JOHN WANJIRU

Key responsibilities and Achievements;

1. Project County Liaison

• I work closely with County/Sub-counties Health Management Teams in Work planning and Overseeing implementation of HIV/TB activities in the County. The activities comprise of:
• Planning and Conducting joint support supervision and mentorship activities at the 22 LVCT Dhibiti supported facilities
• Represented Dhibiti Project in the County stakeholder’s engagement fora and activities
• Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
• Coordinating Project performance review meetings on a monthly basis in Liaison with SI/M&E officers
• Reviewing and tracking project implementation and utilization of resources as per the budget lines, ensuring that there’s a Quarterly work plan that is adhered to.
• Participating in the work planning process, ensuring that the activities align with the budget guidance and the COP targets.
• Planning Monthly Performance Review meeting where technical officers and C/SCHMT team meet to review the performance and plan areas of actions.

2. Technical Officer- HIV Care and Treatment

• Conducting mentorship and provide technical assistance to healthcare workers in management of HIV Clients right from Linkage to treatment after diagnosis, to been started on Antiretroviral treatment, retain to care and achievement of viral suppression.
• At 83% of time My efforts have contributed to achieving 98% Tx Current and viral suppression of 96% FY 24/25 targets
• I have supported Video DOTs efforts toward increasing Viral suppression among CALHIV
• In Liaison with County teams, I have been Planning and executing capacity building activities for Health care workers such as training, CMEs and On Job training in line with current ART guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures
• I offer mentorship to Healthcare Workers on NCD integration in Comprehensive Care Centres as we continue experiencing NCD among Clients Aging with HIV
• Jointly with the County and Sub- County Health Management Teams, I conduct HIV care and treatment Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings on a Quarterly basis
• Jointly with Project Health Information Systems and M&E team, I capacity build Healthcare workers on Kenya EMR utilization since all the supported facilities are utilizing Electronic Medical records
• Planning and participating in Facility Multidisciplinary Team Meetings and case management Team meetings where we discuss the clients who are failing treatment and other difficult cases the Healthcare workers are handling
• Supporting Healthcare workers develop quality improvement projects in indicators that are having gaps and monitor over for improvement.

Technical Officer – HIV Testing Services and Prevention, Nyeri County (November 2022 to May 2024)

Key responsibilities and Achievements;

• I supported 28 LVCT Dhibiti supported facilities in Nyeri county working closely with C/ Sub- County Health Management team in supporting targeted and quality HIV testing and Prevention Services such as Safe Ethical Index testing
• Organized capacity building activities for HTS counselors in Liaison with CASCO and SCASCOS. The HTS Providers were trained on HTS refresher curriculum, Social Network strategy, Safe Ethical Index testing and Utilization of EHTS Point of care
• Supported the facilities to achieve 90% HIV identification against annual Targets with Proxy Linkage of 94 % as at SAPR (FY23/24). PrEP New achievement stood at 95% and PrEP Continuation 103% against targets at 75% of time.
• Through my efforts in Liaison with Laboratory technical officer and Sub-counties Medical Lab Coordinators, All HTS providers participated in Proficiency testing and those with unsatisfactory results, CAPA was conducted
• I planned and ensured Observed practice and Counsellor support supervision/ Debriefing sessions were conducted to all HTS providers
• My efforts oversaw transition to eHTS point of care and where I trained and Mentored HTS providers on Machine learning utilization for targeted testing and linkage to prevention services.
• I tracked on a weekly basis HIV testing and Prevention Indicators across the supported facilities and provided targeted mentorship
• I supported Facilities with gaps in developing quality Improvement projects to close in the identified gaps over tome.
• Jointly with county we conducted facility-based CMEs and Mentorship as guided by data.

Key responsibilities and Achievements;

