Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Leadership positions
Research
Teaching experiences
Volunteer Experience
Awards
Timeline
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JAHSWILL ODURO AFFUL

Koforidua

Summary

To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Community Health Officer for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Support Ghana LBG

WASH Support Ghana
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Identifying and assessing key needs of WASH facilities and services
  • Ensuring that engagement approach to working with communities and local authorities is employed and all activities are carried out in way that is sensitive to community needs and promotes full and equal participation of women, men, children and youth.

Health Research Assistant

JAFF Research
11.2021 - 05.2022
  • Assist in conducting database management
  • Collecting data and analyzing data
  • Conducting research proposals
  • Maintain confidential patients records and participant database.

Assistant Public Health Informatics Officer

New Juaben Health Directorate
06.2020 - 10.2021
  • Validate all health report submitted by the health facilities in the Municipal
  • Entering health data submitted by the health facilities into District Health Information Management System
  • Analyzing health reports and data on diseases to conduct research
  • Annual and monthly presentation of health reports and data
  • Designing and implementing tools to measure data, patient care, effectiveness and processes.

Health Promotion Officer for Mercy Foundation

Mercy Foundation
02.2019 - 05.2020
  • Develop communication objectives in relation of health issues
  • Establish appropriate method to reach targeted audience and audience most at risk of health issue at hand
  • Prepares publicity and presentation of health issues
  • Gives presentation in community on health issues to increase awareness
  • Helped clients set and achieve health and wellness goals.
  • Monitored and evaluated program performance to determine value and quality.

Care Giver (Private Home Services)

Elisa Home Care Agency
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • Managed patient meetings including doctor's visit
  • Prepared meals, kept kitchen, bathroom and living area clean
  • Arrange medication for use
  • Help patient complete exercise and therapy.
  • Kept accurate and up-to-date records of scheduled tasks, tools and material inventory to maintain gardens and track progress.

Intern at Keta-Krachi Municipal Hospital

Keta-Krachi Municipal Hospital
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • Assisted in administering OPV-O vaccine to babies at the maternal ward
  • Assisted in educating and administering family planning services to men and women
  • Testing pregnant women for HIV using RDTs
  • Assisted in giving pentavalent vaccine to infants
  • Giving health talk on radio and at the OPD
  • Counseling on nutrition at the maternal ward and the diabetic clinic
  • Physical examination of school children during outreach programs.

Education

Bachelor of Public Health -

University of Health And Allied Sciences
Ho, Ghana
01.2016

Skills

  • Work Coordination
  • Asset Protection
  • Partnership Building
  • Mental health awareness
  • Team Collaboration
  • Health Education
  • Task Prioritization
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Organizational Skills
  • Problem-Solving

Certification

  • Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes, The University of North Carolina at the Chapel Hill, Coursera Online
  • Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes, The University of North Carolina at the Chapel Hill, Coursera Online Hill.
  • Strategies for Assisted Living Communities during COVID-19, John Hopkins University, Coursera Online Course.
  • Epidemiology: The Basic of Science of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Coursera Online Course.
  • Psychological First Aid, Johns Hopkins University, Coursera Online Course.
  • Malaria Case Management Training, WHO, Ghana Health Service
  • COVID-19 Contact Tracing, Johns Hopkins University, Coursera Online Course.
  • Health Systems Strengthening, The University of Melbourne, Nossal Institute for Global Health and UNICEF, FutureLearn Online Course.


Yonsei CHPS+ Community Assessment Training.

Leadership positions

  • 2022, Executive Officer, WASH Support Ghana
  • 2021, Program Manager, Creatr Haus
  • 2020, Health Promotion Officer, Mercy Foundation
  • 2019, Public Health event Manager, Harlem GH (NGO)
  • 2018, Group Leader, Monitoring and Evaluation Class
  • 2017, Finance Secretary, Finance Committee of the School Representative Council (SRC), UHAS
  • 2014-2015, Assistant Manager, Dreams Inn
  • 2010, Class Prefect, Junior High School
  • 2009, Compound Prefect, Suhum L/A Experimental School

Research

  • 2021, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in the COVID-19 era in the New — Juabeng Municipality
  • 2021, Assessment of Implementation of COVID-19 Preventive Protocols on Compliance Levels among Health Staff in the New Juabeng Municipality
  • 2021, Factors Influencing the Low Utilization of Antenatal Care Services among Pregnant Women in the Akyemansa District
  • 2021, Assessing Knowledge and Perception of Nurses on Adverse Effect Following Immunization (AEFI) in the New Juaben South Municipality
  • 2020, Practice of Combining Traditional and Orthodox Medicines for the Treatment of Ailments Among Ghanaians; A Qualitative Evidence in the Hohoe Municipality
  • 2020, Condom use among tertiary students; a cross-sectional study among tertiary students in Hohoe Municipality

Teaching experiences

  • 2024, Taught community health nurses on how to use a health assessment Software
  • 2021, Taught colleagues on research methods at the health directorate
  • 2020, Coached my colleagues at work on how to use GIS software for disease mapping
  • 2020, Supervised interns during their internship at the health directorate
  • 2018, Taught Junior High students who were in their second year on science, as an extra classes teacher
  • 2017-2018, Tutored level 100 and 200 public health students, University of Health and Allied Sciences
  • 2017, Taught a group of mothers at the Post-Natal Clinic on exclusive breastfeeding, its importance or benefits for the newborn and mothers

Volunteer Experience

  • 2021, Volunteered on fieldwork, assessing COVID-19 Protocols put in place at care homes for the aged
  • 2020, Visited the School of Deaf and Dumped to donate and spend time with the pupils
  • 2019, Volunteer teacher at Zion School to teach primary school students and interact with them
  • 2019, Visited care homes to donate and spend time with the elderly
  • 2019, Volunteered on the Sanitation Team to embark on a cleaning exercise
  • 2018, Giving health talks on 'The dietary practices and nutritional status of the elderly'
  • 2018, Community outreach on physical examination of older persons
  • 2018, Quest Speaker at a radio station to give a talk about Family Planning
  • 2017, Participated in a program organized by Rotaract, where I volunteered in the planting of trees
  • 2017, Participated in giving free Public Health Screening, an outreach organized by Rotaract

Awards

  • 2020, Best Intern Award
  • 2020, Awarded Bachelor of Public Health
  • 2020, Outstanding group presenter
  • 2019, Best Health Advocate
  • 2019, Award of Excellence
  • 2015, Best Manager Award
  • 2015, Employee of the month award
  • 2014, Secondary School graduating award
  • 2009, Best student in science class at primary school
  • 2009, Best male actor in health drama

Timeline

Community Health Officer for Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Support Ghana LBG

WASH Support Ghana
01.2022 - 06.2023

Health Research Assistant

JAFF Research
11.2021 - 05.2022

Assistant Public Health Informatics Officer

New Juaben Health Directorate
06.2020 - 10.2021

Care Giver (Private Home Services)

Elisa Home Care Agency
06.2019 - 09.2019

Health Promotion Officer for Mercy Foundation

Mercy Foundation
02.2019 - 05.2020

Intern at Keta-Krachi Municipal Hospital

Keta-Krachi Municipal Hospital
06.2018 - 08.2018

Bachelor of Public Health -

University of Health And Allied Sciences
JAHSWILL ODURO AFFUL