Jean Luc Kagayo

Responsibilities:

 As CDC USA Immunization Grant Manager:
- Ensures effective coordination between UNICEF HQ, regional, and country offices for CDC-supported projects.
- Oversees the implementation of CDC-funded immunization programs across countries.
- En Provides technical support and capacity-building for UNICEF country offices managing CDC funds ensures financial and programmatic compliance with CDC grant requirements.
- Develops and maintains robust M&E frameworks to assess the impact of CDC-funded initiatives.
- Uses data analytics to improve immunization strategies and inform decision-making.
- Interim and final Reports Elaborations and case studies to highlight best practices and lessons learned
 As focal point for Yellow Fever Meningitis and Measles:
- Provide technical support and strategic guidance to UNICEF regional and country offices, government counterparts, and partners on appropriate technical and institutional capacity-building measures, to achieve immunization program goals and expand coverage of services related to measles, rubella, meningitis, and yellow fever.
- Formulates the development and establishment of global policies goals, objectives, and program strategies for Yellow Fever, measles /Rubella, and Meningitis vaccine control with a focus on reducing their burden and strengthening routine immunization, with special emphasis on the introduction of the rubella vaccine, and the second measles dose as part of the immunization schedule in the second year of life and utilizing this visit in the second year of life ("2YL platform") as an entry point for delivering a comprehensive package of primary health care (PHC) interventions.
- At the global level, provide leadership, guidance, and direction for UNICEF's programs on Measles and rubella control and elimination, Yellow Fever and Meningitis control goals.
- Participates in program workshops and consultations at the regional and country levels to exchange knowledge, ideas, and approaches.
- Provides guidance and technical support on the development of country and regional funding proposals and reports.
- Represent UNICEF in immunization meetings, including the Measles and Rubella Partnership, the ICGs for Yellow Fever, cholera, and Meningitis, the Eliminating Yellow Fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy, IA 2030 and Gavi 5.0 and 6.0 strategies.
- Monitor measles, rubella, yellow fever, and meningitis programs at the international, regional, and country levels.
- Works with the Division of Communication to ensure that appropriate disease control strategies and approaches developed and implemented are adequately included in relevant UNICEF publications and other external relations initiatives.
Main achievements:
 As CDC USA Immunization Grant Manager:
- Strengthened routine immunization programs in zero doses priority countries: Nigeria , Ethiopia, Indonesia, Philippines, DR Congo.
- Fostered multisectoral collaboration between UNICEF, CDC, WHO, Gavi, and national governments.
- Deployed technical assistance teams to countries facing immunization challenges.
- Improved disease surveillance systems to detect and respond to outbreaks faster
 As focal point for Yellow Fever Meningitis and Measles:
- Contribution to the update of EYE strategy recommendations in Geneva May 2023.
- Review of Gavi country's applications for measles follow-up campaign
- Provide updates on measles, yellow fever, and meningitis and advise on the way forward.
- Support the response in two countries that have reported Yellow Fever cases.
- Three months deployment in Nigeria to support the Diphtheria Outbreak response
- Put in place a Global monitoring tool for disease surveillance to inform decision-making.
- Set up a coordination mechanism with key stakeholders for timely and efficient outbreak preparedness and response.

Main Responsibilities/ Roles:
- Contributing to MNCH-related sectors in the Country Program Document elaboration including integrated Health, WASH, and Nutrition strategies, methodologies, and innovative approaches.
- Health procurement and supply chain trends analysis to ensure sustainable access to affordable supply, rapid response to emergencies, and mitigate situations of stock out and supply disruption in priority areas.
- Supporting the implementation of the Chadian MoH in the implementation of 6 Health Universal Coverage pillars including Developing mechanisms against financial risks, efficiency, and equity in resource utilization, promoting public-private partnership, preventing risks affecting health conditions, Program Ownership of beneficiaries, and resource mobilization.
- Working with the MoH on the improvement of the design, implementation, performance, and evaluation of Community Health programs for contribution to the progressive realization of universal health coverage through the delivery of a range of preventive, promotive, and curative health services for the reduction of inequities in terms of access to care.
- Identify opportunities for influencing donor and Government policies on financing for primary health care and immunization while undertaking cost-effectiveness analysis, investment cases, and costs of inaction studies related to primary health care and immunization.