• In this position, my deliverable entailed programming in HIV Testing services and Prevention such PrEP Scale Up activities, Gender Based Violence case identification and Linkage to Post Violence Care Services.
• Also, as a Service Delivery Mentor (SDM) in Githunguri sub-county, I supported HIV/TB Service delivery across the entire HIV care cascade i.e. HTS, Adults, Pediatric and adolescent Care and treatment, Retention, PMTCT, and HIV/TB indicators. At the same time coordinating capacity building activities in all HIV program areas in collaboration with Kiambu County and Sub-County Health Management teams (C/SCHMTs).
• I ensured 100% enrollment to Proficiency testing for HTS providers in the supported facilities and coordinate counselor supervision/ debriefing sessions, Observed Practice activities within the county
• I organized HTS refresher trainings and sensitization meeting on targeted HIV testing where we projected rolled Social Network Strategy for General population as a way of increasing HIV identification
• Conducted PrEP and GBV sensitization meetings jointly with SCASCOS and GBV focal persons at the sub-counties.
• HIV & ASRH Quality Assurance Officer and Nutrition Market Research Coordinator at Goldstar Kenya, Nairobi August 2020 — May 2021
• Key responsibilities and achievements
• I was engaged on a Ten-Month temporary contract to coordinate Adolescent Sexual Reproductive health services within Gold star-supported informal sector private health facilities.
• As ASRH Quality Assurance Officer and with experience in HIV programming, my role was to support quality assurance activities in Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Service delivery and offer mentorship and technical in HIV Care and Treatment to Private healthcare facilities within Goldstar Network.
• I have worked closely with County and sub-county health management teams to strengthen Adolescent Sexual Reproductive health and HIV service delivery through mentorship and Supportive supervision visits in the supported private healthcare facilities
• As Nutrition Market Research Coordinator, we worked closely with research assistant for a period of 5 months in carrying out market research for Nutrition commodities among Private health facilities. We conducted Focus group discussions (FDGs) among pregnant and breast-feeding mothers and also Individual Interviews (IDs) to clients and Healthcare workers to assess market feasibility for the nutrition commodities that the organization wanted to introduce
• The Target group for nutrition commodities were Pregnant and Breastfeeding mothers, Children under 5 and Person living with HIV

Key Responsibilities and Achievements;

• Carried out one full-year internship at the department of medicine, surgery, Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Pediatric at Thika level 5 Hospital where I gained experience as a clinical officer and eventually got registered by clinical officer council where I obtained the practicing license

Key Responsibilities and Achievements;

• I undertook a One-month Locum with Center for Health Solution (CHS) organization on the implementation of Key population project activities at Machakos Drop-in Center (DiCE).
• My achievements during the period were: Screening and management Of STIs among Female Sex workers and men who have sex with Men, cervical cancer screening, offering family planning services, risk reduction assessment and counseling, Initiation of PrEP to eligible clients, condoms provision, counseling and demonstration on correct, consistent use, initiation of Antiretroviral therapy to Key Population who turned HIV Positive and managed enrolled clients on ART Care and treatment at the Drop In Centres(DiCE)
• I offered mentorship and CME sessions to healthcare workers on the management of Key Population clients and worked closely with stakeholders in the county and sub-county health management teams during support supervision visits
• Technical Officer, HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment -Goldstar Kenya (USAID -Funded Project) June 2017 — March 2020
• Key Responsibilities and Achievements;
• Overseeing implementation of HIV Care and Treatment and Prevention in Private Healthcare facilities within greater Nairobi Regions (Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Muranga, and Kajiado Counties).
• Closely worked with County and Sub- County health management teams in an effort to strengthen the public-private partnership and ensure quality HIV Service delivery in Private healthcare facilities in line with National HIV Guidelines
• I coordinated capacity building activities of healthcare workers in HIV service delivery through targeted clinical mentorship, technical assistance, offsite and onsite training, and sensitization meetings in line with MOH/NASCOP ART new guidelines. I was fully involved in facility-based multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings for treatment failure case reviews and other difficult clinical cases to help providers come up with final decisions in HIV Case management.
• To achieve first 95 in HIV cascade, I supported HTS counselors in implementation of Surge strategy on HIV identification and Linkage.
• For 3rd 95 Overall viral load coverage and suppression stood at 89% and 93% respectively through my effort. I also strengthened retention to care by instituting defaulter tracing measures for missed appointments and lost to follow up clients
• I developed Monthly and quarterly work plans and budgets on the activities to be undertaken in the supported facilities and participated in County/sub-county stakeholders fora.
• Jointly with SCHMTs, we conducted Quarterly Supportive supervision visits to the sites. In the effort of health system strengthening and offering clinical support to healthcare workers Private sector was involved in Nairobi Regional Technical Working Group (TWG) meetings in regard to difficult case discussions

Key responsibilities and achievements;

• At A.I.C Kijabe Hospital under the support of CHAK and Hospital Support Organization (HSO), I worked in the department of comprehensive care center (CCC), TB clinic, and Clinical Mentorship Program -
• Offered direct HIV and TB services management to Recipient of Care
• Trained and Mentored healthcare providers and SCASCOS from Kiambu County on the National HIV integrated training course (NHITC) certified by NASCOP under AIC Kijabe hospital training program
• Clinical Officer, Lakeview Nursing Home, Naivasha February 2011 — July 2011
• Key responsibilities and achievements;
• Worked as a clinician offering both outpatient and Inpatient services in history taking and clinical management of clients
• Writing Discharge summaries