Barinaadaa Afirima, MD, is a public health specialist with over 12 years’ experience in the design, coordination, implementation and evaluation of HIV/AIDS and Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health(MNCAH) in resource constraint setting. He has demonstrated expertise in Sexual and Reproductive health, research and STI / HIV / AIDS prevention, care and Treatment. Dr. Afirima Barinaadaa has excellent transferable skills in program management of complex donor driven interventions, clinica |
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Health, Doctors, Nurses, HIV/AIDS
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Human Rights, Law, Migration, Conflicts, Justice
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Barinaadaa Afirima, MD, is a public health specialist with over 11 years’ experience in the management, coordination and implementation of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS community programs in resource constraint setting. He has demonstrated expertise in Sexual and Reproductive health, research and STI / HIV / AIDS prevention, care and Treatment. Dr. Afirima Barinaadaa has excellent transferable skills in program leadership and management, clinical management of HIV/AIDS, opportunistic infection, TB , FP/MNCH/PMTCT , OVC ,capacity building and HSS initiatives-bringing innovative ways to address community level health and HIV/AIDS programs. He has ability to lead diverse teams of healthcare professionals to design, implement, and monitor and evaluate highly complex evidence based public health initiatives with diverse socio-political and economic environment. He was the team leader of the well celebrated NiDARplus a public private partnership between Government of Nigeria (GoN), Shell petroleum Development Company and FHI. He is currently the Senior Technical officer Prevention, Care and Treatment on the SIDHAS project (PEPFAR/USAID funded) in Cross River State. He worked on various International donor projects funded by UNICEF, Global fund, PEPFAR/USAID programs and joined FHI360 in 2009 serving in diverse capacities supporting He is a member of the ART and PMTCT task team. Strong technical qualifications and managerial skills with an impressive track record of more than a decade of Public Health experience. Excellent leadership and mentorship qualities; able to motivate, develop, supervise, train, and evaluate personnel to ensure that operational objectives are achieved; a talent for inspiring loyalty, building cooperative teams, and developing productive working relationships with all levels of personnel. Dr. Afirima Barinaadaa earned his medical degree from University of Port-Harcourt, certificate in Leadership and Health Management from University of Washington, Certificate in Economic evaluation in global health, from University of Washington ,MPH –IUB;PhDin Public health inview and is fluent in English.
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Dr.Afirima holds an MBBS degree(MD) from university of Port-Harcourt. Currently pursuing a PhD in Public health from Texilla American University; MPH from Inter national University Bamenda.
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- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
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Years of Experience:
10-15 years |
Highest Qualification:
Masters |
Languages:
English |
Nationality:
Nigeria
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