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Sani Useni

Sani Useni

Summary

Accomplished professional with expertise in project identification, design, and implementation in health development. Proven track record in monitoring and evaluation, specializing in TB, TB/HIV, MDR-TB, and COVID-19 vaccination initiatives. Proficient in grant applications and advocacy, enhancing health systems through strategic partnerships with funding agencies. Dedicated to advancing operational research for sustainable health solutions.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
2021
2021
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Director, Technical Programs and Capacity Development

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
12.2025 - 01.2026

Director, Technical Programs

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
04.2020 - 11.2025

Senior Technical Advisor, Programs

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
01.2014 - 03.2020

Senior Program Management Specialist – TB Program Coordinator, Global Fund Consolidated Round 9 grant

AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA (APIN)
01.2011 - 12.2013

Acting Country Director and Technical Advisor

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN)
07.2006 - 12.2010

Acting Medical Director

Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)
05.2000 - 06.2006

Medical Officer

Dutse General Hospital
Dutse, Nigeria
03.1999 - 02.2000

House Officer

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
Zaria, Nigeria
01.1998 - 01.1999

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

University of South Wales
United Kingdom

Master of Public Health (MPH) - undefined

Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - undefined

University of Jos
Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

West African School Certificate (WASC) - undefined

Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Skills

  • Project identification
  • Project design
  • Project implementation
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • TB
  • TB/HIV
  • MDR-TB
  • COVID 19 Vaccination
  • Health development projects
  • Grant application
  • Advocacy activities
  • Health system strengthening
  • Partnership and collaboration
  • Funding Agencies
  • Operational Research

Professional Registration

FM. 25,899, MDCN /R/ 31,820, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), Nigerian Infectious Disease Society (NIDS), International Union against TB and Lung Diseases (IUTLD)

Personal Qualities

  • Good interpersonal relationship
  • Dedicated and hardworking
  • Have a knack for positive results
  • Dependable and reliable
  • Belief in equity, social justice and fair-play to all
  • Like to protect and provide for the poor and vulnerable
  • Transparency and accountability are my watchwords in any situation/interactions

Qualifications

  • Transforming Leadership and Management Skills, 2025-01-01
  • Global Health Ethics and Equity, 2024-01-01
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2021-01-01
  • Quality of TB Care (McGill Institute of Infectious Diseases and Global Health), 2021-01-01
  • Good Governance and Health, 2018-01-01
  • Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB (PMDT), 2016-01-01
  • Operations Research Course: Methodology and Protocol Development, 2012-01-01
  • Program management, 2011-01-01
  • Master of Public Health (MPH), 2010-01-01
  • Management of combined TB, HIV/AIDS Control Programs for Physicians and Program Managers, 2008-01-01
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), 1997-01-01
  • West African School Certificate (WASC), 1988-01-01
  • Primary Education, 1982-01-01

Publications

  • Operational feasibility of the ultra-portable digital X-rays with Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) for community active case finding for TB in Nigeria: Health care workers and clients’ perspectives, PLOS Global Public Health, 2025-10-22, 5, 10, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005234
  • Impact of the use of the ultra-portable digital X-ray with CAD4TB for active case finding for tuberculosis in Nigeria, Frontiers in Digital Health, 2025-06-30, 7, 10.3389/fdgth.2025.1559203
  • Comparative analysis of the impact of portable digital X-ray on TB screening in hard-to-reach areas in Nigeria, Public Health Action, 2025-03-01, 15, 1, 10.5588/pha.24.0040
  • Iterative evaluation of mobile computer-assisted digital chest x-ray screening for TB improves efficiency, yield, and outcomes in Nigeria, PLOS Global Public Health, 2024-01-01, 4, 1, 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002018
  • Spatial Disparity in Availability of Tuberculosis Diagnostic Services Based on Sector and Level of Care in Nigeria, Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 2023-03-07, 11, 1, 10.4236/jtr.2023.111002
  • Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment service alignment with health-seeking behaviour in selected states in Nigeria, Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2023-01-01, 15, 3, 158-165
  • Budgetary impact of using BPaL for treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, BMJ Global Health, 2022-01-06, 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007182
  • FAST Strategy - A Sustainable Administrative TB Infection Control Measure in Nigeria: Reducing Time to TB Diagnosis and Enrolment to Treatment, Science Journal of Public Health, 2016-01-01, 4, 4, 352-358

Timeline

Director, Technical Programs and Capacity Development

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
12.2025 - 01.2026

Director, Technical Programs

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
04.2020 - 11.2025

Senior Technical Advisor, Programs

KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
01.2014 - 03.2020

Senior Program Management Specialist – TB Program Coordinator, Global Fund Consolidated Round 9 grant

AIDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE IN NIGERIA (APIN)
01.2011 - 12.2013

Acting Country Director and Technical Advisor

The Leprosy Mission Nigeria (TLMN)
07.2006 - 12.2010

Acting Medical Director

Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN)
05.2000 - 06.2006

Medical Officer

Dutse General Hospital
03.1999 - 02.2000

House Officer

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
01.1998 - 01.1999

Master of Public Health (MPH) - undefined

Ahmadu Bello University

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - undefined

University of Jos

West African School Certificate (WASC) - undefined

Certificate of Primary Education - undefined

Master of Business Administration (MBA) -

University of South Wales
Sani Useni