Saho Raoul Aimé
Focal Point Communication For Health Initiatives/ SBC Officer
Bamenda
Summary
Communications professional with strong expertise in crafting compelling messaging, managing public relations, and executing strategic communication plans. Adept at fostering collaboration, adapting to changing needs, and driving results through effective teamwork. Skilled in media relations, content creation, and stakeholder engagement, ensuring seamless communication and impactful outcomes. Dependable and results-driven, consistently delivering high-quality work while meeting organizational goals.Known for adaptability and reliability in dynamic environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
57
57
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Head of Communication and Social Marketing Unit of the Regional Technical Team for Universal Health Coverage
Regional Delegation of Public Health North West
04.2023 - Current
- Contextualize the strategic communication plan according to local realities;
- Implement the Universal Health Coverage operational communications plan;
- Ensure press relations (organise press conferences, press releases, press packs, etc.);
- Strengthen social mobilisation to involve all stakeholders in the implementation of actions in favour of the UHC;
- Promote the UHC by animating the various regional platforms with web content;
- Marketing the UHC by disseminating messages promoting the UHC through all channels (traditional and new media) to realise the expected social and behavioural change;
- Monitor the media and manage rumours relating to the UHC;
- Support the implementation of the UHC action plans of the stakeholders in the communication, advocacy and social marketing activities for the UHC;
- Conduct advocacy activities with local stakeholders to influence social norms and practices in relation to UHC;
- Monitor and participate in the organization of social and community mobilisation events organised as part of the UHC;
- Carrying out opinion polls and field surveys on UHC activities, in liaison with other relevant units;
- Support the development, adaptation and updating of communication on the UHC (communication plan, media/tools);
- Collect and analyse data and indicators on the UHC s communication and social marketing activities;
- Develop internal communication in favour of adherence to UHC Phase I in the Region;
- Document all UHC communication activities, including best practices and success stories;
- Transmit weekly reports on communication activities to the Communication Section of National Technical Team for UHC;
- Carry out any other tasks related to field of activity as assigned by the line manager.
- Accomplishments
- 01 Regional Communication plan for the UHC elaborate and validated, shared in the 20 Health District;
- 01 Advocacy meeting organized involving Key stakeholders and actors of the UHC;
- Several online training meetings organized to drill Health District Focal Points Communication;
- 06 Radio Talks on the UHC carried out in French and in English;
- Several messages elaborated and used on several communication tools such as posters, flyers, roll ups, Banners;
- 03 Video spots realized with the beneficiaries of UHC
- 02 Articles written and published on The Ministry of Public Health Page;
- 03 Regional coordination meeting for the UHC
Communication Officer for the Regional Incident Command System during the Covid-19 Pandemic
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
01.2020 - Current
- Elaborate the Regional Risk Communication and Community Engagement plan for Covid19 response in the North West Region;
- Support and coaching of health districts in developing their covid-19 response Risk communication and operational plans;
- Development of local public/private partnership with local institutions to partake in any public health event towards combatting the Covid-19 Pandemic;
- Risk and vulnerability mapping of areas for social mobilization intervention with clear administrative boundaries and roles while indicating areas more at risk (Departments in hospitals caring for hypertension, diabetes, HIV patients, Location of new churches, amongst others);
- Mapping of areas more at risk of infection:(Markets, travelling agencies, schools and any other gathering places) in the North West Region;
- Organize/supervise and coordinate communication activities of all stakeholders involved in the sensitization as response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the North West Region;
- Develop communication strategies to enhance community adherence to the barriers and hygiene measures for Covid-19 in the North West Region;
- Participate in designing, developing, pre testing, production, distribution and evaluation of communication tools and media kits;
- Adapting and contextualising Covid-19 messages as the North west Region is in socio political crisis;
- Conception and development of training modules for communication of all actors involved in sensitisation activities for Covid-19 response;
- Capacity building of various actors of social mobilization in favour of fighting against Covid-19 Pandemic;
- Supervision and monitoring of all communication activities and indicators in the 19 health districts;
- Communication on Adverse Effects Following Immunization (AEFIs);
- Advocacy at all levels for partnership with administrative, traditional and religious authorities to support and facilitate the response to the Covid19 Pandemic;
- Identification and Management of rumours likely to mislead the population;
- Collection, compilation, analysing and reporting communication data for Covid-19 sensitisation activities
- Write articles, success stories and illustrations of good practices related to activities in the North west Region;
- Planning, implementation and evaluation of health and radio talks;
- Conception and production of radio programs and spots in English, French, Pidgin and other local languages to fight against Covid-19 and some public health hazards;
- Reports writing and feedback to the hierarchy.
