NANKWAT YOHANNA KUTWAL
Jos,Plateau
Summary
Experienced Health Informatics and Strategic Information(M&E) professional with over eight years of progressive experience in HIV/AIDS programming, electronic medical records (EMR), DHIS, DATIM, health information systems, data quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation, and public health data management. Proven expertise in managing large-scale health data, supporting health facilities with technical assistance, improving data quality, coordinating digital health interventions, and strengthening reporting systems in donor-funded programs. Proficient in Power BI, PYTHON, JAVA, NMRS, OpenMRS, REDCap, MySQL, STATA, and Microsoft Office Suite, with extensive experience supporting National Data Repository (NDR) reporting, mortality surveillance, TB programs, PMTCT, HTS, ART, and viral load monitoring. Recognized for strong analytical skills, leadership, stakeholder engagement, problem-solving ability, and commitment to delivering high-quality health information that supports evidence-based decision-making.
Overview
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Certifications
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years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Officer – Strategic Information (M&E / Health Informatics)
APIN Public Health Initiatives
02.2020 - Current
- Coordinate M&E and Health Informatics activities across APIN-supported states.
- Lead Mortality Surveillance implementation and technical support.
- Provide technical support for TB program data management.
- Facilitate NMRS Point-of-Care training across APIN states.
- Manage and clean treatment line lists from supported states.
- Extract and validate treatment indicators for program reporting.
- Resolve NMRS, Biometrics, EMR, PMTCT, HIV Testing and LIMS-related issues.
- Conduct routine data cleaning, validation and quality improvement activities.
- Support facilities with data management, analysis and reporting.
- Submit routine reports and patient line listings to the National Data Repository (NDR).
- Lead database quality assessments across supported facilities.
- Review and improve data management SOPs and digital health tools.
- Provide onsite and virtual technical assistance to facilities.
- Major Achievements
- Coordinated Health Informatics activities across five APIN-supported states.
- Successfully facilitated NMRS Point-of-Care implementation training.
- Improved data quality through routine database assessments and validation exercises.
- Supported facilities in resolving complex DHIS, EMR and NDR reporting challenges.
- Contributed significantly to improved treatment indicator reporting and data concurrence.
Strategic Information(M&E/HI senior Technical Associate (LGA Health Informatics Lead))
APIN Public Health Initiatives
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Supervised and mentored Data Entry Assistants.
- Generated strategic reports including XML files and patient line listings.
- Managed PMM updates within NMRS.
- Monitored treatment continuity and tracked Lost-to-Follow-Up (LTFU) patients.
- Uploaded XML files, backups and reports to NDR and APIN servers.
- Provided technical support for NMRS users.
Lead Data Entry Assistant
APIN Public Health Initiatives
04.2019 - 02.2020
- Performed data validation and triangulation using source documents.
- Entered patient data into NMRS and OpenMRS.
- Generated XML, CSV, RADET and program reports.
- Uploaded reports to National Data Repository (NDR).
- Conducted NDR validation and error resolution.
- Supported migration from Legacy EMR to NMRS.
- Coordinated human and material resources within assigned facilities.
Data Assistant
APIN Public Health Initiatives
03.2018 - 04.2019
- Data entry using OpenMRS and NMRS.
- Monthly data validation.
- Generated XML files for NDR.
- Collected data from ART, PMTCT, ANC, TB, HTS and Laboratory units.
Data Manager / Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN)
06.2016 - 03.2018
- Managed ART patient database.
- Maintained electronic patient records.
- Coordinated monthly and quarterly reporting.
- Conducted Data Quality Assessments (DQA).
- Prepared RADET reports.
- Monitored viral load reporting.
- Supported nutritional assessment activities.
- Coordinated Lost-to-Follow-Up (LTFU) tracking.
- Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual donor reports.
- Participated in data validation and quality improvement meetings.
- Managed OpenMRS data entry and reporting.
- Key Achievement
- Contributed to improved data completeness, reporting accuracy and patient retention through consistent data quality improvement initiatives.
Economics and Mathematics Teacher
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
05.2015 - 05.2016
- Teaching Economics and Mathematics.
- Preparing examinations.
- Computing students' results and academic performance.
- Maintaining student assessment records.
Education
Special Executive Master's Programme (SEMP) - Business Management and Administration
Taraba Business School
01.2023
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Economics
Bingham University, Karu
01.2014
Skills
Python, Power bi
JAVA
OpenMRS
REDCap
MySQL
STATA
Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
National Data Repository (NDR)
Data Visualization
Health Information Systems
Certification
Special Executive Master's Programme (SEMP) in Business Management and Administration
Interests
Reading and Playing Football
Timeline
Technical Officer – Strategic Information (M&E / Health Informatics)
APIN Public Health Initiatives
02.2020 - Current
Strategic Information(M&E/HI senior Technical Associate (LGA Health Informatics Lead))
APIN Public Health Initiatives
04.2019 - 02.2020
Lead Data Entry Assistant
APIN Public Health Initiatives
04.2019 - 02.2020
Data Assistant
APIN Public Health Initiatives
03.2018 - 04.2019
Data Manager / Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN)
06.2016 - 03.2018
Economics and Mathematics Teacher
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
05.2015 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) - Economics
Bingham University, Karu
Special Executive Master's Programme (SEMP) - Business Management and Administration
Taraba Business School
References
Available upon request.
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
- National OpenMRS Conference (2023)
- Mortality Surveillance Training (2023)
- Recency Surveillance Training (2023)
- Nigeria Medical Records System (NMRS) Training – APIN (2019)
- National Data Repository (NDR) Training – APIN (2019)
- Data Management Training – APIN (2019)
- Electronic Medical Records Training – APIN (2018)
- Monitoring & Evaluation Tools Training – IHVN (2017)
- Data for Accountability, Transparency and Impact (DATIM) Training – IHVN (2016)