Hadiza Ahmad

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Advocacy and Capacity Strengthening Officer at Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria

since June, 2019

ha***za@ba-nigeria.org

About

• 18 Years working experience as a Nurse/ Midwife in Clinical Service. Performed direct-patient care evaluation using health history, observation, interview, physical examination and selected diagnostic measures, according to standard and treat and teach within the scope of Nursing, and in collaboration with Medical staffs. Deliver babies and provide Ante natal and Post natal advice, care and support to women, their babies, their partners and families. Ability to deal with emotionally changed situations. • Co trainer on MNCH+ N & Routine Immunization – Responsible for dissemination of information , knowledge and skills to the participants on Integrated Social and Behavior Change on MNCH demand generation activities, identification and Management of Malnutrition, importance of immunization and responsibilities of health worker in RI, common diseases prevented by vaccination, National Immunization Schedules and FAQs, Maintaining cold chain and the vaccine carrier, Ensuring safe injections, Planning and conducting Immunization sessions, Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI), Records, Reports and use of Data for action, Field visit to PHCs and session sites, Increasing Immunization coverage, Surveillance of VPDs, Discussions on the field visits, Evaluation and Distribution of certificates to the participants. • Maternal and Child Health Promotion Officer- Dedicated to improving the health of mothers, pregnant women, and children under the age of five, through its programme interventions and utilizes social marketing techniques to promote maternal and child health products. • Voluntary Counseling and Testing- Describe and understand the concept of integrated services for HIV counseling and testing and other Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) needs and plan how to implement integrated counseling and services within the organization , Identify and implement the key elements of HIV counseling and testing for youth: Pretest counseling and risk assessment; Posttest counseling for both negative and positive results and risk reduction; Explain the importance of quality referrals in providing HIV counseling and testing to youth and identify the referral systems in place and the gaps in existing referral systems in their communities; Demonstrate improved youth-focused counseling skills, drawing on resources in the manual; Understand how to gain community support for integrated youth services and how to develop promotional and social marketing campaigns for those services. • Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)- Preventing new HIV infections among women of childbearing age; preventing unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV; preventing HIV transmission from a woman living with HIV to her baby; providing appropriate treatment, care and support to mothers living with HIV and their children and families.

Skills

• Leadership skills •
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Nura Bashir Faggo

11/27/2025

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Umar Musa Suleiman

2/25/2025

"She's a Very kind and a helpful Mum to me and every one who has ever being encountered with her.May Allah Continue to uplift her status quo.And also she's a workaholic woman in all aspect of her Job Doing."

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Experience

Hadiza Ahmad

Work experience

Advocacy and Capacity Strengthening Officer at Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria

June, 2019 -
Fulltime

Coordinate and support the implementation and documentation of activities of the Social and Behavior Change- Advocacy Core Group (SBC-ACG) BA-N approaches at State, LGA and Wards level which include but not limited to: The conduct of activity workplan development to design doable activities that will address identified gender and social norms, sensitization of key traditional, religious and key influencers on the 17 priority key messages on MNCH+CBS+N+M.
In consultation with the State coordinator and relevant BA-N HQ staffs, develop and implement strategies for effective implementation of BA-N SBC-ACG approaches in the State.
Coordinate BA Nigeria SBC capacity strengthening support for government partners (SMOH, SPHCDA, PHC Team etc.), including identification and coordination of opportunities with implementing partners as needed.
Work with the State coordinator to develop and implement defined and targeted advocacy plan at state and LGA level, including tracking and reporting of advocacy outcome.
Assist with the development and writing of timely program activity reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned for adaptive learning such as the Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation sessions (CLA) with SBC-ACGs, Symposium, FGD, KII and surveys and award and recognition of SBC-ACGs, and relevant stakeholders.
Actively participated in the SBC-ACG gender integration activities to address identified gender and social norms serving as barriers to MNCH+N+CBS uptake.
Support the formation and nurturing of Women Empowerment Group (WEG)/ HASKEN MATA (WOMEN’S LIGHT) to build the capacity and agency for women to adopt priority MNCH+N behaviors, increase women’s confidence to discuss health and social issues with their spouse and provide opportunities for income generation, new knowledge and skills among women in the communities.
Performs jobs duties/responsibilities in support of CCP’S Missions and Values, as appropriate.
Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Breakthrough Action Nigeria project director.