Rabiu Hussain

An experienced public health physician (Mbbs, Mph) also a Coordinator Quality of Care with 8yrs experiences in HIV, Malaria and TB programs, worked as a team member in the Kano state Covid 19 Task Force, I was also a Cluster Supervisor oversaw SMC activities in four 4 LGs Area in Kano state coordinating activities of about 30 staffs in different health facilities. 
A former Team Lead at Maryland University Baltimore Nigeria under NAIIS Survey 2018 
A Technical Assistant at Fhi360 under SIDHAS Project oversaw all activities in 22 health facilities in Kano state 2017.
I have an optimum capacity in health emergency and risk management, international health response and outbreaks, with specialty in providing effective relief and recovery response to affected populations.

WORKING EXPERIENCES
COORDINATOR Quality of Care Unit Primary Health Care (PHC) Board Kano State
. Ensuring standard of care at the Primary Health Centers (PHC) facilities across the state 
. Coordinating the Grievances and redress system across the PHCs
. Ensuring Integrated supportive supervision
. Ensuring adequate Mentoring to the HCW in the PHC facilities.
. COVID 19 Coordinator task force
. Capacity building of Facility health workers
. Mentoring supervision 
. Supportive supervision

Technical Advisor QI Project Jhpiego
Leadership and management
Capacity building to Quality improvement teams
Conducting peer to peer learning session
Onsite support to facilities
Supervisors group meetings
Project review meetings
Stakeholders engagement

RESEARCHER: Sonder collective 2023
  Mapping of Family planning landscape in Kano (Qualitative research)

CLUSTER SUPERVISOR AT MALARIA CONSORTIUM
SMC PROJECT 2020- 2021
Ensure accurate development to Micro plan at Health Facilities and LGA Levels. Support LGAs & health facilities in the planning and implementation of SMC activities. 
Manage stakeholder relationships. Facilitate development, performance, and maintenance of project activities and operations.
Lead strategy design and execution in the cluster and effectively create and manage schedules and assign tasks to the support staff. Build capacity   of Field Officers /subordinates and over see their respective deadlines.
Ensure the execution, specific goals. Handle contract implementation and assess performance against established targets while ensuring adequate accountability of all commodities (SPAQ’s).
COVID 19 TASK FORCE
worked as a team member in the Kano state Covid 19 Task Force  2020

TEAM LEADER        Jan,2018 – Jan,2019
Nigerian Aids Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS)
Mobilize community leaders, members and stakeholders for effective community entry
Carry out analysis of health sector data in trends and trends assessment, particularly surveillance, monitoring and early warning.
Supervise team members of 10 on daily field operations and provide technical assistance.
Analyze and recommend improvement to field operations.
Coordinate meetings with all relevant partners and state holders on incident management and tracking and developing detailed lessons learnt.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (Prevention, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS), Feb,2018 – June,2018
SIDHAS project FHI360.
Collaborate with relevant authorities and health partners to coordinate and implement public health response activities as part of the health cluster's strategic response.
Design and analyze the coordination mechanisms and recommend improvements.
Carry out analysis of public health risks, needs and capacities and advise on priority interventions for partners; challenges, operational course correctors and report.
Provide Technical assistance in Prevention care and treatment of HIV/AIDS to health providers in FHI360 supported facilities.
Monitor the progress and achievement of health coverage.
Identify gaps in the delivery of health services or emergency interventions, and recommend appropriate actions through innovative approaches for improvement.
Assist the STO in other technical duties
Assist the TO in validating the ART register and other registers
Supervise and orient case managers and other focal persons 
CONSULTANCY AT AHNI (Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative)
Back stopping AKTH ART Clinic Kano State        2019-2019

RESEARCH ASSISTANT December 2017 – 2017
Population Services International harm reduction research.
Assess threats to human life and health, health infrastructure, state of health referral and support systems, and health information systems.
Deliver Harm reduction counseling and data collection at Jama‘are Local Government with the aim of reducing unsafe abortion practices, managing complications associated with unsafe abortion, reducing maternal mortality and obtaining data for research purposes.
Analyses social determinants of health and their impact on the incident management system,
Provide input to communications and information products as required.

MEDICAL OFFICER (ART AND TB CLINIC),    Feb,2016 – Feb,2017
Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital Kano State, Nigeria.
Consult and place newly diagnosed RVD Patient on drugs and addressing other complains from the patients
Medical Officer /Researcher/ART Clinic Coordinator, March,2019 – July,2019
FMC Nguru, Yobe State.

Ensure the implementation of effective evidence-based policies of public health programmes and interventions, maternal and new born health, health promotion and education, social determinant of health, safety, gender and health equity.
Medical Officer, Specialist Hospital; Sokoto. National Youth Service Corp member (NYSC), Sokoto State.   2019        
Consultations, minor surgeries, Antenatal Services and Mentoring
Houseman ship Training, Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, kano Jan,2015 – Jan,2016
Carry out Consultations, minor surgeries and learning via active participation in clinical activities.

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Phd in Public Health (in View)
Master in Public Health (MPH) (specialization in community medicine); 
Bayero University, Kano, 2018 – 2019

Medicine Bachelor and bachelor of Surgery (MBBS); from the year 2007 to 2015 (Bayero University, Kano).
Modules: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Community Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Anesthesia, Radiology, Orthopedics.

CHAI MSPT RETREAT (CAPACITY BIULDING) 
The Minimum service packages Team together with Quality of care Unit were trained on the:
. Most advanced and proper usage of Microsoft packages.
. History and development of PHC
. PHCuOR Primary health care under one roof
. Program management cycle

Professional Certificate in Vector Biology and Disease Control; 2017 (Bayero University, Kano).
Modules: Introduction to Medical Entomology, Vector concepts and its role in disease transmission (Mechanisms), Overview of Arthropods classification, Vector-control techniques: insecticides and Molluscides, Audio-visual presentation of Vector control techniques.

Certificate in Adolescent Health: 2017 (Geneva foundation for Medical Research and Education).
Modules: Promoting menstrual hygiene and health, providing sexuality education, Promoting gender equality in young adolescent, providing contraceptive information and services, Preventing STIs and responding to them when they occur, Preventing and responding to violence against women
Certificate in Reproductive Heath: 2017 (Geneva foundation for Medical Research and Education).
Modules: Research methodology and other research related topics, Maternal and Perinatal health, Family planning, sexually transmitted infection, HIV/AIDS, Adolescent sexual and reproductive health, Community Genetics.