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Victor Sumbi
Public Health Specialist
Nairobi
Summary
Program Management expert with proven ability to drive project success and deliver measurable outcomes. Skilled in strategic planning, resource allocation, and risk management, ensuring projects align with organizational goals. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptability, consistently delivering results in fast-paced environments. Known for effective communication, attention to detail, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates
3
3
Languages
Work History
Program Management Specialist
USAID Kenya and East Africa
Nairobi, Kenya
09.2021 - Current
- Key Performance areas: Strategic planning; Program/ Project/ Activity Management; Performance Management; Surveillance, Data Analytics and Management
- Developed forecasting template for the Ministry of health to facilitate demand forecasting and budgeting for the malaria multiple first-line therapy (MFT) initiative
- Led the development and deployment of an end-to-end digital solution for the $40 million mass insecticide-treated net campaign in 2024
- Member of Malaria Expert Committees for case management, vector control, surveillance and M&E and procurement and supply management responsible for the malaria program reviews, Global Fund grant proposal writing and development of National Strategic Plans
- Sat on the Global Fund (GF) Kenya Coordinating Mechanism (KCM) oversight committee providing technical and financial oversight over the $408M GF Cycle 7 grant to Kenya
- Served as the Contracts Officer Representative (COR) for three projects (Supply Chain Management; Procurement, Warehousing and Distribution project; and Supply Chain Accountability Project) with a combined annual budget of more than $10M
- Provide technical leadership to all areas of malaria surveillance, data analytics and use of data for decision making
Malaria Technical Advisor
Chemonics International
Nairobi, Kenya
11.2016 - 08.2021
- Provided leadership during project start up of the project that had an annual budget of $2.5M.
- Served as a key liaison between USAID and internal teams, facilitating clear communication on project requirements and deliverables.
- Led a team of 15 staff to provide technical support to national and county level Ministry of Health counterpart.
- Provided technical support to the pilot of the malaria MFT implemented in Homa Bay county including demand forecasting, and the design of health facility data capture and reporting tools and commodity re-supply system
- Led and participated in the development and implementation of decision-support dashboards within the Kenya DHIS2 to enhance availability of end-to-end supply chain visibility
- Supported implementation of inpatient and outpatient malaria quality of care surveys including revision of the survey protocol, data analysis and report writing
- Developed and led the deployment of a framework for risk-based supply chain audits at health facilities to identify leakage of USG-funded health commodities. This led to recovery of lost commodities worth at least $10,000 in one county and led to interdiction of staff implicated in pilferage in another county.
- Led the development and implementation of national guidelines for forecasting, supply planning and pipeline monitoring for malaria commodities in 2018
- Led the development of a Kenya Malaria Specifications Catalogue to guide the procurement of malaria commodities by both national and county levels
- Led the development of a handbook on the management of malaria commodities across the different epidemiological zones
Senior Technical Advisor: Malaria
Management Sciences for Health
Nairobi, Kenya
12.2015 - 10.2016
- Led the malaria portfolio, which had a budget of $1.9M annually, ensuring collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other partners for efficient use of resources
- Led the Implementation of the Malaria Quality of Care Surveys in the public and private sectors
- Technical support to the NMCP to develop a national Malaria Diagnostics Quality Assurance curriculum and training package
- Implementation of Malaria Round 4 Post Marketing Surveillance (PMS) for quality assurance and pharmacovigilance of anti-malaria medicines in the Country
- Participated in the design and implementation of the Global Fund Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) – a financing mechanism to improve the availability of quality assured antimalarials in the private sector in Kenya
Senior Technical Advisor: Capacity Building and Pharmaceutical Services
Management Sciences for Health
Nairobi, Kenya
11.2013 - 11.2015
- Led the capacity building and pharmacovigilance portfolio in the Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS) project, managing a budget of ~$500,000 annually
- Provided technical assistance to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board to develop the Pharmacovigilance Electronic Reporting System (PVERS); trained county and healthy facility staff on its use; and supported subsequent abstraction and analysis of data from this system to improve patient safety
- Supported the National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) to initiate a Cohort Event Monitoring (CEM) study for patients on anti-retroviral therapy in June 2015 including protocol development and setting up of the data management and analysis system
- Technical assistance to NASCOP and the MOH Department of Pharmacy to develop curricula and training materials for supply chain management and commodity management
- Developed a comprehensive tool to support data collection and analysis for a baseline supply chain mapping (SCM) exercise that was conducted in December 2013 in 13 of the 47 counties in the country
Senior Program Associate: Pharmaceutical Services
Management Sciences for Health
Windhoek, Namibia
04.2010 - 10.2013
- Developed data reporting, aggregation and analysis tools for ARV and TB medicines
