GASEREKWE MAKOKO

• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
• Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
• Consultation and screening of patients through VIA and papsmear methods
• Treatment of patients through Cryo Therapy or thermal ablation and consider referral for LEEP
• Coordination of the projects in serowe/palapye district and also ensure targets are met.

• Determined staffing plans to achieve program goals and objectives and participated in hiring decisions for new program staff.
• Kept programs in line with established mission parameters.
• Turned strategic mandates into actionable program plans.
• Supervise and monitor I-TECH HCAs deployed in the clusters ensuring daily/weekly testing and case identification targets are met.

· Assist HCAs in implementing SURGE strategies; Expanded PITC, Index client partner notification and testing of key and priority populations.

· Troubleshooting issues such as commodities, resources, guidelines etc. that can affect testing numbers at the facilities.

· Conduct bi-annually performance reviews

· Health workforce development

• Received and processed stock into inventory management system.
• Monitored company inventory to k
• - To provide responsive high quality technical support to ensure the quality of Community HIV care services in the APC program.
  - Participates in the development of partnerships and necessary systems, to support APC partners implementation of community based HIV care services in 8 districts
  - Provides capacity building to ensure better linkages between facility treatment, and HIV care.
  - Implements community-based interventions and innovations in relation to management of HIV/AIDS, including the use of Anti-retroviral treatment.
  
  - Contributes to the development of community HIV program strategies, project documents and work plans with a special focus on ensuring care & treatment concerns are adequately incorporated.

• Collected data and followed research protocols, operations manuals and case report form requirements.
• Screened patient records, databases and physician referrals to identify prospective candidates for research studies.
• Maintained compliance with protocols covering patient care and clinical trial operations.
• Gathered, processed and shipped lab specimens.
• - Supports CDC BCPP Research in Botswana by screening, identifying, recruiting, examining, enrolling and monitoring patients in studies as required, collects specimens under good prevention/infection control practices, collects data through interviews and medical record reviews, reviews and assesses, data collected and ensures accurate data is delivered to research team for analysis, maintains data and follow-ups of patients assigned to the site, assists with surgical procedures as needed.
• - Collaborates with Ministry of Health (MOH) personnel working in the health facility to independently identify solutions to problems or contact supervisor if higher-level communications with project managers is needed, works closely with data managers and study monitors as well as submission of reports, documentations and summary activities to the supervisor.

- Day-to-day management of HTC study operations in the 15 communities randomly selected to participate in Ya Tsie ( i.e. facilitate house to house and mobile HTC activities, stock management and re-ordering levels, monitoring performance against set targets together with Team Leader, track and report all study related issues and events and report to the Team Leader, report any adverse events to Team Leader within 24 hours of the event, work with Team Leader to ensure proper action taken to correct issues related to data collection and adherence to study protocol, ensures data security and security of Laptops, tablets, PIMA machines and other storage devices, protects client privacy and confidentiality by signing data use and confidentiality agreement, collaborates with the Team Leader and Linkage to Care Coordinator to ensure that a percentage of samples for both rapid HIV and Point Of Care CD4 testing are being collected for re-testing in the lab for quality assurance purposes, ensures that clients with discordant rapid HIV test results are appropriately referred to the clinic for blood draw for ELISA testing).
- Provision of supervision and support to the HTC lay counselors ( i.e.: supervises house to house and mobile counseling and testing to clients, supervises supportive counselings and couple HIV Counselling and Testing to clients as well as Point Of Care CD4 testing of HIV positive clients.)
- Thoroughly versed in the Ya Tsie protocol and work with Team Leader to ensure that study procedure are implemented by HTC Lay Counselors with fidelity to the protocol and timelines
- Also provided HIV Counseling and Testing services to clients as well as POC CD4.
- Other duties included deputizing Team Leader responsibilities when necessary, assist in coordination of supply operations in conjunction with logistic officer, assist Team Leader in compiling monthly, quarterly and annually reports as well as compiling stock and ordering.

• Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
• - Bed side nursing in medical, surgical and pediatric departments.
• - Then after being trained an ARV Nurse in 2008 I was based in Infectious Disease Control Clinic (IDCC) where my duties were more focused on HIV/AIDS testing, counseling and Anti-Retroviral Therapy i.e.
  Consultation, prescription, dispensing and initiation of Anti Retro Viral Therapy to patients, offering and performing Routine HIV Testing (RHT) and counselling, couple HIV counselling and testing, screening and monitoring of patients who monitors CD4, cervical cancer screening and management Sexually Transmitted Diseases especially in HIV positive clients, treatment adherence counselling and follow up of defaulting patients, health education for defaulters and newly diagnosed patients, effective running of pediatric and adolescents clinic as well as offering and counselling for Safe Male Circumcision(SMC).