- Accomplishments
- 02 Regional Covid-19 response Plans for Risk Communication and Community Engagement elaborated and implemented at a rate of 80%;
- Supported the elaboration of 19 Health districts Covid-19 response Risk Communication Plans;
- Mapping for awareness raising of 28 hospitals and treatment Centers with high frequentation of persons presenting with co morbidity conditions;
- Organisation and Training of 20 data collection agents for the Rapid assessments for monitoring behaviour change related to the COVID-19 pandemic in communities in the North West region;
- Analysis and report of the Rapid assessments for monitoring behaviour change related to the COVID-19 pandemic in communities in the North West region;
- Creation of a Regional Task Force for Communication on Covid-19 involving health-related sectors and other humanitarian agencies;
- Conception and development of training modules for risk communication of all actors involved in sensitisation activities for Covid-19 response;
- Capacity building on Risk Communication and Community Engagement of more than 17 Community Based Organizations involved in the social mobilization to fight against Covid-19 Pandemic;
- Capacity building on Risk Communication and Community Engagement of the 20 health district Rapid Response Teams for Covid19 pandemic;
- More than 30 media professionals drilled to mobilise and sensitise the community on the Covid-19 preventive measures;
- More than 40 local language broadcasters drilled to raise awareness on Covid-19 pandemic in the various communities;
- 30 Media professional drilled on techniques of conception and production of radio programs and spots in English, French, Pidgin and other local languages to fight against Covid-19 and some public health hazards;
- 31 contracts signed with various Community radios to broadcast in various local languages radio spots and programs conceived to fight against the Covid19 pandemic;
- Involvement in the management of over 10 cases of moderate and severe AEFIs through education and message development;
- 01 dynamic listening Committee to monitor broadcast of messages from media houses and to monitor rumours for appropriate management;
- Several rumours identified and managed through the Community feedback mechanisms set up in all the 20 Health Districts;
- Mapping out of 18 NGOs, CBOs and other local organisations active in the fight against Covid-19 in the North West Region;
- Mapping out of 49 Community Radios and Influencers throughout the North West Region;
- More than 20 Advocacies at all levels for partnership with administrative, traditional and religious authorities to support and facilitate the response to the Covid19 Pandemic;
- Organization and supervision of more than 80 community engagement meetings for the promotion of Covid19 vaccination and other routine vaccines
- Collection, compilation, analysing and reporting communication data for Covid-19 in all the 19 Health Districts in the North West Region;
- Organisation of Focus Group Discussions on the reasons of covid19 vaccine hesitancy among health workers and socio-professional groups in the North West Region;
- Participation in an 02 anthropological surveys on vaccine hesitation;
- More than 20 articles, success stories and illustrations of good practices written related to the Covid-19 response activities in the North West Region and post on the Facebook Group called: ”North West Health Info” and on the Facebook page of the Cameroon Ministry of Public Health;
- Conception of a technical file for funding addressed to UNICEF, WHO local representatives for sponsoring;
- 40 C4D supervision in 20 health districts to ensure proper implementation of sensitisation activities to fight against Covid19;
- Reports writing and feedback to the hierarchy.
Consultant for C4D activities in Emergency Situations
SHUMAS/UNICEF/MINSANTE’s project
09.2018 - Current
- Capacity building of Community Based Organizations’ members and supervisory committee’s members on C4D techniques in insecure areas and among Internally displaced persons (IDPs);
- Capacitate Women groups leaders to identify and lead to vaccination Children Lost to Follow-up and Zero Dose in insecure areas as well as among IDPs;
- Coordination/Monitoring and follow up of C4D activities to promote hygiene, sanitation measures and Social cohesion between host families and IDPs in conflict and humanitarian affected areas;
- Realise photos and videos of key moments of the implementation of the project for experience sharing meetings and other usages;
- Draw and publish bulletin on the implementation of the project.
