Am interested in public health intervention programmes specifically in emergency preparedness and rapid response of disease outbreak and medical research
Ruth C. Egbulefu
Summary
Public health professional with over seven years of experience in surveillance and control of epidemic and pandemic diseases, including Ebola and COVID-19. Proven track record in prevention and management of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis across Nigeria and other African nations. Committed to leveraging expertise to contribute to global health initiatives and promote disease-free communities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Index elicitor/tester
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
04.2019 - Current
- Maintains conducive, friendly and absolute confidentiality environment for all persons for HIV testing
- Conducts HIV testing for individuals.
- Ensures all HIV positive clients are enroll into Anti-retroviral therapy.
- Ensures that all index partners are elicited and also tested.
- Documents client information correctly.
- Ensures that all pregnant mothers are tested and the positive mothers are enrolled into care and PMTCT program.
- Conducts rapid test for recent infection for all newly tested HIV/AIDS positive clients and documents appropriately.
- Ensure HIV mothers adhere to treatment through adherence counseling and patients maintains low viral load results.
- Tracking of patients for viral load test for adult and dried blood spot (DBS) for HIV exposed infant.
- Organizing monthly support group for HIV patients.
- Ensuring treatment retention.
- Continuous adherence counselling for patients with unsuppressed viral load results and ensure that when repeated the results is suppressed.
- Apr 2019 - Present (3 years 6 months +)
Public Health Officer (Volunteer)
Ministry of Health, Rivers State
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Investigated outbreak of COVID-19 in the community and ascertained the safety measures to cob the spread.
- Carried out daily tracking of COVID-19 contact
- Monitored daily temperature of COVID-19 suspects and recorded all their outcome accurately with other partners involved.
- Liaised with other international partners to carryout community mobilization and health education of the masses
- Actively involved in COVID-19 case search in the community level and various hospital
- Ensured quality data collection, documentation, interpretation and presentation to the state ministry of health.
- May 2020 - May 2021 (1 year 1 month)
Counselor Tester
FHI 360
10.2015 - 12.2018
- Ensured proper counseling of persons for HIV testing services
- Ensured pre-test counsel and post-test counsel to all individuals for testing.
- Ensured proper filling of client intake forms, request and result form for all tested persons.
- Ensured proper data collection, documentation and interpretation.
- Ensured adequate filling of HTS register and submission of monthly report.
- Oct 2015 - Dec 2018 (3 years 3 months)
Public Health Officer (Epid/Surveillance)
African Union
06.2014 - 05.2015
- Represented African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (AUSEOWA) at the district level and provide guidance for data collection, reporting and analysis of passive surveillance data from all site under ASEOWA jurisdiction
- Strengthened the epidemiological surveillance, focusing on immediate notification and reporting, keeping track of situations and trends at the source of the outbreak.
- Provided regular feedback to all reporting units on disease trends and outbreak.
- Supported the ASEOWA to prepare a disease surveillance monthly report
- Provide feedback to lower level institutions on reporting, trends and outbreak.
- Collaborate with local media on monitoring the trend of the outbreak.
- Support data entry operators to ensure timely submission of quality data information on the outbreak.
- Support capacity building by organizing training for local staff, monitoring, training impact on the field.
- Liaise with other international partners that have relevance to disease surveillance
- Jun 2014 - May 2015 (1 year)
Education
Master of Science - Public Health
University of Port Harcourt
Rivers State Bachelor of Science - BS - Public Health
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
09-2020
National Diploma - Environmental Health
College of Health Technology, Abia State
08-2012
Skills
Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Epidemiology
Disaster Response
Clinical Research
Time Management
Communication
Team Leadership
Teamwork
Client Intake
Data Collection
Interests
Timeline
Public Health Officer (Volunteer)
Ministry of Health, Rivers State
05.2020 - 05.2021
Index elicitor/tester
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria
04.2019 - Current
Counselor Tester
FHI 360
10.2015 - 12.2018
Public Health Officer (Epid/Surveillance)
African Union
06.2014 - 05.2015
National Diploma - Environmental Health
College of Health Technology, Abia State
Bachelor of Science - BS - Public Health
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN)
Master of Science - Public Health
University of Port Harcourt