of PMTCT community of practice with PMTCT focal persons drawn from each supported facility
- Integration of OVC in MCH clinics for easy identification and linkages to OVC service
- Enhanced collaboration with community partners offering OVC support
- Budget preparation and tracking for PMTCT activities
- Design and development of PMTCT work plan
Part time Lecturer
Kenya Medical training college
01.2019 - 12.2022
- Drawing up clinical master rotation plans
- Drawing up lesson plans and Nursing Care plans
- Developing assessment tools
- Liaising with nursing officers in charge of partner hospitals to ensure that students training is handled professionally
- Offering guidance and counseling to students who have social issues
- Timely response to any questions from students to ensure no interference with their studies
- In consultation with HOD and Deans Ensuring that what students are taught in theory is replicated in practice
- Ensuring that ethical issues and standards are met for effective training
- Taking part in disciplinary actions for students
- Ensuring internal exams reflects regulatory body standards
- Actively participating in Research and Extension Technical Support
- Taking part in classroom and clinical tutorials
- Organizing ward clinical teaching for students
- Taking part in skills lab procedures
Technical lead: PMTCT Advisor
Centre for Health Solutions -Kenya
01.2020 - 06.2022
- Provide leadership in designing, and implementation of PMTCT work plans
- Oversee the capacity building of project technical officers and health care providers at CHS-supported facilities on PMTCT national guidelines and protocols
- Oversee follow-up of HIV infected pregnant and breastfeeding women and HIV exposed infants in CHS supported facilities and ensure optimal outcomes for the mother and infant
- The PMTCT coordinator will be responsible for PMTCT target achievement
- Liaise with Ministry of Health officials and other stakeholders in the implementation of the program in line with MOH guidelines and priorities
- Take part in the drafting of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and other written materials such as lessons learned, case studies and other materials as required
- Assist in program monitoring and evaluation and use of data to inform program planning and continuous improvement
- Participate in the county, regional and national PMTCT technical working groups
- Develop job aids, tools and materials as needed including CMEs for use at the facility level to support health care workers to provide PMTCT service
- Reduction of mother-to-child transmission rates of HIV from 7% in 2016 to 2% in 2021
- Implementation of community PMTCT
- Development of OTZ Plus manual for pregnant and breastfeeding adolescents
- Training of mentor mothers – Kenya mentor mothers’ program
- Viral suppression of 98% among pregnant and breastfeeding women
- 98% continuity of treatment for pregnant and breastfeeding women to treatment
- Implementation of EID POC
- Implementation of Kenya EMR - MCH module in supported sites
Technical Officer: HIV treatment / Regional Team Lead
Centre for Health Solutions -Kenya
11.2016 - 01.2020
- Providing technical support to health workers in all aspects of planning and implementation of HIV services (care and treatment, TB/HIV, and PMTCT & GBV)
- Building the skills and knowledge of the targeted clinical staff on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, TB, GBV and PMTCT through on-job training, mentorship, case reviews and CMEs
- Providing on-going supervision of HIV prevention, care and treatment, PMTCT and retention activities in assigned sites including scheduled joint supportive supervision with County and Sub-County level MoH staff
- Assisting in program monitoring and evaluation with reporting through national HMIS tools and other tools in use by CHS and its funding partners
- Routinely monitor program quality through QI approaches as well as elements of operations research including identification and documentation of ‘best practices’
- Support scale-up and sustenance of aPNS in Viremia clinics at CCC and PMTCT setups
- Overseeing EID care and follow-up of HEI, accounting for all HIV positive infants and conducting HEI audit
- Timely preparation and submission of activity budgets, work plans, reports and other technical papers
- Assisting in program monitoring and evaluation and use of data to inform program planning and continuous improvement as well as research as needed
- Work closely with the prevention team to ensure PMTCT PSSGs activities implemented in all supported facilities
- Support in design and implementation of GBV interventions, mentorship on GBV, documentation and report writing on GBV
- Tracking and ensuring real-time documentation of patients' information in the EMR by Clinician/Nurse in sites implementing EMR Point of Care
Technical Officer - Reproductive Health
Family Health International
10.2015 - 11.2016
- Coordinating with the county government to implement project policies
- Providing mentorship, coaching and OJT focused on antenatal care, BeMONC, including AMSTL and care of the newborn, FP especially on LARC including contraceptive use in HIV
- Carrying out periodic RH/MNCH/PMTCT assessments to monitor quality of care in health facilities and come up with joint work plans and regularly monitoring progress
- Providing regular updates to health care providers on other cross cutting approaches such as infection prevention practices and both internal and external support supervision
- Facilitate dissemination of IEC materials and conduct mentorship on them to health care providers
- Undertake supportive supervision and monitoring and evaluation in supported facilities in collaboration with the county government health management team to ensure implementation of project activities
- Participation in monthly and other project steering committee meetings
Registered Nurse
Elgon View Hospital and Urology Center
05.2015 - 08.2016
Nursing Officer Intern
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital
04.2014 - 12.2014
Nursing Officer Intern
Kenyatta National Hospital
09.2013 - 04.2014
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Kenya Methodist University
01.2019 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Eastern Africa Baraton
01.2008 - 01.2013
Skills
Document management
Meeting facilitation
Project management
Data collection
Presentation skills
Budget management
Workflow coordination
Schedule coordination
Team leadership
Trainings And Development
- 12/01/22, Guidelines for Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya, NASCOP
- 12/01/21, Global mental health, University of Washington Global Health
- 12/01/21, Understanding common medications, Nursing council of Kenya
- 12/01/20, Fundamentals of Global Health Research, University of Washington Global Health
- 12/01/19, Epidemiology, University of Washington Global Health
- 12/01/17, HIV Basic Biology, Epidemiology, and Prevention
Professional Associations
- Registered by the nursing council of Kenya, 2277
- Licensed by the nursing council of Kenya, 073032
Scientific Writing
- PCR audits: Lessons learnt and the Impact, Oral presentation, AMPATH Uzima best practice forum, 01/01/24
- Utilization of Antenatal Care Services Among Adolescent Pregnant Women, Poster Presentation, USAID best practice forum, 01/01/23
- Factors associated with mortality among PLHIV on ART follow-up in Uasin Gishu County, Oral presentation, Joint conference on infectious disease and HIV, 01/01/23
- Infant HIV transmission in the era of access to services: where are the gaps along the cascade of care?
- Increasing male knowledge of HIV status in MCH settings through PNS in Siaya County, Presented at CHS Project conference, 01/01/18
- Improving PCR results turnaround time through Point of care for early infant diagnosis in Alego Usonga, Siaya County, Poster presentation, Siaya county conference, 01/01/18
Attributes
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Team player.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to work with strict timelines and with minimal supervision.
Timeline
Project Officer: Senior PMTCT Officer
USAID AMPATH UZIMA
07.2022 - Current
Technical lead: PMTCT Advisor
Centre for Health Solutions -Kenya
01.2020 - 06.2022
Part time Lecturer
Kenya Medical training college
01.2019 - 12.2022
Master of Science - Nursing Education
Kenya Methodist University
01.2019 - 01.2024
Technical Officer: HIV treatment / Regional Team Lead
Centre for Health Solutions -Kenya
11.2016 - 01.2020
Technical Officer - Reproductive Health
Family Health International
10.2015 - 11.2016
Registered Nurse
Elgon View Hospital and Urology Center
05.2015 - 08.2016
Nursing Officer Intern
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital
04.2014 - 12.2014
Nursing Officer Intern
Kenyatta National Hospital
09.2013 - 04.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Eastern Africa Baraton
01.2008 - 01.2013
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