- Main accomplishments
- Built capacity of 10 C4D agents, 3 supervisory committees members on inter personal communication promoting the adoption of Essential Family Practices (EFPs) within families of their communities;
- Empowered 40 community religious and traditional leaders on EFPs, peace and social cohesion to implement promotional activities in their communities;
- Participated in realising 3 educative radio slots and programs promoting social cohesion and EFPs;
- Elaborated 2 C4D data collection tools for data analysis and monitoring;
- Participated in creating 43 community support groups to promote peace and unity among IDPs and host communities;
- Participated in educating 15.540 Internally Displaced Persons on EFPs and social cohesion;
- Participated to realise 81.75 home visits whereby households members were sensitised on EFPs;
- Participated in setting a tension free environment in 69 villages where IDPs and host communities live in perfect harmony and peace;
- Realized more than 200 photos and Videos capturing key moments of SHUMAS/UNICEF/MINSANTE’s humanitarian project implementation which were used during experience sharing meetings.
Regional Supervisor and Trainer of Community Directed Interventions Activities
MC-CCAM, North West
01.2017 - Current
- Elaboration/update and follow up of the Multipurpose Community Health Workers (CHWs) supervision Plan for the North West Region and all concerned health districts;
- Select and capacitate CHWs with key skill for the Community Directed Interventions (CDI) and support the training of CHWs for new tasks;
- Update of CHWs Map, areas of interventions, names, the phone number and their community of residence;
- Provide CHW with technical coaching, logistical assistance and mentoring to help each CHW meet the daily challenges of his work;
- Monitor CHWs visit to households, pregnant women and children under 5 to ensure that all members of the community receive timely visits;
- Conduct a home visit observation, a feedback session with each CHW and complete the home visit observation sheet;
- Monitor the supply of CHWs, ensure all CHWs provide necessary supplies for each visit, and communicate any shortages or stock out of inputs;
- Observe and document the accuracy of the skill with which each CHW provides services such as Malaria RDT test, MUAC measurement, search missed children for routine vaccination and health behavior counseling;
- Evaluate the accuracy with which CHWs use data collection tools to collect and submit data;
- Evaluate individual and global progress of the CHWs on important indicators such as routine household coverage, target group visits, and accuracy of treatment of some health conditions with the appropriate medication, search for missed children for routine vaccination etc…
- Hold regular meetings with CHWs where performance is discussed and issues are addressed;
- Discuss/validate CHW’s performance data and document challenges;
- Review the CHWs’ monthly activities schedule and if necessary, conduct the training for the targeted CHWs;
- Report CHWs performance to the hierarchy and perform a spot check with a household, examine the challenges that require the support of the health area or/and district team;
- Facilitate communication between the subsystem of the CHWs and the health facility for the operation of reference system;
- Review CHWs performance, report and make recommendations and/or take corrective measures if needed.
- Main Accomplishments
- Technical support in selecting and training 592 Community health Workers in 09 health districts within the framework of Integrated Community Directed Interventions;
- Facilitator for training of CHWs and 12 trainers in Communication activities and other technical aspects such as: Malaria; Diarrhoea; Children health and vaccination; search for lost to follow up children, HIV/STI; TB; Mother health and Family planning; Gender based violence and violence against children; Community counselling on nutrition; WASH; Newborns Health and Birth Registration; Monitoring and Reporting of Maternal and Neonatal Deaths in the community;
- Promotion of community dialogue strategies and approaches within communities and assure proper interpersonal communication trainings are offered to local facilitators;
- Supervision and support the validation of thousands of CHWs indicators in quality and quantity such as: Number of Home visits and Educative talks, Number of RDTs for malaria realised, number of confirm cases of simple malaria treated by CHWs, number of cases of severe malaria referred, number of consultation amongst under 5 children, number of pregnant women referred and received at Health Facilities(HFs), number of newborn referred and received at HFs, number of Lost to follow-up routine immunization referred and received at the HFs, EPI surveillance;
- Supervision and refresher training of 25 Community Health Workers in Ako Health district within the context of socio political, security and humanitarian crisis plaguing the Anglophone regions of Cameroon;
- Supervision of 6 advocacy meetings with Community, traditional, religious and administrative leaders for the promotion of vaccination and other public health activities;
- Supervision of 06 Follow-up / coordination / advocacy meetings for the integrated directed community interventions in the North West;
- Support in more than 75 Community diagnosis process;
- Support the elaboration of more than 675 CHWs plans of action for several quarters, more than 55 supervision plans of Chief of Centers and that of 6 district civil society organisations (DCSO) in charge of the CHWs activities;
- Supervision of 8 district task force meetings whereby the CHWs, chiefs of health centres, district teams, and managers of the DCSO (District Civil Society Organization) as well as some traditional and religious authorities are invited to evaluate the Community Directed Interventions activities;
- Sixteen (16) quarterly supervision activities of CHWs with reports as well, in 16 health districts since 2017.
