CURRILUCULUM VITAE PROFILE Charity Njambi Ndwiga Po Box 53647 Code 00200 Nairobi 2725705-8 (Office) Mobile 0722395641 A Bachelor Degree/Registered Nurse Midwife by profession, Charity is a winner of 1997 prestigious Nurse of the Year award. Her entire working life has focuses on continuous improvement of health profession through training and updating for quality of care. Her expertise ranges from development and review of strategies, policies and guidelines, performance improvement initiatives, curriculum development, facilitative of training, development of training material and manuals, proposal development, planning and resource mobilization. She was key member of the team that revitalized the Community Midwifery Model that is considered a good practice by medical professionals in improving access to skilled care at birth. She coordinated for DRH the FANC/MIP/TB implementation that saw successful integration of these components at the level of service delivery. She formulated the proposal on global funds for focused antenatal care component and initiated the preceptors program for the University of Nairobi that modeled thousands of nurses in family planning practice. She, together with others worked on the Safe Motherhood Demonstration Project in Western Kenya where lessons from the project are being used nationally to inform implementation of Safe Mother Hood activities as well as the Life saving skills training in North Eastern Kenya. She was one the officers charged with responsibility of developing maternal standards for quality of care that guide the inception of accreditation of Out Based Voucher program in Kenya. She also was the national program coordinator of Reproductive Cancers prevention and management implementation activities. Her current work involves coordination of project partners, interventions development and implementation, providing technical support to MOH and partners in development of policies, standard guidelines and protocols and training materials in RH and HIV. Charity is currently working as project officer in three maternal Neonatal Health ongoing projects at population council, Kenya office. Represents Population Council, Kenya in MOH s Maternal and Newborn Health, Family Planning and RH and HIV integration, Research and Training technical working Groups. TRAINING 1. Masters of Public Health, University of Nairobi (UON) Sept, 2006-2102 2. Bachelor of Nursing - University of Dundee, May 2003 to Nov 2004 3. Kenya Registered Midwife (KRM), Miscericordiea school of Midwifery, Sept, 1993 to August, 1994 4. Kenya Registered Psychiatric Nurse (KRPN), Mathare School of Mental Health, Oct, 1990 to Oct 1991 5. Kenya Registered Nurse (KRN), Kenya medical Training Center, Jan 1984 to July 1987 6. Certificate in family Planning (FP), Nyeri Decentralized Center, Feb 1995 to April 1995 ADDITIONAL TRAINING 1. Clinical Research Training Course (2010) 2. Cervical Cancer Screening (2008) 3. Gender and Reproductive health (2006) 4. Research Management Training (2006) 5. Research Ethics Training Curriculum (2006) 1
6. Prevention of other to child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), MOH/Pathfinder (2005) 7. Technical updates in supervision of Focused ANC, MIP and PMTCT services (2005) 8. Integrated management of child hood Illness (IMCI), 2004 9. Effective Skills in consulting for Health Course, Center for family studies, 2004 10. Project Monitoring and Evaluation, Kenya Institute of Administration, 2004 11. Advocacy Skills Course, Regional Center for Quality of Health Care, 2004 12. PMTCT Integration to Focused Antenatal Care/ Malaria in Pregnancy with performance improvement Approach, Regional Center for Quality of Health Care, 2004 13. Computer Applications to Data management course, Kenya Institute of Administration, 2003 14. Facilitative supervision Course, AMKENI, 2003 15. Focused Antenatal Care/ Malaria in Pregnancy Course (TOT) JHPIEGO, 2003 16. Maternal audit Cycle, Population Council, 2003 17. Research skills Development course, Kenya Institute of Administration, 2002 18. Essential Obstetric Care, Population Council, 2001 19. Improving Quality of Care Performance: Improvement Approach for Reproductive and Child Health Care, INTRAH, 2000 20. Infection prevention Course JHPIEGO, 2000 21. Management of Reproductive Health Programs, University of Exeter, UK, 1999 22. Contraceptive Logistics Management, JSI/MOH 1997 23. Reproduction Health counseling skills, JHPIEGO/MOH, 1977 24. Tools for Health Managers Course, University of Nairobi, 1997 25. Clinical Training skills course, JHPIEGO, 1997 26. Air Emergencies and Causality Handling in air disasters, 1994, JKIA Authority Experience in Operational Research 1. Integrating Tuberculosis Screening and detection into post natal care services APHIA OR project 2009-2011- coordinating all the project research activities 2. Assessing the Benefits of integrating RH and HIV services- the Integra Initiative 2009- to date- Coordinating the intervention activities 3. Kenya service Provision Assessment- 2009- together with others developed the data collection tool and trained research assistance in maternal and child health and family planning components of the Assessment 4. Comprehensive Postnatal care- WHOPPFP Project Zambia- coordinating the project research and interventions activities 2011-2012 5. Promoting Dignified and Respectful Care During facility Based Child Birth 2011- date,- coordinating the project research and interventions activities 2011-2012 6. Piloting of FANC/MIP indicators in two district in Kenya 2005-2006 coordinating the project research activities 7. Taking Critical Skilled Obstetrics Care in the Community; An Experienced of Western Kenya Community Midwifery Model -2007. Working with other in DRH and Population Council, Kenya office in the intervention design and the implementation 8. Costing of Family planning services in Kenya 2000 research assistant- collecting both quantitative and qualitative data at health facilities Experience Development of guidelines, protocols and training materials Working with others I have provided technical support and participated in development of the following documents 1. National mentoring guidelines for in RH and HIV integration, (draft ) Kenya 2012 2
