Id: 36859 Curriculum Vitae

1. Regional Clinical HIV/AIDS Advisor 02/08/2010 - Present
Company: Friends in Global Health
Country of work: Mozambique
Region of work: Zambezia
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Workfield: To provide technical assistance and support for integrated HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in MOH rural health care facilities in coordination with District (SDMAS) and Provincial Health Directorates (DPS) to ensure quality provision of services and to ensure meeting of target indicators as stipulated by MISAU and PEPFAR donors.
Responsibilities: 1. Lead multidisciplinary team to assigned districts (3) for the purpose of identifying problems, limitations, and obstacles to the functioning of integrated HIV services.
2. Utilizing supervisory monitoring tools based on pre-defined standards of service quality, evaluate the overall functioning of district services based on physical infrastructure needs, patient flow, following of protocols, service availability, filling in of appropriate documentation, patient referral/counter referral, and service organization.
3. Provide direct technical assistance to district health staff on recommendations to overcome programmatic weaknesses identified during the supervisory visit.
4. Provide Provincial health authorities and Clinical Management team reports of the results of the supervisory visit and assist with recommendations for overcoming problems.
5. Direct clinical mentoring of district health staff on prioritized skills set (diagnostic, physical exam skills, use of clinical protocols, interpersonal relationship skills, and patient charting) ensuring health staff has appropriate knowledge of and achieves a high standard of practical application of these skills.
Recommandations: Dr. Troy Moon, Dr. Linda Moiane

2. Medical Coordinator 21/07/2008 - 31/07/2009
Company: Médicos do Mundo - Portugal (MdM-P)
Country of work: Mozambique
Region of work: Maputo
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Workfield: NGO Projects/Donors:
1.Integrated Program for Fighting Against HIV/AIDS in Maputo province (Home Base Care and social/psychological support to PLWHA, health education). Donor: National Commission for Fighting Against HIV/AIDS (Comissão Nacional de Combate ao HIV/SIDA-CNCS).
2.Home Base Care for PLWHA in Sofala province, city of Beira. Donor: Portuguese Institute for Development (IPAD - Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento).
3.Program for Fighting Against HIV/AIDS in Nampula province, Ilha de Moéambique district (Home Base Care for PLWHA, health education). Donor: Portuguese Institute for Development (IPAD - Instituto Português de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento).
• Team under direct responsibility: 25 people
• Partners: Provincial Directorates, District Directorates, World Food Program, CBO’s, other international and national NGO’s.
Responsibilities: 1. Monitoring, evaluation and technical support to the three projects.
2. Continuous personnel training in the following areas: ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) management, PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission), OI’s (Opportunistic Infections, including Tuberculosis), STI management.
3. Clinical mentoring and collaboration with health staff to strengthen the referral system between health facilities and community based services.
4. Clinical follow-up of the patients integrated into the Home Base Care Programs and monitoring for nutritional status of the beneficiaries of the World Food Program.
5. Development of a data collection system for the Home Base Care Programs.
6. Writing and reviewing proposal applications.

3. Health Coordinator 01/04/2007 - 30/04/2008
Company: Médicos del Mundo – Spain (MdM-E)
Country of work: Mozambique
Region of work: Cabo Delgado
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Workfield: • Projects/Donors:
1. Primary Health Care program for strengthening public health system by supporting primary health care network (training of medical personnel, construction of health structures, health management improvement).
2. HIV/AIDS program for prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and improvement care for PLWHA (Home Base Care, training of medical personnel, health education).
Donor: Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional – AECI).
• Team under direct responsibility: 21 people
• Partners: Provincial Directorate, District Directorates, CBO, other international and national NGO’s.
Responsibilities: 1. Technical expertise and guidance for the implementation of all the activities in the four districts of intervention.
2. Monitor, evaluate and report on all program activities and progress to the central office and Donors.
3. Budgetary follow-up.
4. Preparation of annual work plans and budgets.
5. Writing and reviewing proposal applications.
6. In-service training for mid-level care providers on: ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) management, ANC (Ante Natal Care), PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission), most prevalent diseases (diarrhea and malaria), STI management.

4. Chief Project 15/07/2006 - 05/02/2007
Company: Action Against Hunger
Country of work: Angola
Region of work: Huila
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Workfield: NGO
• Project/Donor: Expansion of the minimum package of Maternal and Child Health Care coverage in four municipalities of the Huíla province. Donor: UNICEF.
• Team under direct responsibility: 2 people
• Partners: Provincial Directorate, Municipal Directorates.
Responsibilities: 1. Technical assistance to the Provincial Technical Commission to implement the project, performed in three phases:
I.Planning phase: municipal health diagnosis (demographic and epidemiologic data collection and check existing health unit-s conditions).
II.Rehabilitation phase: equipment of health units and training of health staff.
III.Implementation phase: monitoring of activities implemented in the rehabilitated health units.
2. Monitor, evaluate and report on all program activities and progress to the central office and Donor.
3. Budgetary follow-up.

5. Field Doctor 05/11/2005 - 04/04/2006
Company: Doctors Without Borders
Country of work: Angola
Region of work: Huila
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Workfield: • Project: Improvement of population’s access to healthcare in Kuvango municipality.
• Partners: Provincial Directorate, Municipal Directorate.
Responsibilities: 1.In-service training of the health staff on accurate use of diagnostic and treatment protocols for the most prevalent diseases (malaria, diarrhea, STI, respiratory infections) and Mother and Child Health (antenatal and postnatal care, delivery).
2.Technical support to improve dairy management of the Tuberculosis Program, Emergency Room, Maternal and Child Health Program, Hospitalization.
3.Running a mobile clinic.
4.Analysis of epidemiologic surveillance data.

6. Medical Resident 01/05/1998 - 31/05/2003
Company: Hospital Universitario de Getafe
Country of work: Other Country
City/place of work: Madrid, Spain
Salary: Confidential
Department: Healthcare & Medicale
Responsibilities: 1. Surgical rotation in General and Digestive Surgery, that includes:
I. Learn to perform operating room procedures in the following areas:
• Colorectal Surgery and Proctology
• Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery
• Breast Diseases
• Gastro-esophageal and Endocrine Surgery
• Abdominal Wall
II. Evaluate and manage pre and post-operative general surgical patients.
III. Develop a general knowledge of fundamental clinical principles of managing emergency cases.

2. Rotation in other Medical Services:
• Radiology
- Basic indications for different radiologic and interventional studies.
- Read chest X-rays and abdominal X-rays.
• Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery
- Physical examination, radiological diagnosis and conservative management of fractures.
• Urology
- Management of urological conditions that require immediate medical attention, such as acute urinary retention, testicular torsion, etc.
- Perform basic operating procedures, such as male circumcision, vasectomy.
• Thoracic Surgery
- Treatment of traumatic thoracic injuries.
• Critical Care
- Perform venous access procedures.
- Perform endotracheal intubation and manage mechanical ventilatory equipment.
- Cardiopulmonary Life Support training.