Yusuf Ajack Ibrahim

Yusuf Ajack Ibrahim

Training Manager / Nairobi
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User Information

Organization Type
NGO
First Name
Yusuf
Last Name
Ibrahim
Organization
DataDyne
Country
kenya

Staff Information

Position
Training Manager
Location
Nairobi
Bio

Yusuf is currently the DataDyne.org Training Manager in Nairobi, Kenya and as an EpiSurveyor  Focal Point Officer from the Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation. Yusuf has the tricky job of both advising users about EpiSurveyor, but also helping the Nairobi based development team understand the needs of those users. It is this critical link that helps make EpiSurveyor so simple and useful for public health workers all over the world. Yusuf is also the Data Manager in the Division of Disease Surveillance and Response at the Ministry of Public Health & Sanitation in Kenya. Yusuf has also worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control on the Stop the Transmission of Polio (STOP) Team.

Yusuf has received a Higher National Diploma in Epidemiology. He has worked in public health in Kenya for 13 years. He also has the distinction of being one of the original EpiSurveyor beta testers.

History

Member for
2 years 46 weeks
Blog
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EpiSurveyor Showcase: 1st East Africa Regional Workshop on e-Health and Telemedicine

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (www.ieee.org) has organized a major workshop on e-Health in the EA region.The theme of the workshop is " The role of ICT in streamlining and increasing access to healthcare in the developing world. Its a two day workshop which started yesterday and ends today ( 28th - 29th July 2011 ) at the Kenya Institute of Education (KIE ) Nairobi Kenya.

Accelerated Child Survival Development Training in Kenya's Western province using EpiSurveyor

"Business unusual" said the Provincial Nursing Officer of Western Province Matron Asumpta Mateke while officially closing the Five day Training supported by UNICEF Kenya Country office.The training targeted the DHMT members of 31 districts in the province.Over 90 participants were trained and due to the large number the participants were split in to two and trained for one and a half days.This was a TOT training whose main objective is to use Mobile Phone during support supervision on Child and Maternal visit to the facilities while addressing MDG 4 and 5.The province has integrated data co

Kenya Malezi Bora, June 2011: health workers use EpiSurveyor mobile data collection software to collect child health data

The theme of Malezi Bora for the Month of May 2011 was "Improving the Healthy Mothers and the New Born Babies".Health workers at the National level led by Mr. Benard wambu the M&E Programme officer at the Division of Division of Adoloscence and Child Health used EpiSurveyor to monitor the critical indicators in the field.The officers were assigned to all the provinces of Kenya to collect data from the clients and the health workers in the field.

Mobile phones help assess quality of polio campaigns

Excellent article on the WHO website talking about use of EpiSurveyor for polio eradication.