Main achievements:
- Community Empowerment to Universal Health Coverage through Program Set-up, Coordination, and Monitoring of 3 community approaches:
- Integrated community case management (iCCM): Partnership 50% with Switzerland Cooperation of 1 million dollars /Yr covering over 15,000 children under five in 3 districts.
- Child Friend Community was set up in two health centers with 14,000 beneficiaries (A cross-cutting strategy for child survival and development).
- Enrolment of 150 villages through the empowerment of rural communities to stop open defecation, to build and use latrines toward CLTS through the seven steps for sustainable results.
- - Led the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF's emergency preparedness and response of MNCH: contingency plan and response at the national level.
- - Led the Heath Universal Coverage approach through accompaniment. / Coaching implementing partners in the Planning process, response priorities, selection of program indicators, development of Program Cooperation Agreement, elaboration of Fund Request (Menthor Initiative, ACF, IRC, BASE, ASRAAD, French Red Cross) but also, to the Government staff on Request development and follow up.
- Mobilized over 15 million USD mobilized through the elaboration of project proposals and submission to donors (USAD, World Bank, FM, ECHO, CERF, KFW, Japan, Fonds Français MUSKOKA, Banque Islamique de Development) followed by donor report. .

Mains Responsibilities/ Roles:
- Supported the Implementation of the South Sudan Polio Eradication Program, Measles control, and Tetanus elimination agenda.
- Supported the planning and implementation of the GAVI program in South Sudan including:
- Scale up access to routine immunization services.
- Improve demand generation for Immunization services.
- Strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Health for Cold Chain and Vaccine Management.
- Strengthen the capacity of the MOH to provide stewardship.
- Interact strategically with partners and governments in the design of evidence based, sustainable HSS interventions that are aligned with UNICEF's mandate on children.
- Contributed to the Elaboration /Implementation of the Country Program document to ensure that inequities are addressed in the health outcomes, promoting the Integrated Multi Sectorial Approaches (Child Survival) including Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience.
- Support the MoH in enabling the successful implementation of CHW policies by Tailoring CHW policy options to the country context, Considering the rights and the perspective of CHWs, Investing in CHW programs as well and embedding the CHW program in the health system.
- Vaccines and injection materials procurement and supply chain trends analysis to ensure sustainable access to affordable supply, rapid response to emergencies, and mitigate situations of stock out and supply disruption in priority areas.
- Identify opportunities for influencing donor and Government policies on financing for primary health care and immunization while undertaking cost-effectiveness analysis, investment cases, and costs of inaction studies related to primary health care and immunization.
Main achievements:
- Contributed in polio eradication based on the GPEI nine core principles such as ensuring a realistic response plan, including proactively adjustment of the response plans by conducting risk assessments, as well as focus on immunity gaps when planning a response of between two and five rounds, and to overcome vaccine hesitancy, while integrating programme delivery whenever and wherever it does.
- Supported the Organization of National and Sub National Immunization Days 4 to 6/round every year with >90% coverage as well as Outbreak responses Measles, Cholera (Surveillance, Case Management, and Immunization Campaign).
- Technical support on Planning, response priorities, selection of program indicator, development of PCA, elaboration of Fund Request and monitoring to more than 20 implementing Partners (OPRD: organ for Peace relief and development, AIC Cored: Africa Inland Church, VOF : Voice of Freedom, AVSI, CARE, UNIDO South Sudan, Core Group, Hold the Child, The rescue Initiative, MSF Belgium, MSF France, CUAM: Doctors with Africa CUAMM, Nile Hope,
CCM, World Relief, AAH, WVI, John Daw Foundation, IMC, ARC, SCI, Kapoeta Development Initiative)
- Over 20 Million USD mobilized yearly through the elaboration of project proposals and submission to donors (ECHO, World Bank, USAID, CHF, CERF, Japan, DFID, BMGF, GPEI, GAVI Alliance, MRI, KIWANIS, IPPC_Rotary,…) followed by donor report. - Development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of UNICEF's emergency preparedness and response to potential epidemic diseases: more than 20 immunization campaign leads, Set up of the Cholera Treatment Center in 4 districts.
- Co-organization of weekly meetings with partners of SIAs with WHO. - Supported the MoH in the introduction of the Child Card (Home Based record approaches) with triple advantages: 1. Health Worker & CHW/Mobilizer (Recording tool for vaccinations and return date; Counseling tool with parents and for mobilizers; Link with registers and tallying). 2. Parent and care givers (Value as important document Record of child's vaccination and health status for history, travel, school entry, etc. Reference guide including key messages, actions, return date) 3. Public health administration (Reporting tool for immunization indicators; Survey reference document; Use in supervision and data quality audits, Surveillance and medical, verification; Training reference).

