Skills

  • Healthcare

Experience

Abdullahi Kankane

Work experience
  • Specific tasks:
  • The LGA Facilitator is expected to support LGA authorities and other appropriate stake-holders to improve performance of vaccination personnel as well as LGA surveillance personnel. The specific tasks to be undertaken in the regard will include.
  • Immunization (SIAs and Routine Immunization) Activities
  • 1. Supporting LGA teams to prepare and monitor implementation of 3 month SIA operational plans.
  • 2. Supporting LGA teams to implement activities aimed at improving the performance of vaccination teams including (a) micro-planning, (b) personnel selection, (c) training (d) supervision, (e) independent monitoring and use of IM data for appropriate remedial action including revisits.
  • 3. Supporting LGAs to finalize 2012 Reaching Every Ward micro-plans.
  • 4. Support LGA teams to implement the 1,2,3 strategy particularly in wards with evidence of sub-optimal vaccination coverage.
  • 5. Support LGA teams to strengthen partnership with Traditional Leaders other influential community leaders and community based organizations to support immunization activities.
  • 6. Support LGA teams to ensure implementation of activities recommended in the Abuja commitments including the holding of regular and effective LGA Task Force meetings.
  • 7. Prepare and submit regular programme reports that include indicators recommended in the National PEI accountability Framework.
  • AFP Surveillance Planning, Implementation and Monitoring
  • 1. Support the LGA team to prepare LGA AFP Surveillance annual work-plans.
  • 2. Support the LGA Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer to implement active surveillance activities targeting priority reporting sites (both health facilities and non-health facility reporting sites).
  • 3. Support regular sensitization and capacity building of front-line health workers and community surveillance local points in AFP surveillance.
  • 4. Support the investigation of any confirmed pollo case.
  • 5. Support the surveillance of other VPDs and priority diseases within the national IDSR Strategy.
  • Key performance indicators (KPI): The following key performance indicators will be monitored to assess the contribution of the WHO LGA Facilitator.
  • Immunization:
  • 1. Up-to-date LGA SIA operational plan develop in accordance to national guidelines.
  • 2. Monthly (as well as post SIA) monitoring report of LGA SIA operational plan.
  • 3. Updated micro-plan developed in accordance with national guidelines and assignment of realistic workload to vaccination teams.
  • 4. Evidence of improved independent monitoring and use of data for remedial action.
  • 5. Evidence of implementation of 1,2,3 strategy to improve RI in wards with lowest immunization coverage.
  • Surveillance:
  • 1. LGA AFP surveillance annual work-plan developed in accordance with national guide-lines.
  • 2. Evidence of activities undertaken to ensure active surveillance activities in major priority sites in the LGA.

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