2. National mentors guide in RH and HIV integration (draft ) Kenya 2012 3. Protocol of use of Misoprostol in Prevention and management of PPH, Kenya 2012 4. National guidelines for Obstetric and Perinatal Care 2012 5. Minimum Package for Integration of RH and HIV services in Kenya 2012 6. National guidelines for Prevention and Management of Cervical, Breast and Prostate Cancers- Kenya 2012 7. National targeted post natal care training package, Kenya 2011 8. National comprehensive postnatal care guidelines, Zambia 2011 9. Post Abortion Care training manual, 2003, revision 2011 10. Revision of BCS plus 2011 11. Adaption of the BCS plus into Kenya National BCS plus 2011 12. National Family planning guidelines Kenya 2010 13. National guidelines on implementation of Long acting Method of Family planning, Kenya 2010 14. National RH and HIV integration strategy- Kenya 2009 15. Kenya National Reproductive Health Curriculum for service providers 2008 checklist and learning guides 16. National reproductive health Training Plan- Kenya-2007 17. Focused Antenatal care and Malaria in pregnancy Training package,first in 2003, Revision in 2007 18. Supportive facilitation Manual Kenya, 2004 CARRIER Organization: Population Council, Kenya Date: 2009 August To Date Position: Program officer in Reproductive health research Responsibilities: intervention development and coordination in the study on assessing the benefits and cost of integrating reproductive health and HIV services in eastern and Central provinces in Kenya; principle investigator in a study on integrating TB case finding and treatment into the postnatal care services Achievements: Together with other developing the tools for the minimum packages of post natal care services in the country Together with others developed mentoring program and tools for Capacity Building in RH and HIV integration Currently developing a module on Value Clarification and Attitude Change in Promoting Dignified and Respectful Facility Based Child Birth Organization: Division of Reproductive Health Ministry of Health Date: 2009 August To Date Position: Program officer in Reproductive health research Responsibilities: Co-researcher in the study on assessing the benefits and cost of integrating reproductive health and HIV services in eastern and Central provinces in Kenya; principle investigator in a study on integrating TB case finding and treatment into the postnatal care services Achievements: together with other developing the tools for the minimum packages of post natal care services in the country. Organization: Division of Reproductive Health Ministry of Health Date: 2000 Jan July 2009 Position: Program officer 3
Responsibilities: training in Reproductive health components, setting National Comprehensive Reproductive Health examination and coordinating the implementation of the program on the Reproductive Caners prevention and management Master Trainer involved in policy Formulation and facilitating the implementation, evaluation and monitoring as well as Supervision and quality assurance of RH Activities. Organizing and participating in meetings, training and workshops locally, regionally and internationally. Previously the focal person foe FANC/MIP/TB and the community midwifery model for DRH. Achievements: Conceived the revamping of Community Reproductive Health activities through focused antenatal care strategy. Together with others working on integrated reproductive health (including HIV/AIDS) community orientation package and the implementation of community midwifery model. Organization: Nairobi Decentralized Training Center; Trainer in Family Planning/Reproductive Health Date: 1996 (Jan) - 2000 (Jan) Position: Master trainer Responsibilities: Training in Family planning/reproductive Health and supervision of reproductive Health services in Nairobi Province. Achievements: Jointly with others established the Nairobi Decentralized Training Center (DTC). She pressed for the DTC involvement as member of Provincial Health Management Team strategically placing it at high level in training resources mobilization. Today, Nairobi DTC is one of the best-managed training institution offering innovative training and updates for hundreds of in-service Reproductive Health providers. In 1997 she acquired the prestigious Nurse of the Year Award. Organization: Jomo Kenyatta Port Health Clinic Date: 1994 (Nov) - 1995 (Dec) Position: Deputy in-charge. Achievements: Effective undertook supervision of nursing and other staff members as shift in-charge. Instituted continuous education program for the clinic. Organization: Loco Dispensary Nairobi Province. Date: July (1992) - August (1993) Position: Sister in-charge Responsibility: Day to day management of the dispensary Achievements: Recommended three nurses for advance training. Organization: Working in Mathare Hospital in female Maximum security Date: 1991 (Oct)-1992(Jun) Position: Unit as a deputy in-charge Responsibility: Job/ Tasks allocation and staff welfare Achievements: Established flexible working shift for the staff. Organization: Kiambu District hospital Date: 1987 (Oct) - 1990(Sept) Position: sister in-charge pediatric ward out patient and the female ward respectfully Responsibility: coordinated the consultants clinics in the out patient clinic Achievements: helped ease the congestion and backlog of booked appointments in the clinics SPECIAL AWARDS : Best Nurse of the year 1997-Nairobi (Up- John Award) REFEREES : 1. Dr. J. Kibaru 4
Director General East, Central, and Southern African (ECSA) Health Community 2. Prof. Violent Kimani Lecture Department of Community Health UON 5