Coordinator of Communication activities of the Regional Rapid Response Team in case of Emergencies doubling with Communication Officer for the Regional Center for the Fight and Prevention against Epidemics and Disasters (CERPLE)
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2015 - Current
- Coordination of communication activities of other health programs with public/private partners;
- Coordination of Communication activities during epidemics or emergency;
- Conception and drawing of the monthly Regional Epidemiological Bulletins in collaboration with others regional health programs coordinators;
- Advocacy at all levels for partnership with administrative, traditional and religious authorities to support and facilitate any public health activities;
- Vulnerability mapping areas for social mobilization intervention with clear administrative boundaries and roles while indicating areas at risk (epidemics, poorly vaccinated, refusal or resistance, just to name a few) during epidemics;
- Development of partnership with local media organs for publication of reports related to any public health event like vaccination campaigns against polio, surveillance, and routine EPI, Malaria, Tuberculosis, just to name a few;
- Management of rumours likely to undermine public health activities;
- Facilitate and design communication strategies and components on existing health program in the regional delegation of public health;
- Assist the various development partners in capacity building, advocacy and others activities to strengthen communication towards behaviour change and public perception on health services deliveries;
- Identify the best practices as well as bottlenecks, challenges and constraints of the health program through various methods of documentation (such as, testimonies or compiled stories from the field to include photos, videos, written documentations).
- Write monthly reports which are presented during monthly technical meetings, backed with video documentation which include challenges, innovations, recommendations, opportunities and next steps;
- Main Accomplishments
- Created an inter communication strategy platform between health programs and partners;
- Nineteen (19) Regional Epidemiological Bulletins published in collaboration with other regional health programs coordinators;
- Coordinated, monitored, supervised communication activities for the response campaign against measles epidemics in Benakuma and Nwa health districts in 2015 and 2021 respectively;
- Coordinated /supervised/monitored and followed up communication activities for the response campaign against yellow fever epidemic in 04 health districts;
- Risk communication activities during cholera epidemics in others regions; and Ebola epidemics in West Africa and Nigeria our neighbouring country;
- More than 24 radio talks to sensitise population on some public health related issues;
- Conception and production of 43 radio programs and spots for mass sensitisation on health issues including routine vaccination, surveillance;
- Held six (06) advocacy meetings with traditional, religious and administrative leaders in view to sensitise their communities on prevailing cholera and Flu Epidemics in the neighbouring Regions of Cameroon;
- Organise six (06) advocacy meetings with traditional, religious and administrative leaders to sensitise their communities on the circulating Wild Polio Virus type 2 and cholera epidemics in neighbouring regions of Cameroon;
- Organise and supervise a dozens of community meetings to promote covid19 vaccination and precautionary measures against COVID19 pandemics;
- Trained eighteen (18) traditional practitioners on preventive measures on Ebola Virus as the West Africa countries were in the Epidemics in 2016;
- Two (02) vulnerability mapping of border districts and areas of low vaccination coverage after the outbreak of Polio virus occurred in the Borneo State of Nigeria in 2018;
- Managed the mass refusal cases involving 3 dormitory confessional secondary schools during Measles and Rubella vaccination campaign in November 2015;
- Six (06) ends of year reports of communication activities.
Editor for the Epidemiological Journal in the CEPLE Unit
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2015 - Current
- Elaborate the communication strategy of the Delegation of Public Health;
- Ensure the quality of the products published (ensure the management of public relation);
- Carry out public health activities coverage;
- Promote the image of the regional delegation of public health and its health programs;
- Participate in office coordination meetings;
- Animate the social media networks of the site (Facebook and WhatsApp).
- Write articles, success stories and illustrations of good practices related to activities in the region;
- Collect data from Health Information Unit to nurture the content of the Epidemiological Journal.
- Main accomplishments
- More than 200 articles edited and published during vaccination and others major public health activities;
- Administrator and main publisher of the Regional Delegation for Health Facebook pages named “North West Health Info” and “NWR Task Force for Communication and Social Mobilisation for Health “;
- At least 3 daily animation posts and information on the Facebook pages of the regional delegation and Ministry of Public Health;
- Daily follow up of social media user’s inputs and appropriate response to their comments and worries;
- More than twenty thousand (20 000) photos and videos realised and documented;
- Develop and implement a strategy for the visibility of the health programs actions through different channels.