Key Responsibilities/ Roles:
- Fostering the use of safe water, sanitation facilities, and good hygiene to improve nutritional outcomes by addressing both immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition.
- Addressed the 6 core functions of the cluster such as support service delivery; contributing to inform the HC/HCT strategic decision-making process; planning and implementing cluster strategies; monitoring and evaluating performance; building national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning and supporting robust advocacy.
- Nutrition product procurement and supply chain trends analysis to ensure sustainable access to affordable supply, rapid response to emergencies, and mitigate situations of stock out and supply disruption in implementation.
- Strengthened partnerships and ensure more predictability and accountability in responses to humanitarian emergencies, by clarifying the division of labor among partners, and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the Health and Nutrition, so that the humanitarian responses can be a better partner for health local authorities and local civil society.
- Lead the planning and implementation of capacity-building activities for UNICEF field-based staff and MoH in emergency preparedness and response for Unity State with a focus on the Child Survival and Development strategy. - Provided technical support for the establishment of stabilization centers and outpatient treatment programs for the management of severe acute malnutrition and supervised the quality of treatment in these centers – in line with the South Sudan national protocol.
- Ensured that Health Systems are used CMAM activities to scale up routine EPI performance.


Main achievements:
- Critical WASH interventions integrated in 89 health facilities supported as well as related communities to improve nutritional outcomes:
-Hygiene promotion: handwashing with soap at critical times, food hygiene, environmental hygiene.
-Sanitation: household and community sanitation, sanitation for infants and toddlers, sanitation for vulnerable groups.
-Water supply: access to safe drinking water, water treatment and safe storage
- Design /set up the Nutrition Emergency response strategy to respond to the basic social needs of over 50,000 IDP affected by the Greater Upper Nile Crisis in Unity State.
- Community empowerment with a network of Community Health Workers in the Protection of Civilian Camps for active case finding and early referral mechanism to health facilities/OTP which allowed to bring the under-five mortality rate from 4 to 1.5 per 10,000 children/day within a month.
- Establishment and leading of the Sub National Nutrition Cluster for Humanitarian response coordination which allowed timely, quality, and appropriate nutrition response to effectively, accountably, and address the needs of people affected (weekly meeting).
- 40,000 people were reached through the Rapid Response Mechanism Mission (RRM) conducted in hard-to-reach areas.
- Capacity building of 12 Implementing partners in Program Planning, response priorities, selection of program indicator, development of PCA, elaboration of Fund Request: Worldwide Concern, Care International, Nile Hope, Unido, IRC, Local MoH team.
- Organization of the weekly meeting of the Sub-national Nutrition Cluster for response follow-