- Successful development and deployment of a national database for over 70,000 ART patients with various outputs to serve the information needs of the HIV Care and Treatment program, including forecasting and procurement/ supply planning, tracking of adherence to treatment, and monitoring of adverse drug reactions
- Supported establishment of linkages between the ART clinic electronic system and the pharmacy ARVs electronic tool to ensure inter-operability of the two systems, improvement of data quality and facilitate regular analysis and triangulation of data between the two systems
- Provided technical assistance to MoH to set up a system to routinely abstract and report HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators (HIVDR EWIs) using routine data; publication of two manuscripts on HIVDR EWI work in peer-reviewed journals; institutionalization of routine EWI data abstraction and reporting to guide interventions to improve patient care; including lost to follow up tracking and adherence monitoring/ improvement
Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
Windhoek, Namibia
01.2008 - 03.2010
- Led a team of 5 technical staff in the National Medicines Policy Coordination unit of the Division of Pharmaceutical Services in the MOHSS
- Coordinated the implementation of the Pharmacy Management Information System to promote use of data for decision making
- Led the updating of the Namibia National Medicine Policy and National Pharmaceutical Master Plan
- Oversaw the review and update of the national Essential Medicines List; compiled & implemented research protocol for the Namibia national adherence survey
- Worked collaboratively with the National Medicines Regulatory Council to set up the Namibia pharmacovigilance center
Hospital Pharmacist
Ministry of Health
Nyeri, Kenya
01.2003 - 12.2007
- Responsible for inventory management systems, supply chain management, development/ implementation of pharmacy standard operating procedures (SOPs), health services delivery and patient safety
- Led advocacy to the clinical team that led to the development of a hospital medicines formulary to enhance medicine use and overall delivery of health services
- Initiated and implemented three operational research projects at the facility to monitor prescribing habits, medicine use, pharmacovigilance and overall delivery of health services
- Key member of the provincial multi-disciplinary team that set up over 20 HIV treatment sites in the Central Province conducting readiness assessments, health workers training and oversight
- Successfully set up a facility improvement fund (FIF) pharmacy within the hospital to enhance delivery of health services and improve resource mobilization for the hospital
Education
Master of Science - Health Economics And Pharmaeconomics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spain 04.2010 - 12.2011
Master’s Degree - Public Health and Epidemiology
Kenyatta University
Nairobi, Kenya 05.2005 - 04.2010
Bachelor’s Degree - Pharmacy
University of Nairobi
Nairobi 10.1996 - 09.2001
Skills
Health supply chain management
Certification
Introduction to Statistics: Descriptive Statistics, EdX
Software
Microsoft Power BI
SPSS
R
Timeline
Surveillance, M&E and Geospatial Applications in Malaria Programs, University of Ghana
09-2024
Data Science Level 1, Predictive Analytics
10-2021
Program Management Specialist
USAID Kenya and East Africa
09.2021 - Current
Malaria Technical Advisor
Chemonics International
11.2016 - 08.2021
Senior Professional in Supply Management (SPSM), Next Level Purchasing Association
03-2016
Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI, 12/13, EdX
12-2015
Senior Technical Advisor: Malaria
Management Sciences for Health
12.2015 - 10.2016
Senior Technical Advisor: Capacity Building and Pharmaceutical Services
Management Sciences for Health
11.2013 - 11.2015
Introduction to Statistics: Inference, EdX
09-2013
Introduction to Statistics: Descriptive Statistics, EdX
04-2013
Master of Science - Health Economics And Pharmaeconomics
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
04.2010 - 12.2011
Senior Program Associate: Pharmaceutical Services
Management Sciences for Health
04.2010 - 10.2013
Chief Pharmacist
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS)
01.2008 - 03.2010
Master’s Degree - Public Health and Epidemiology
Kenyatta University
05.2005 - 04.2010
Hospital Pharmacist
Ministry of Health
01.2003 - 12.2007
Bachelor’s Degree - Pharmacy
University of Nairobi
10.1996 - 09.2001
Work Availability
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Languages
English
Proficient
C2
Kiswahili
Upper intermediate
B2
French
Elementary
A2
German
Intermediate
B1
Awards
PMI Innovation Award, 11/22, USAID/ President's Malaria Initiative, Developed a tool to abstract and analyze DHIS2 health facilities data to inform prioritization of technical support and monitor progress
Publications
- HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators in Namibia with Updated WHO Guidance, 07/14, PLoS One, http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0100539
- HIV Drug Resistance Early Warning Indicators in Namibia for Public Health Action, 06/13, PLoS One, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0065653
Awards
PMI Innovation Award, 11/22, USAID/ President's Malaria Initiative, Developed a tool to abstract and analyze DHIS2 health facilities data to inform prioritization of technical support and monitor progress
Consultancy Work
World Health Organization, 2019; undertook a pharmacoeconomic review of the Namibia Standard Treatment Guidelines and the Namibia Essential Medicines List to ensure inclusion of only cost-effective medicines and treatments.
Management Sciences for Health South Africa, 2012: undertook exploratory analysis of data in the national medicines database to characterize trends in prescribing, identify top expenditure items and possible areas for follow up medicine use reviews.
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