Focal Point of Communication
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
01.2015 - Current
- Elaborate the regional communication plan for all mass and local vaccination campaigns against poliomyelitis and others;
- Elaboration/ update and follow up of the Integrated Communication Plan for the North West Region and all health districts;
- Development of local public/private partnership with local institutions to partake in any public health event like vaccination campaigns against polio, surveillance, and routine EPI;
- Identification of special and needy population;
- Insure the scaling up of social behavior change strategies for Health promotion in the Region;
- Communication activities for behavior change in some special population;
- Organize/supervise and coordinate communication activities during any commemoration of Health Global Day;
- Develop communication strategies to enhance community adherence to routine vaccination;
- Support and coaching of health districts in developing their communication and operational plans for mass and local campaigns;
- Participate in designing, developing, pre testing, production, distribution and evaluation of communication tools and media kits;
- Conception and development of training modules for communication of all health programs of the Regional Delegation of Public Health;
- Capacity building of various actors of social mobilization in favor of any public health campaigns in collaboration with the concerned health programs;
- Supervision and monitoring of all public health activities including communication indicators in various health districts;
- Advocacy at all levels for partnership with administrative, traditional and religious authorities to support and facilitate any public health activities;
- Management of refusal cases during mass and routine vaccination;
- Management of rumors during mass and routine vaccination;
- Risk and vulnerability mapping of areas for social mobilization intervention with clear administrative boundaries and roles while indicating areas at risk (epidemics, poorly vaccinated, refusal or resistance, amongst others);
- Assisting other stakeholders like WHO and UNICEF consultants to organize and train communication monitors and LQAs activities during SIAs;
- Assist the Regional Focal Point Surveillance to compile documentation for the Certification Committee;
- Collection, compilation and analyzing communication data for routine and any public health event;
- Write articles, success stories and illustrations of good practices related to public Health activities in the region;
- Recruitment and training of peer educators for any health programs;
- Planning, implementation and evaluation of health and radio talks;
- Conception and production of radio programs and spots in English, French and Pidgin to promote and to fight against some public health hazards;
- Development and design of flyers, posters and brochures to strengthen communication on vaccination activities in social media;
- In charge of the digital communication towards social networks;
- Reports writing and feedback to the hierarchy.
- Main accomplishments
- Planned/coordinated/supervised communication activities for 31 vaccination campaigns including Poliomyelitis campaigns in the North West Region with the rate of persons informed oscillating between 96% and 87%, for a population of 2.212.633 inhabitants;
- Planned/coordinated/supervised communication activities of introduction and of new vaccines and Switch (Injectable Polio Vaccine, Measles Rubella Vaccine and HPV Vaccine) in the North West Region;
- Setting up of the Regional Committee for the follow-up, supervision and monitoring of Health related sectors for the vaccination campaigns against Polio and other mass public health activities;
- Participation in the development of the national communication plan for the introduction of the nOPV vaccine and the introduction of the Hep B vaccine at birth;
- Participated in updating the third edition of the National Norms and Standards for EPI;
- Supervise and coordinate advocacy for greater community engagement of local leaders during the polio, measles, yellow fever and routine vaccination campaigns in the health districts and health areas;
- Participated in translating from French into English the National communication tools for EPI and Essential Family Practices;
- Assisted SHUMAS for the search and lead to vaccination 325 drop out children in 5 health districts;
- Fruitful collaborative work with WHO, C4D Stop Team actors and other sectorial partners in planning, monitoring and implementing vaccination activities;
- Improved the community based surveillance indicators in 19 health districts through regular supervision and follow up;
- Participated in developing three (03) National Communication Plans for the fight against HIV/AID, Malaria, and Promotion of Family Planning;
- Technical support in training 1025 Community health Workers of 15 health districts within the framework of Integrated Community Directed Interventions;
- Supervision and training of 25 Community Health Workers in Ako Health district within the context of socio political, security and humanitarian crisis plaguing the Anglophone regions;
- More than 4000 social mobilisers and other community leaders drilled and updated on social mobilization techniques in favor of vaccination against poliomyelitis and other public health campaigns;
- Developed and translated more than 30 key messages for vaccination campaigns and other public health activities;
- Developed 03 regional Integrated Communication plans for routine immunization and vaccine preventable diseases under EPI;
- Developed 37 regional communication plans for vaccination campaigns as well as their implementation plans;
