KANKU NDALAMBO
Senior Public Health Expert And Managing Director
Windhoek
Summary
A seasoned healthcare leader, adept in strategic planning and project management, I significantly enhanced service delivery and patient satisfaction at Greenside Hospital. Skilled in mentoring and partnership development, my work spans across multiple continents, improving healthcare outcomes and fostering community empowerment.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Director
Greenside Hospital
Eenhana
03.2024 - Current
- Provide leadership and implement the turnaround strategy to reinforce the quality of service delivery and improve productivity to foster the self-sustainability of the hospital
- Provide treatment and perform medical procedures, including physical examinations, diagnostic tests and treatments, while offering valuable lifestyle choices and health management guidance
- Responsible for rendering of clinical services, assessment, and treatment of patients and provide support to the health professionals working in the hospital
- Provide technical support in the management of the hospital and strengthen the integration of hospital and the delivery of specialized care services within integrated health service delivery networks, including coordination with pre-hospital services, and including emergency medical services
- Oversight the development of models of care and comprehensive care plans to streamline patient flows within hospital settings and specialized care services
- Technical leadership in facilitating the smooth transition for patients from hospital to specialized care settings, reducing waiting times, optimize hospital discharge procedures, and improve access to care and patient satisfaction, with special attention to the differentiated needs of people
- Promote and identify evidence-based innovative clinical management approaches to enhance acute and chronic care
- Advocate for and support the development and implementation of quality and safety standards in hospitals and outpatient care settings and implement methodologies and tools to improve hospital management, enhancing coordination across different services and levels of care, and providing technical support for effective adoption of quality and safety standards
Senior Consultant Monitoring and Capitalisation
International Consulting Expertise France
07.2020 - 06.2023
- Company Overview: Technical Assistant program for the European Union project
- Coordinate and oversee the leadership support for the monitoring and capitalisation of the FED activities at National level and at provincial level (7 provinces)
- Provide technical oversight in planning, developing and implementing of the monitoring, evaluation learning activities including health information systems of the ministry of health
- Support the national program ministry of health in monitoring the performance indicators of all health-related support activities including provincial level
- Design the overall monitoring dashboard and framework, planning formal training for provincial M&E focal persons including regular evaluation of training needs
- Coordinate and supervise data collection, analysis, interpretation and reporting from project framework indicators and produce a monitoring report
- Technical Assistant program for the European Union project
Regional Director
Abt Associates
07.2018 - 06.2020
- Company Overview: IHP-DRC USAID project
- Provide managerial leadership, technical and strategic direction for the regional office and field staffs
- Coordinate the activities of technical advisors and 3 provincial directors
- Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with health officials at the government level at all levels
- Managing and balancing the interests of various stakeholders and supports participatory governance through the contrat unique of the 3 provincial ministries of health and other development partners to add value to service delivery improvement
- IHP-DRC USAID project
President
Namibia HIV Clinicians Society
11.2012 - 06.2018
- Company Overview: Medical association
- Responsible for the overall management of Namibia HIV clinician’s Society, provide leadership, supervision of staffs, administration, and implementation of planned capacity building activities, monitoring and evaluation
- Senior technical advisor for HIV/TB treatment care and prevention
- Support and mentor the health professional in the field of HIV:TB management
- Worked as key technical experts with KNCV foundation, USAIDS funded, Strengthening Health Outcome in the Private Sector (SHOPS) to build capacity of health professionals
- Managing partnership with Ministry of Health for the public private partnership (PPP) in the field of HIV/TB, hepatitis and comorbidities
- Medical association
Consultant
Abt Associates
06.2012 - 06.2018
- Company Overview: AIDS Free and SHOPS USAID project
- Facilitate the public-private partnership for the HIV treatment, care and prevention control
- Trainer of trainer and capacity building of medical private practitioner to support the government of Namibia for the Voluntary Medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention
- Monitoring and evaluation of the VMMC program at national and district level
- Identifying training needs and planning the implementation
- AIDS Free and SHOPS USAID project
Team Roster Consultant
World Health Organization
11.2014 - 08.2016
- Tuberculosis Program: Member of team roster expert on civil society strengthening and community engage TB approach program
- Assignment mission as expert in Ethiopia, Kinshasa DRC and Gambia
International Consultant
Bristol Myers Squibb Secure the Future Foundation
06.2008 - 11.2015
- Company Overview: Technical Assistance Program & skills transfer program
- International Country Lead: Congo Democratic Republic (DRC)
- Other regular assignment and consultancy missions as expert: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Swaziland, Botswana, Liberia and South Africa (2008 to 2015)
- Provide the overall technical leadership for the expert’s team in DRC to facilitate integration of community, government and NGOs, CBOs, to bridge health gaps and addresses disparities
- Reviewing and assessing the project proposal and recommending for funding
- Defining the needs of technical assistance for the short or long term and assign the expertise
- Working as a senior technical advisor for prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT, STD), maternal and child health, hepatitis prevention and community engage in fight tuberculosis
- Strengthening and building capacity of NGOs, CBOs in financial and project management, good governance and leadership, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation in collaboration with and assign government and development international agencies
- Technical Assistance Program & skills transfer program
Chief Medical Officer
Centre of the Disease and Control (CDC)
06.2010 - 12.2012
