DR. GERALDINE KAWIRA MUNENE
PHARMACOVIGILANCE AND PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY SPECIALIST
Mombasa
Summary
Self-motivated pharmacist with interest in medicine use and effects research; risk assessment, management and communication; and medication safety to safeguard patient safety.
Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology specialist with experience in post market surveillance; signal detection; monitoring, assessing, identifying, managing, reporting and preventing drug related problems; risk assessment, management and communication; rational drug use; quality assurance; patient safety; research data collection, analysis, interpretation; and inventory management. I am highly motivated, decisive, results oriented, organized and efficient in providing excellent patient care that ensures patient safety and better treatment outcomes.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology Specialist
Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital
1 2022 - Current
- Monitoring, assessing, identifying, managing, reporting and preventing drug related problems
- Risk assessment, management and communication to all staff at the hospital
- Training all healthcare workers on pharmacovigilance; detection of signals, assessment, understanding, documentation, reporting to Pharmacy and Poisons Board and preventing medication related problems
- Antimicrobial stewardship to ensure safe, effective and appropriate use of antimicrobial agents
- Ward rounds and treatment sheets review at maternity and neonatal unit
- Review of storage, administration, handling, and documentation of medication in maternity and neonatal unit
- Training and mentorship of all medical interns on medication use and safety.
Team lead in data collection
University of Nairobi
09.2018 - 12.2022
- Data collection at Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Machakos Level 5 Hospital, Thika Level 5 Hospital, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, and Kenyatta National Hospital – Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use at 6 public referral hospitals in Kenya
Pharmacist
Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital
04.2013 - 01.2018
- Research assistant at coast general hospital- Point-prevalence survey of antibiotic use at three public referral hospitals in Kenya
- Rational drug use: patient counselling, proper review of prescriptions and reporting all medical errors, adverse drug reactions and poor-quality drugs for inpatients and outpatients
- Training and mentoring of interns
- Comprehensive HIV management, methadone maintenance therapy, dispensing, monitoring side effects and drug interactions to ensure patients’ safety
- Inventory management to ensure essential drugs security: ordering, receiving, issuing, dispensing, record keeping and quality assurance.
Pharmacist
Port Reitz district hospital
04.2010 - 03.2013
- MDR TB and comprehensive HIV management: dispensing, patient counselling on medication use, monitoring side effects and drug interactions and ensuring patients safety
- Mentorship of health centers and dispensaries in Kilindini district in comprehensive HIV management; ordering, dispensing and monitoring side effects sponsored by NARESA
- Inventory management: ordering, receiving, issuing, dispensing, record keeping and quality assurance
- Ensuring continuous essential drugs supply, proper storage and documentation
- Rational drug use: patient counselling on medication use, proper review of prescriptions and reporting all medical errors, adverse drug reactions and poor quality drugs.
Pharmacist intern
Ministry of Health
02.2009 - 01.2010
- Learning experience in hospital pharmacy for 6 months, community pharmacy for 3 months and industrial pharmacy for 3 months
- Community pharmacy: dispensing prescription and over the counter medication, ordering medications, receiving and storage
- Industrial pharmacy: quality control and quality assurance in drug production, compounding and production
- Hospital pharmacists: dispensing medications to inpatients and outpatients, ordering, receiving and storage of essential drugs.
Education
Master of pharmacy in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance -
University of Nairobi
Masters in business administration (Operations management) - undefined
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of pharmacy - undefined
University of Nairobi
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - undefined
Chogoria girls’ high school
Skills
Research data collection and analysis
Proficiency in STATA CORP and R Studio
Proficiency in most computer applications and dispensing tools
Excellent written and oral communication skills in Swahili/English
Team player, ready to learn and good interpersonal skills
Affiliations
- Member of Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK)
- Registered pharmacist by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Kenya 2009 (Number 2288)
Published Papers
Geraldine Munene, Kingsford Rucha, David Mburu, (2016): relationship between service quality and operational performance of public hospitals in Mombasa County, Kenya. International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce, Vol. 2 (3) pp 15-34
Trainingandachievements
- Development of strategic plan: Safety and Vigilance of Health Products and Technologies 2024-2026
- Initiated, lead and developed neonatal medication administration hand book
- Trained and certified on good clinical practice
- Trained on clinical methadone assisted therapy for recovering heroin and cocaine addicts
- Trained as a mentor by Network of AIDS Researchers in East and Southern Africa (NARESA) in comprehensive HIV management from 2011 to 2014
- Trained on inventory management, appropriate medicine use and pharmacovigilance
- Policy development, regulatory pharmacy and Adherence counseling in HIV/ AIDS
- Trained on comprehensive MDR TB management, family planning, diabetic foot management, severe malaria management and pull system and health commodity security
Awards
Recipient of 2018 postgraduate scholarship at the University of Nairobi
Publications
Geraldine Munene, Kingsford Rucha, David Mburu, (2016): relationship between service quality and operational performance of public hospitals in Mombasa County, Kenya. International Journal of Science Arts and Commerce, Vol. 2 (3) pp 15-34
References
- Dr. Jamlick Karumbi, karumbi@gmail.com, 0725806246
- Dr. June Njiru, Junenjiru@gmail.com, 0707629640
- Dr. Nicholas Mwenda, nickmwenda@yahoo.com, 0721101586
Timeline
Team lead in data collection
University of Nairobi
09.2018 - 12.2022
Pharmacist
Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital
04.2013 - 01.2018
Pharmacist
Port Reitz district hospital
04.2010 - 03.2013
Pharmacist intern
Ministry of Health
02.2009 - 01.2010
Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology Specialist
Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital
1 2022 - Current
Master of pharmacy in pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacovigilance -
University of Nairobi
Masters in business administration (Operations management) - undefined
University of Nairobi
Bachelor of pharmacy - undefined
University of Nairobi
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) - undefined
Chogoria girls’ high school
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