- Supervised monitored and followed up communication activities during local and mass vaccination campaigns against poliomyelitis in all health districts of the North West Region with special highlight on cross boarder activities in the districts sharing boarders with Nigeria; that is Wum, Benakuma, Nwa, Nkambe and Ako health districts;
- More than 240 bulletins conceived in English and/or French published during public health activities;
- Mapped the regional landscape of social mobilization actors: media organs, associations, administrative, religious, political and traditional leaders;
- 16 District medical officers, 19 Chiefs of bureau of Health, trained on techniques of advocacy in favor of routine immunization;
- Assisted the Regional Focal Point Surveillance in many instances to compile documentation for the Certification Committee on Polio Eradication;
- Conception and animation of more than100 radio programs in favor of vaccination and other health programs;
- Participated to the conception and adoption of national communication tools and messages for the mass distribution of mosquito nets (LLINS) in Cameroon;
- More than 40 Advocacy meetings with the social mobilization stakeholders to support health activities, vaccination campaigns and others public health campaigns;
- Provide technical guidance and support to public health activities and assist health programs and other partner with C4D expertise to improve strategic planning, monitoring and reporting;
- Engaged several communities (Community Based Organizations, Community Groups, Women and Youth groups, Special populations…) for stronger ownership of health challenges including addressing resistances and surveillance issues;
- More than 100 refusal cases managed during public health activities including mass and routine vaccination;
- Development of plans to manage rumors against vaccination;
- Managed several rumor cases likely to undermine some mass and routine vaccination activities;
- Designed, organized and supervised more than 200 Focus group Discussions with Community Health Workers to get evidences on some public health related problems in communities;
- Design and develop several stickers and flyers to reinforce the communication of vaccination in social networks;
- Four (06) ends of year reports on communication activities.
Part time lecturer
Professional and High Educational Schools for Health Personnel in the North West Region
09.2010 - Current
- To teach Official languages (English and French) and Health Communication in Training schools for Health Personnel;
- To teach Health Policy for HND and Bachelor degree students at National Polytechnic Bambui, Bamenda;
- To Prepare students of Nursing Schools for Certification Examinations;
- To evaluate students at the end of each course and proceed their transcript as required by the School administration;
- Main accomplishments
- Participated in training nine (10) promotions of Nursing students in State Registered Nursing and Midwifery Schools of Bamenda;
- Participated in training eight (08) promotions of professional students for High National Diploma and Bachelor Degree in Polytechnic Bambui;
- Jury Member for more than 20 dissertations’ defences of nursing students for the award of the State Diploma in Nursing.
Regional Supervisor for Mass and Local Vaccination Campaigns and Other Public Health activities
North-West Region, Bamenda
01.2008 - 12.2014
- Planning of mass vaccination campaigns against Polio and others public health events, training of social mobilisers, coordination of communication activities in the health districts;
- Supervision of district and health area trainings of vaccination actors before vaccination campaigns;
- Supervision of surveillance activities in the community;
- Supervision of cold chains in various health facilities; (fridge TAG, recording of temperature, VVM monitoring, choice of water packs by strategy and arrangement of vaccines in the fridge);
- Participation in the district daily evaluation of communication activities during vaccination campaigns;
- Community diagnosis for problems identification and solving;
- Writing of the report.
- Main accomplishments
- Participated in planning more than ten (10) mass vaccination campaigns and others public health events, training of social mobilisers, coordination of communication activities;
- Supported developments of the district micro plans for mass vaccination campaigns;
- Supported trainings of health areas focal persons at the district and that of social mobilisers in the community;
- Supported the development of supervision plans with names of district supervisors and telephone contacts;
- Supported the development of daily well defined itinerary of district supervisors;
- Ensured the list of social mobilizers and vaccinators is drafted with telephone contacts and pasted with their itineraries;
- Supported nine (09) health districts to organize the launching of the campaign with some influential local authorities;
- Intensification of communication activities in areas with special populations and poorly covered areas during previous campaigns;
- Supported health districts to maximally use the partnership network with churches, schools, local organizations through series of meetings;
- Participated in the daily district evaluation meetings, with collection and analysis of data and corrective measures envisaged for the problems encountered during the daily activities;
- More than twenty (20) supportive supervision for community based surveillance activities including traditional-practitioners, community health workers, using ODK;
- More than sixty (60) community action plans elaborated for community health workers in 16 health districts;
- Supportive supervision of cold chain management in the districts and health facilities;
- Identified and assisted in the follow up of five (20) AEFI cases during Measles and Rubella vaccination campaigns in 2015;
- Monitored proximity communication by administering indoor and outdoor questionnaires;
- More than 30 reports of supervision activities of the campaigns.
