About

I hold myself out as a highly accountable professional, reliable and of high integrity, with articulate understanding of organizational strategic platforms in the health sector, key in performance of duties and execution of goals geared towards attaining positive health outcomes. For over eight years I have gained immense knowledge and experience as a manager in handling pharmaceutical services, ensuring commodity security especially in ART/PMTCT/MNCH/TB/FP departments and availability of malaria commodities, in private and public institutions. Coupled with my knowledge in public health, I have practical experience in project planning, implementation of interventions, budgeting, report writing, documentation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation, coordination and facilitating meetings and workshops. I am a team player with good interpersonal and multi-tasking capabilities geared towards optimal project productivity and success. It is for this reason that I was appointed to assist the community strategy focal person at the sub county level on my past roles.

Skills

  • supply chain management for health products
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  • English
  • Swahili
  • Luhya

Experience

Ruth Ashiono

Work experience
  • Managing and maintaining drug stock requirements in line with seasonal demands
  • Oversight on Pharmaceutical services in the sub-county including, preparation of drug orders, consolidation and submission to KEMSA or MEDS
  • Strengthened sub county oversight and implementation of supply chain services
  • Built capacity in commodity management including malaria commodities,ARVs and TB drugssFamily Planning commodities and other health products and technologies through support from Afya Ugavi partners.
  • Formed commodity security Technical Working Groups to improve decision making around supply chain and commodity management
  • Provided technical leadership and coordination for commodity management
  • Regular supportive supervision within the sub county, at facility and community level
  • Commodity redistribution to avoid expiration and overstocking of commodities
  • Attended periodic health products and technolgies data review meetings
  • Processed all paper work relevant to the purchase and receipt of pharmaceuticals-besides Kemsa supplies
  • Ensuring compliance to procurement procedures
  • Developing and maintaining an approved suppliers list for pharmaceuticals
  • Data collection and preparation of monthly reports for antiretroviral therapy (ART), TB, Reproductive Health (RH) ,Health
  • product and technologies and Malaria commodities;
  • Forecasting and quantification of all drugs including ARVs, Malaria commodities, TB drugs and Family planning commodities
  • Receiving health facility commodity consignments, verification and storage and addressing patient concerns regarding dosage and drug interactions of medicines
  • Ensured commodity security.
  • Pharmacovigilance and reporting of ADRs

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