Kelechi Mofunanya

Kelechi mofunanya

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Pharmacist/Supply Chain Expert at Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme

  • Education

    • University of nigeria, nsukka

      2006 - 2010
      Bachelor’s degree botany/plant biology second class upper honours

      Activities and Societies: President, Faculty of Biological sciences Students Association, UNN 2009-2010. Secretary, Council of Faculty Presidents, UNN 2009-2010 President, National Association of Botany Students, UNN< 2008-2009 Class representative, Botany grad class of 2010, UNN

    • University of nigeria

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of pharmacy (b.pharm.) pharmacy

      Member of various student associations viz a viz:Speaker, House of Representatives, PANS, UNN 2014-2015Member, House of Representatives, PANS, UNN 2012-2013Secretary, Constitution Review Committee, PANS, UNN 2013

  • Experience

    • Iyienu mission hospital, ogidi anambra state

      Sept 2013 - Jan 2014
      Student-pharmacist

      Dispensing prescriptions, seeking out medication errors, filling of stock/inventory cards, filling of ART register.

    • Cheers

      Apr 2017 - Jun 2019

      Provide Technical Assistance to Global Fund Supported facilities on Logistics of HIV-AIDS commodities

      • Technical Officer, Logistics/Pharmacy

        Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
      • Supply Chain Technical Officer

        Apr 2017 - Jun 2019
    • Fhi360/ahni

      Jul 2019 - Sept 2019
      Enhanced site management consultant- comprehensive tb hiv services

      • Conducted client's folder audit for identification of clients eligible for multi-month dispensing of TLD and pediatric clients eligible for transitioning to Lopinavir pellets and ABC/3TC (60/30mg).• Identified eligible client for Viral Load (VL) test, fast-tracked the process of viral load sample collection at the facility on clinic days, oversee the documentation of VL results received on the VL monitoring register and subsequent update on the LAMIS server and DHIS for SIDHAS.• Supported the pre-clinic folder audit for identification of service gaps and providing quick interventions as necessary.• Supported the adherence counselling process for new and existing clients and the initiation of virally unsuppressed clients on Enhanced Adherence Counseling (EAC). • Identified and supported the implementation of new strategies to improve testing at the OPD, offer partner notification services (PNS) and assessing genealogy from index clients using the risk assessment tool.• Supported the Data Entry Clerk (DEC) by reviewing and validating service data to minimize errors while ensuring upload of the report of the daily performance tracker on the LAMIS server and DHIS for SIDHAS is timely.• Improved data visibility in the facility by putting up RUNS charts showing the daily ART optimization trend.• Supported same day tracking for clients who come late for clinic appointments to improve the client retention rate whilst reducing to the barest minimum the number of clients that will be Lost-to-follow-up (LTFU). Show less

    • Excellence community education welfare scheme

      Sept 2019 - Dec 2020
      Technical officer logistics, south east, nigeria

      • Responsible for identification and documentation of supply chain management (SCM) lessons learnt for the purpose of grant improvement. • Coordinated the timely production, review and submission of Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) reports on a bi-monthly basis from supported facilities to the State Logistics Management Coordination Unit (LMCU)• Built the capacity of facility staff on the implementation of differentiated service delivery (DSD) • Built the capacity of relevant supply chain staff in supported health facilities on the use of different health LMIS tools, forecasting, inventory management practices and good storage practices• Conducted bi-monthly regimen analysis and report accordingly to inform the program’s alignment to Federal Ministry of Health/WHO mandate of initiating 90% new clients on the Dolutegravir (DTG) ARV backbone• Monitor the last mile distribution of donor-funded commodities by 3PL, sharing of information on supply plans and triangulating with supply chain staff at health facilities ensuring no discrepancies in the quantity and quality of the supplied commodities• Participated in various state-level stakeholders meeting to support Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSM) activities hosted by the state LMCU.• Provided technical assistance to supported health facilities to ensure the efficient collection and safe retrieval of expired commodities in line with national waste drive policy• Provided onsite multidisciplinary mentoring to healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists and lab scientists) on patient education, review of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), ADR monitoring and transmission of adverse drug reaction reports from the health facilities to the State LMCU Show less

