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Johnson Katanga

Dar Es Salaam

Summary

Dr Johnson Katanga have 8 years of experience in research and public health issues. Worked in public health emergence like diseases outbreaks and developed interest in epidemiological intelligence to detect early warning systems and design prevention strategies to stop the disease or its spread.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Covid 19 Surveillance Personel

Ocean Road Cancer Institute
05.2019 - Current
  • Active search of Covid 19 cases at the hospital
  • Training of health staffs on active search of Covid 19 cases
  • Analyse data collected writing report and send to Ministry of health
  • Organised Covid 19 vaccination at hospital

Epidemiologist

Ministry Of Health
05.2023 - 08.2023
  • Making guideline and tools to be used in surveillance
  • Training of staffs and community on how to identify cases
  • Participate in active surveillance of Marburg disease in the region
  • Organize task force meeting every day and disseminate reports

Surveillance Officer

Ministry Of Health
04.2021 - 07.2021

In collaboration with WHO, Regional and Council teams participated in conducting Integrated Active Surveillance to health facilities and visits to traditional healers using ODK tool.

National Stopper

Ministry Of Health
03.2016 - 05.2020
  • Conduct active surveillance to all high and medium health facilities using checklist and ODK in Regions and Districts with sub optimal performance.
  • Build capacity of Regional Health Management Team and Council Health Management Team on Vaccine Preventable Diseases surveillance
  • Sensitized Health facility workers in medium and high priority health facilities to conduct active search for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) cases as recommended by guideline
  • Sensitize community health workers, traditional healers and other health providers to report Immunization and Vaccines Development (IVD) preventable diseases.
  • Build capacity of focal persons on how to conduct active surveillance
  • Conduct a detailed case clinical, epidemiological and laboratory investigation of all identified disease especially (AFP cases, Suspected measles cases, NNT, Yellow fever cases)
  • Validate AFP and measles cases reported and investigated by health facilities in 2017
  • Conducted AFP cluster investigation at Kongwa District Council, Dodoma region, Tanzania, in collaboration with WHO - 2016.
  • Participate in measles outbreak in Missenyi and Kyerwa in Kagera region

Regional Coordinator

Ministry Of Health
08.2019 - 10.2019
  • Leading regional team in coordinating the activities
  • Prepare training materials and supervise training of health providers
  • Ensure proper usage of all supportive devices and equipment like cars, refrigerators, documents
  • Ensure vaccines are properly stored and distributed according to needs
  • Ensure quality of data collected during and after champagne
  • Dissemination of activity report

Epidemiologist

Ministry Of Health
08.2015 - 04.2016
  • Conduct real time analysis of outbreak intelligence data
  • Making guideline and tools to be used in Cholera surveillance
  • Analyze and disseminate scientific information to Ministry of health and international organizations
  • Participate in Active surveillance of Cholera cases
  • Active finding of Cholera cases and conduct investigations to confirm cases.

Education

No Degree - • Integrated Disease Surveillance And Response

Online Learning
World Health Organisation
02.2023

Ph.D. - Epidemiology

Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
07.2022

No Degree - Introduction To Stata And Data of Analysis

Southern University of Denmark
Odense, Denmark
05.2017

Master of Science - Clinical Research

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
08.2014

M.D. - Medicine

Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
08.2008

Skills

  • Team leader
  • Able to work in the team of different professional and skills

Good ability of written and Verbal Communication

Languages

Swahili
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Epidemiologist

Ministry Of Health
05.2023 - 08.2023

Surveillance Officer

Ministry Of Health
04.2021 - 07.2021

Regional Coordinator

Ministry Of Health
08.2019 - 10.2019

Covid 19 Surveillance Personel

Ocean Road Cancer Institute
05.2019 - Current

National Stopper

Ministry Of Health
03.2016 - 05.2020

Epidemiologist

Ministry Of Health
08.2015 - 04.2016

No Degree - • Integrated Disease Surveillance And Response

Online Learning

Ph.D. - Epidemiology

Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences

No Degree - Introduction To Stata And Data of Analysis

Southern University of Denmark

Master of Science - Clinical Research

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College

M.D. - Medicine

Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Johnson Katanga