Chief of Bureau of Administration, Partnership and cooperation
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2007 - 12.2014
- In charge of public relations of the regional delegation of Public Health;
- In charge of partnership with other institutions and other NGOs/CBOs;
- Ensure data collection of communication activities during campaigns against poliomyelitis as from day -2, in collaboration with the focal point of communication;
- Supervision of public health campaigns in the Region;
- In charge of dialog structures in all health districts;
- Data Management and regular update of human Resource for Health;
- Organization of the competitive entrance examination into training schools of health personnel;
- Preparation of the Regional draft of the leave decision for all personnel;
- Ensure the hygiene and sanitation of the Regional Delegation premises;
- Others functions assigned by the Chief of service of General Affairs when necessary and the regional delegate of public health.
- Main accomplishments
- Fifteen (15) associations are having a collaboration letters with the regional delegation of public health;
- Organised seven (07) competitive entrance examinations into public and private nursing schools;
- Put in place the nominal roll of all health personnel serving in the Region and compiled it in a software mask;
Education
Master Degree - Health Economics, Policy and Management
Catholic University Cameroon-Bamenda
Bamenda, Cameroon11-2013
Master Degree - Legal Studies-Public Law
University of Yaoundé II
Yaoundé, Cameroon06-2010
Bachelor Degree - Legal Studies-Public Law
University of Yaoundé II
Yaoundé, Cameroon06-2005
DEUG - Fundamental Law
University of Yaoundé II
Yaoundé, Cameroon09-2003
Skills
Social media strategy
Photography
Crisis management
Internal communications
Media training
Influencer outreach
Marketing communications
Press release writing
Teamwork
Problem-solving abilities
Time management
Team leadership
Content development
Interpersonal communication
Written communication
Social media campaigns
Campaign planning
Team building
Effective communication
Verbal and written communication
Social media marketing
Content creation
Multilingual communication
Root-cause analysis
Strategic planning
Certification
Master Certification Program for Mid-Level Manager for Immunization Program (Online), WHO, 2021-09-01;
Timeline
Head of Communication and Social Marketing Unit of the Regional Technical Team for Universal Health Coverage
Regional Delegation of Public Health North West
04.2023 - Current
Communication Officer for the Regional Incident Command System during the Covid-19 Pandemic
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
01.2020 - Current
Consultant for C4D activities in Emergency Situations
SHUMAS/UNICEF/MINSANTE’s project
09.2018 - Current
Regional Supervisor and Trainer of Community Directed Interventions Activities
MC-CCAM, North West
01.2017 - Current
Coordinator of Communication activities of the Regional Rapid Response Team in case of Emergencies doubling with Communication Officer for the Regional Center for the Fight and Prevention against Epidemics and Disasters (CERPLE)
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2015 - Current
Editor for the Epidemiological Journal in the CEPLE Unit
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2015 - Current
Focal Point of Communication
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
01.2015 - Current
Part time lecturer
Professional and High Educational Schools for Health Personnel in the North West Region
09.2010 - Current
Regional Supervisor for Mass and Local Vaccination Campaigns and Other Public Health activities
North-West Region, Bamenda
01.2008 - 12.2014
Chief of Bureau of Administration, Partnership and cooperation
North West Regional Delegation of Public Health
09.2007 - 12.2014
Master Degree - Legal Studies-Public Law
University of Yaoundé II
Bachelor Degree - Legal Studies-Public Law
University of Yaoundé II
DEUG - Fundamental Law
University of Yaoundé II
Master Degree - Health Economics, Policy and Management
Catholic University Cameroon-Bamenda
Disclaimer
I certify that I was vaccinated against Covid 19 at the International Vaccination Centre of North West Region Cameroon as follows: First dose of Sinopharm vaccine on 2021-04-15 Second dose of Sinopharm vaccine on 2021-04-03 Booster dose of Johnson and Johnson vaccine on 2021-12-46
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