ELIZABETH OLWANA KWENA

Highly skilled and enthusiastic Health Systems Management professional with more than 10 years of experience managing operations in patient-centric medical offices and projects. Successfully overseen human resources, budgeting, supply management and patient services. Develop and lead productive and efficient office staff. Contribute to high-volume medical practices by providing exceptional customer service.

I am an organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. I am willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Successful roll out and implementation of electronic ADT/EDITT tool use in 9 Sub-counties within Kisii County for ART commodity management which contributed to 100% reporting and refill rates.
• Participation in the KEMRI-FACES program ISO accreditation process.
• Participation in formation of Kisii County Commodity Management TWG.
• Successful roll out and Implementation of pharmacovigilance reporting within Kisumu East sub county, Migori Sub County and Kisii county.
• Improved commodity management practices through development, adoption and use of commodity management standard operating procedures which resulted in 100% availability and rational use of ART, FP, TB and essential medical products at the supported facilities and sub counties.
• Establishment of commodity management mentorship teams at the County and sub county levels.
• Decentralization of 8 ART central sites and 1 ART standalone site, up from 6, and 111 satellite sites from 49 existing sites.
• Participated in writing three pharmaceutical Services related abstracts that were accepted for presentation in 2 International Conferences.
• Participated in the test - running and adoption of Infinity Pharmacy Management Software at Maragua District Hospital.

• Sarah, Wanga, Director, sarawangah@gmail.com, 0725 114 609, Feva Chemist
• William, Ringera, Senior Program Manager, ringera2007@gmail.com, 0721 235 908, CARE Kenya, Chagua Maisha Program
• Kimutai, Cheruyoit, County Pharmacist/ Deputy Director of Medical Services, robbykim@yahoo.com, 0723 569 000, Kisii County
• Nicollate, Okoko, District Program Coordinator, nokoko@kemri-ucsf.org, +254 723 432 100, KEMRI-RCTP, FACES Program, Migori County
• Eric, Juma, District Program Coordinator, ejuma@kemri-ucsf.org, +254 722 404 565, Kisumu East, KEMRI-RCTP,FACES Program

• 21st- 22nd January 2014. Regional Management Development Partnership LTD. Supervisory and Leadership Practices Course
• 25th – 1st March 2013: NASCOP/NTLD TB/HIV Integration
• 12th – 14th March 2012: Pharmacy and Poisons Board/ APHIA Plus Pharmacovigilance
• January 2012- March 2012: University Of Washington Clinical Management of HIV/AIDs
• 24th - 28th January 2011: NASCOP Rational Use of ART
• 17th – 19th June 2010: Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation Malaria Case Management; 2010 National Guidelines
• 22nd - 26th March 2010: NASCOP ART Commodity Management
• 12th - 14th May 2008: On Job Training - Maragua District Hospital Development and implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• August 2007- March 2008: On Job Training - Maragua District Hospital Rational use of Essential Medicines and ARVS, Quantification of Essential Drugs and ARVS, Medication Use Counseling and adherence Counseling and monitoring of ARVS, Inventory Management of Essential Drugs and ARVs.
• 16th - 20th July 2007: NASCOP ART Management.
• May 2005: AMREF. Conducting Health Research.