Keys Responsibilities/ Roles:
- As a member of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) I was permanently on Stand-By for imminent deployment for response to any new or sudden deteriorating humanitarian situations worldwide to provide health and nutrition technical support as well as activities coordination with other key stakeholders in the field to ensure timely response, humanitarian negotiation, access sensitive operational planning, actor mapping ( 4W), networking and relationship management with local authorities to contribute in feeding regular update of the situation analysis.
- Health and Nutrition product procurement and supply chain trends analysis to ensure sustainable access to affordable supply, rapid response to emergencies, and mitigate situations of stock out and supply disruption in priority areas.
- Conducted a rapid assessment as appropriate within the first 48–72 hours to determine health care, nutrition, water, and sanitation needs including disparities, gaps, and barriers to accessing services; identify the root causes of inequities and shortfalls in positive outcomes for women and children and advise on response priorities.
- Worked with the Health team at the CO and reviewed the health sector programmatic needs to develop the response in the Health and Nutrition sector (strategies, outcomes, target population) as per agreed standards and benchmarks.
- Provided technical support to health and nutrition staff in country offices including contributing to the development of or sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines, and training materials for Health in emergencies.
- Identify opportunities for influencing donor and Government policies on financing for primary health care and immunization while undertaking cost-effectiveness analysis, investment cases, and costs of inaction studies related to primary health care and immunization.
Keys achievements:
- Recruitment / Training and supervision of more than 50 staff to address Humanitarian responses through timely mobilization and field deployment.
- Set up of a community-based surveillance system for prompt detection of malnutrition cases as well as potential epidemic diseases.
- Design /set up of M&E tools that focus the results chain on essential elements including mapping the capacity of existing and potential partners and ensuring that the system in place has allocates roles and responsibilities related to the Health Nutrition response strategy for better coordination.
- Over 20 million USD was mobilized through project proposals and submission to donors such as ECHO, CHF, OFDA, USAID, and UNICEF, … with more than 100,000 IDP/refugees reached but also local communities.
- Ten local committees Set up to strengthen program implementation ownership of community leaders.

Key Responsibilities / Roles:
- Fostering the use of safe water, sanitation facilities, and good hygiene to improve nutritional outcomes by addressing both immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition.
- Addressed the 6 core functions of the cluster such as support service delivery; contributing to inform the HC/HCT strategic decision-making process; planning and implementing cluster strategies; monitoring and evaluating performance; building national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning and supporting robust advocacy.
- Nutrition product procurement and supply chain trends analysis to ensure sustainable access to affordable supply, rapid response to emergencies, and mitigate situations of stock out and supply disruption in implementation.
- Strengthened partnerships and ensure more predictability and accountability in responses to humanitarian emergencies, by clarifying the division of labor among partners, and better defining their roles and responsibilities within the Health and Nutrition, so that the humanitarian responses can be a better partner for health local authorities and local civil society.
- Lead the planning and implementation of capacity-building activities for UNICEF field-based staff and MoH in emergency preparedness and response for Unity State with a focus on the Child Survival and Development strategy. - Provided technical support for the establishment of stabilization centers and outpatient treatment programs for the management of severe acute malnutrition and supervised the quality of treatment in these centers – in line with the South Sudan national protocol.
- Ensured that Health Systems are used CMAM activities to scale up routine EPI performance.
Key achievements:
- Critical WASH interventions integrated in 89 health facilities supported as well as related communities to improve for nutritional outcomes:
- Hygiene promotion: handwashing with soap at critical times, food hygiene, environmental hygiene.
- Sanitations: household and community sanitation, sanitation for infants and toddlers, sanitation for vulnerable groups.
- Water supply: access to safe drinking water, water treatment and safe storage
- Design /set up of the Nutrition Emergency response strategy to respond to basic social need of over 25,000 children severely malnourished in Batha, Guéra and Salamat Provinces.
- Community empowerment through a network of 300 trained Community Health Workers in charge of regular screening of children between 6-59 months to allow active case finding and early referral mechanism to health facilities.
- Establishment and leading of the Sub National Nutrition Cluster for Humanitarian response coordination which allowed timely, quality, and appropriate nutrition response to effectively, accountably and addressed the needs of people affected (weekly meeting).
- Capacity Strengthen of 5 Implementing partners benefited from my accompaniment/coaching in Program Planning, response priorities, selection of program indicators, development of PCA, elaboration of Fund Request including IRC, MSF, French Red Cross, Chad Red Cross, Local MoH team, as well as 1 Unicef National Staff Under my Responsibilities.
- Organisation of the weekly meeting of the sub-national cluster for response follow-up and coordination.