    • Excellence community education welfare scheme

      Apr 2021 - now

       Provided strategic direction, support knowledge sharing, and promotes up-to-date supply chainmanagement thinking and practices Identify and focus on value-added services/innovations which contribute to the grant’s overalloutput, foster sustainability and ownership by the Government of Nigeria entities beyond donor-funded interventions. Establish close collaboration with other members of the program management team to ensuresupply chain involvement in programme design & planning Oversee appropriate planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all the supply chainoperations including but not limited to initiating of RFQs & Invitation to Tenders (ITT), Contractmanagement, Negotiation, Preparation of LPOs & Service Level Agreements (SLA), Sourcing,Development of Distribution Plans, Optimum Storage and Warehousing. Oversee the emergency preparedness of the overall supply chain system through accuratequantification and maintaining an agile as well as proactive inventory management system Ensure management protocols are in place for operational issues that are supply chain-related,including staffing (hand-overs between staff, clarity of roles and responsibilities) and contractingfor logistics arrangements if applicable (e.g., customs clearance, storage, transport anddistribution) as required to ensure the timely availability of supplies. Utilize the knowledge of category management (ABC rule, 80:20 rule, Pareto Principles) to analysesupply spend, develop strategies and prioritize routinely to ensure that quality assurance (internaland external) is maintained along the whole supply chain. Represent supply and logistics at high-level coordination, implementation and monitoringmeetings with internal and external partners. Supported routine (monthly, quarterly & annual) monitoring, communication and reporting to senior management as well as the program management team and other external actors Show less  Supported active PMTCT case-finding and improved access to early infant diagnosis (EID) servicesacross 13 LGA’s in Ebonyi State in collaboration with other partners through outreaches, conducting open-day maternity and leveraging the availability of testing enhancers/incentives to increase HTS among pregnant women. Supported the operationalization of the activities of drug therapeutic committees (DTC) andquality improvement teams across multidisciplinary teams which include but are not limited topharmaceutical care, pharmacovigilance activities/screening for and management of adverse drugreactions, tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT), cotrimoxazole preventive therapy (CPT), ARVregimen optimization among paediatric and adolescent clients, differentiated service delivery (facility-based models such as multi-month drug dispensing, fast-track) and community-basedmodels such as Community Pharmacy ART Refill Program, Community ART Refill Groupsand Community ART refill Clubs. Adequately forecasted (using program-related targets) for rapid test kits, HIV self-testkits, condoms, lubricants, ARVs and opportunistic infection medications to support the scale-up of activities  Supported the optimization of sexual and social network testing strategies for the scale-up of HIV-positivity case finding among key population clients from 4% to 44% across Ebonyi, Enugu, Edoand Imo States between November 2021 and March 2022. Supported the transitioning of about 59.2% paediatric clients (weighing <30kg) to the recommended dolutegravir-based ARV regimen between February to March 2022 across 25 Global Fund-supported comprehensive health facilities in Ebonyi State. Supported the State LMCUs to develop state and regional last-mile distributionorders for HIV-AIDS commodities for 52 Global Fund-supported health facilities under the generalpopulation project and 4 One-Stop-Shop health facilities for Key Population Clients across Ebonyi,Enugu, Imo and Edo States. Show less • Oversee the quality assurance systems at the One-Stop Shop (OSS) through close monitoring of prescriptions, prompt and proper documentation on all Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) reporting tools, and conducting pharmacovigilance activities.• Supporting the strategic information unit to conduct research (qualitative and quantitative) surveys on service delivery outcomes for HIV prevention, care and treatment among key population (KP) clients.• Contribute to the development of data collection tools for KP clients (HTS, ART and Prevention).• Proactively seek out and report relevant opportunities, success stories, collaborations and linkages, challenges that will promote clinical services on the key Population Project• Providing medication-related counseling, including re-inforcing adherence and advising on potential side effects and drug interactions to target groups amongst key population clients• Supporting other health care providers and clients to identify, manage and report adverse drug reactions• Implementation of differentiated service delivery (DSD) including community ART/PrEP refill services for key population clients• Assess the functionality of (any) pre-existing pharmaceutical management system and develop implementation plans that prioritize and address gaps.• Calculating the drug requirements for ART start-up, forecasting/quantification of the health commodities needed for expansion in the One-Stop-Shop (OSS). 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      • Pharmacy Specialist

        Mar 2023 - now
      • Team Lead Pharmacy & Supply Chain Management

        Jul 2022 - Mar 2023
      • Technical Officer Logistics

        Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
      • Pharmacist, One-Stop-Shop (OSS)

        Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Epidemiology in global health

      University of washington
      Apr 2019
    • Louv13x: supply chain management: a decision-making framework

      Edx
      Nov 2017
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    • Economic evaluation in global health

      University of washington school of public health
      Sept 2018