- Company Overview: PEPFAR Namibia
- Member of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and HIV prevention national task force playing a role on advocacy, data analysis and review for decision taking
- Assisted in writing the strategic national policy on HIV prevention and VMMC, promote the good practice and provide guidance on the program
- Overseeing and supervise all the VMMC activities at national level; collect and analyse data, monitor and evaluate the service provision and perform a review of all cases
- Organising formal training of trainers for physicians and other health care professionals for the HIV prevention strategies
- Designing the quality assurance protocol for the management of circumcision procedure
- Participating in the monitoring and evaluation of the program
- PEPFAR Namibia
Chief Medical Officer (Senior Technical Advisor)
Global Fund program
Katima Mulilo
10.2007 - 05.2010
- Working as senior technical advisor for HIV/TB and Malaria and medical officer in charge of communicable diseases clinic and technical advisor for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/STD treatment in Caprivi region
- Coordinating and providing leadership of day to day administration of clinical and outreach activities of health centres
- Mentoring of doctors, nurses, pharmacist and other health professionals working at the hospital
- Chairperson of the antiretroviral regional technical committee
Deputy Chief Clinical Investigator and Key Technical Expert
Bristol Myers Squibb and Secure the Future Foundation
06.2004 - 09.2007
Medical Superintendent
Chitambo Mission Hospital
Serenje district
07.2003 - 06.2004
- Providing leadership in planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring of preventive and curative health services
Senior Medical Officer
Ndola Central Hospital
Ndola
12.2000 - 07.2003
Education
specialization Non-credit - Global Disease Masterclass
Inperial College London
London, UK03-2024
Specialization Non-credit - Impacts of The Environment On Global Public Health
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
USA03-2024
Specialization - Foundations of Global Health
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
USA 03-2024
Specialization - Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
Johns Hopkins University
USA02-2024
Certificate of Technical Studies - Strengthening Health Systems
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
USA 02-2024
Specialization - Project Management
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDERR
USA02-2024
PhD - public health
Texila American University
Guyana11-2019
M.D. - Master of Public Health
Limpopo University
South Africa09-2011
Applied Epidemiology - Epidemiology
Emory University
USA10-2009
MBChB - medical doctor
Lubumbashi university
Democratic Republic of the Congo01.1999
Skills
- Leadership and project management
- Budget development
- Revenue growth management
- Capacity building
- Monitoring, evaluation, and capitalization
- Strategic planning, good governance
- negotiation
- Report writing,
- Networking
- Community empowerment and advocacy
- Civil society capacity strengthening
- Mentoring and training
- Contract management
- Partnership development
- Data collection and analysis
- Quality assurance
- Organizational development
Temporaryresidency
Erf 783 Reniun extension 4, Tsumeb
Personal Information
- Title: public health expert and senior monitoring et evaluator expert; senior medical practitioner
- Nationality: CONGOLESE
Languages
- French, Very good, Very good, Very good
- English, Very good, Very good, Very good
Disclaimer
I declare that the information provided in this CV is accurate and hereby authorize the Global Fund to undertake whatever inquiries the Global Fund may consider reasonable and necessary in the course of the assessment process, in relation to the information in this curriculum vita relating to my suitability for the position for which I have been nominated., 04/24/21
Homeoffice
Permanente residency 1740, Kolbe street, Windhoek, Namibia
Specialisations
- Project Management (Univ Colorado Boulder, USA)
- Global Disease Masterclass Imperial (College London)
- Epidemiology in Public Health and Foundation of Global Health (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
- Impact of the environment in Global Public Health (Univ Michigan, USA)
- Health System Strengthening (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Accomplishments
- Award of hardworking and dedicate to duty from Zambia federation of Employee
- Award for best community Physician from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation
- Award of excellency committed to duty from Red Cross Society Nambia
Certification
- Namibia Health professional Council
- Zambia Health Professional Council
- Botswana Health Professional Council
- Ordre de Medecin de la Republique Democratique du Congo
- Member of Surgical Society of Zambia
- Member of Southern Africa HIV clinician Society
- Member of Namibia HIV Clinician Society
- Certificate of Clinical Investigator from FDA USA
- Certificate of Good Clinical Practice from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation
Timeline
Managing Director
Greenside Hospital
03.2024 - Current
Senior Consultant Monitoring and Capitalisation
International Consulting Expertise France
07.2020 - 06.2023
Regional Director
Abt Associates
07.2018 - 06.2020
Team Roster Consultant
World Health Organization
11.2014 - 08.2016
President
Namibia HIV Clinicians Society
11.2012 - 06.2018
Consultant
Abt Associates
06.2012 - 06.2018
Chief Medical Officer
Centre of the Disease and Control (CDC)
06.2010 - 12.2012
International Consultant
Bristol Myers Squibb Secure the Future Foundation
06.2008 - 11.2015
Chief Medical Officer (Senior Technical Advisor)
Global Fund program
10.2007 - 05.2010
Deputy Chief Clinical Investigator and Key Technical Expert
Bristol Myers Squibb and Secure the Future Foundation
06.2004 - 09.2007
Medical Superintendent
Chitambo Mission Hospital
07.2003 - 06.2004
Senior Medical Officer
Ndola Central Hospital
12.2000 - 07.2003
specialization Non-credit - Global Disease Masterclass
Inperial College London
Specialization Non-credit - Impacts of The Environment On Global Public Health
MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
Specialization - Foundations of Global Health
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Specialization - Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
Johns Hopkins University
Certificate of Technical Studies - Strengthening Health Systems
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Specialization - Project Management
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDERR
PhD - public health
Texila American University
M.D. - Master of Public Health
Limpopo University
Applied Epidemiology - Epidemiology
Emory University
MBChB - medical doctor
Lubumbashi university
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