Keys Responsibilities /Roles:
- Ensure coordination and implementation of programs and operational management in line with the country's strategy including the formulation and implementation of health emergency program goals, strategies, and approaches for MSF interventions in the country.
- Design the programmatic strategy of the mission and develop project proposals.
- Manage the Program Team, Analyze the humanitarian needs at national as well as sub national and advise accordingly.
- Ensure that procurement processes are executed in a timely manner with the highest standards of business integrity and in compliance.
- Represent and liaise with donors, authorities, UN, NGOs on operational strategy and program-related issues.
- Provided technical support to health and nutrition staff in country offices including contributing to the development of or sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines, and training materials for Health in emergencies.
- Follow-up on management of program budgets while providing strong leadership and team management - Represent Country Director when and as required.
- Identify opportunities for influencing donor and Government policies on financing for primary health care and immunization while undertaking cost-effectiveness analysis, investment cases and costs of inaction studies related to primary health care and immunization.
Key Achievement:
- Timely response to outbreaks (case management and immunization campaign: >90% coverage) with more than 5000 cholera cases admitted in 4 CTC, over 40,000 people immunized against meningitis A, more than 25,000 children immunized against measles.
- Lead the recruitment and training /coaching of more than 20 international and 100 Local staff and deployed for response contribution.
- Identification and Signature of MoU with two local hospitals to provide health service to local staff and their families including Lead evacuation of two sick international to France for best traitement after the stabilization of their condition.

- MSF Holland , Medical Team Leader ; Chad, Am Timan Field Office: Dec 2009 to Dec 2010
Keys Responsibilities/ Roles:
- Conducted a rapid assessment as appropriate within the first 48–72 hours to determine Health and nutrition sector priorities.
- Ensured an effective monitoring plan is designed and implemented to follow up the implementation of the MSF response in the Health and Nutrition sector but also Provided technical support to health and nutrition staff at project level including the development and sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines and training materials for Health and nutrition in emergencies.
- Support beneficiaries to set up the most appropriate management and disposal system for health-care waste management, environmentally sound, technically feasible, economically viable, and socially acceptable to be implemented at health facilities.
Keys achievements:
- Recruitment and supervision of 30 health /nutrition staff in charge of the project activities implementation including mobile clinic and district hospital but also Capacity building of 30 MSF and 20 MoH staff trough Supportive Supervision, formal training.
- Ensure project quality services with an average of monthly activities workload: 100 severe malnourished children admission in the OTP,150 under five hospitalization,200 normal deliveries, 15 cesarean sections.
- Community empowerment through a network of 100 trained Community Health Workers in charge of regular screening of children between 6-59 months and pregnant women for prevention of complication to allow active case finding and early referral.
- Performance of clinical task such as Patients visit, complicated deliveries, emergency surgery C-sections, hysterectomies, …

Keys Responsibilities/ Roles:
- Overseeing Health and nutrition program activities: including people, budget, asset, environment/context
- Health Program management including planning, implementation progress tracking, monitoring and evaluation, including indicators against results expected.
- Link the health team members to the rest of the organization through effective and regular communication.
- Ensure regular tracking of and structuring various tasks, employees, and documents.
- Determine program goals that team members will work toward for a better quality and response achievement.
- Provided technical support to health and nutrition staff at project level including the development and sharing relevant standards, protocols, guidelines and training materials for Health and nutrition in emergencies.
- Ensured daily activities supervision and staff capacity building.
- Support beneficiaries to set up the most appropriate management and disposal system for health-care waste management, environmentally sound, technically feasible, economically viable, and socially acceptable to be implemented at health facilities.
Keys achievements:
- Recruitment and supervision of 20 health /nutrition staff in charge of the project activities implementation including OPD and IPD activities, MSF Staff Capacity building trough Supportive Supervision, formal training.
- Ensure project quality services with an average of monthly activities workload: 50 severe malnourished children admission in the OTP,30 under five hospitalization,50 normal deliveries.
- Community empowerment through a network of 50 trained Community Health Workers in charge of regular screening of children between 6-59 months and pregnant women for prevention of complication to allow active case finding and early referral.