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Alex Masiliso Liamba

Alex Masiliso Liamba

Mongu

Summary

Masiliso Alex Liamba is an accomplished public health professional with over 8 years of experience in laboratory services, program coordination, and quality management systems (QMS). Holds a Master's Degree in Public Health from Levy Mwanawasa Medical University and a Bachelor's in Biomedical Sciences, providing a strong academic foundation for his work. His expertise includes data analysis, program implementation, Surveillance and laboratory diagnostics, making him a valuable asset in the field. Masiliso has demonstrated strong leadership abilities, technical support skills, and capacity building expertise that have driven success within HIV/TB/STI programs.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Zonal Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2024 - Current
  • Under takes supervision in districts to ensure quality service provision
  • Supervise both technical and non-technical staff and ensures operational adherence to laboratory guidelines
  • Undertakes Monitoring of clients on ART through VL/EID
  • Maintains records and statistical reports for program monitoring and decision making
  • Coordinates specimen courier from facilities to the testing labs and results from the PCR labs to facilities
  • Facilitates availability of updated Laboratory guidelines, SOPs and algorithms are in place at all times so as to ensure adherence to National guidelines
  • Identification of areas for capacity building for laboratory staff and other health workers
  • Works with data associates to ensure timely collection of data from laboratories and for decision making
  • Plans and prepares activity budgets
  • Contributes in the development and implementation of operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
  • Monitors and offers technical support in the implementation QMS activities in order to improve quality of Laboratory service
  • Coordinates with other implementing partners in ensuring that QMS programs are adhered to
  • Supervises Technical staff to ensure HIV/TB/STI commodity security
  • Identifying key issues and proposing and implementing solutions to ensure overall project efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Ensure communications on policy, implementations,programs,

Provincial HIV Rapid Test Continuous Quality Improvement (RTCQI) Focal Point Person Western Province

CDC-CoAg -WPHO
11.2021 - Current
  • Coordinating RTCQI program in Western Province
  • Maintain TESTER database
  • HIV PT program

Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2023 - 09.2024
  • Provide technical expertise and leadership in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of laboratory strengthening and laboratory Quality assurance and control activities within the health systems strengthening portfolio
  • Coordinates with other implementing partners on lab strengthening issues, including technical working groups
  • Coordinates implementing of QMS, LAB logistics report and EQA HIV/TB program
  • Provides expert technical input and scope of work plans, budgets and monitoring
  • Coordinates Multiple disease testing
  • Participating in the planning, designing and implementation of HIV surveillance activities

Zonal Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2022 - 09.2023
  • Under takes supervision in districts to ensure quality service provision
  • Supervise both technical and non-technical staff and ensures operational adherence to laboratory guidelines
  • Undertakes Monitoring of clients on ART through VL/EID
  • Maintains records and statistical reports for program monitoring and decision making
  • Coordinates specimen courier from facilities to the testing labs and results from the PCR labs to facilities
  • Facilitates availability of updated Laboratory guidelines, SOPs and algorithms are in place at all times so as to ensure adherence to National guidelines
  • Identification of areas for capacity building for laboratory staff and other health workers
  • Works with data associates to ensure timely collection of data from laboratories and facilities compiling for decision making
  • Plans and prepares activity budgets
  • Contributes in the development and implementation of operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
  • Monitors and offers technical support in the implementation QMS activities in order to improve quality of Laboratory service
  • Coordinates with other implementing partners in ensuring that QMS programs are adhered to
  • Supervises Technical staff to ensure HIV/TB/STI commodity security

Laboratory Program Officer

CDC-CoAg WPHO
10.2021 - 09.2022

Identification of areas for capacity building for laboratory staff and other health workers

  • Works with data associates to ensure timely collection of data from laboratories and facilities the finding for decision making
  • Plans and prepares activity budgets
  • Contributes in the development and implementation of operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
  • Monitors and offers technical support in the implementation QMS activities in order to improve quality of Laboratory service
  • Coordinates with other implementing partners in ensuring that QMS programs are adhered to
  • Supervises Technical staff to ensure HIV/TB/STI commodity security

Laboratory Co-Ordinator

CDC-CoAg WPHO
10.2019 - 09.2020
  • Under takes supervision in districts to ensure quality service provision
  • Supervise both technical and non-technical staff and ensures operational adherence to laboratory guidelines
  • Undertakes Monitoring of clients on ART through VL/EID
  • Maintains records and statistical reports for program monitoring and decision making
  • Coordinates specimen courier from facilities to the testing labs and results from the PCR labs to facilities
  • Facilitates availability of updated Laboratory guidelines, SOPs and algorithms are in place at all times so as to ensure adherence to National guidelines

Head of Section PCR-Lewanika General Hospital

Ministry of Health
10.2017 - 09.2019
  • Conduct venous blood draw from consenting participants
  • Administer rapid tests for HIV, recent HIV-1 infection, syphilis, Hepatitis B (HBV) and Hepatitis C (HCV) according to test kit procedures and provided Standard, Operating Procedures
  • Record biomarker test results
  • Support data entry for biomarker results
  • Identify and report adverse event(s) to the Site Coordinator
  • Ensure high quality data and ethical and moral conduct to collect accurate and valid information
  • Safeguard assigned data collection equipment, keeping it in good working condition and charged, ready for data collection
  • Ensure proper coordination of activities between survey site and local PCR lab for viral load testing
  • Ensure proper generation, segregation and disposal of laboratory waste
  • Maintain high levels of confidentiality throughout the survey
  • Carry out other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Biomedical Laboratory Technologist

CDC-CoAg WPHO
04.2016 - 09.2017
  • Accurately prepare chemical reagents / solutions according to formulae
  • Maintain and operate standard laboratory equipment
  • Receive and prepare / process samples for analysis
  • Perform experiments according to laboratory SOP standards
  • Maintain accurate and detailed records of all work
  • Co-ordinate work with other members of the laboratory
  • Consistently deliver results on-time as agreed
  • Process Viral load and EID testing using conventional PCR-Cobas Taqman 48 and 96
  • Implement QMS

Education

Master of Science - Public Health

Levy Mwanawasa Medical University
Lusaka
12.2023

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Sciences

South Valley University
Southern Province
06.2021

Diploma - Biomedical Sciences

Evelyn Hone College
Lusaka
12.2015

Skills

  • Microsoft Office tools
  • Communication skills
  • Leadership
  • Analytical skills
  • Data analysis using Stata and SPSS
  • QGIS

Nrcno

319797/82/1

References

  • BANDA NJELEKA, Biomedical Scientist, CDC,ZAMBIA,0965085109, npd9@cdc.gov,
  • Neaty Mangala, , Lead laboratory program officer, CoAg- CDC WPHO,+26097618626, neatynmangala@gamil.com
  • Chinula Mbanandi, , Provincial Laboratory Coordinator, Cidrz-North Western Province,0977224102, chinula.mbanadi@cidrz.org

Training

  • Cobas Amprep Taqman 48/96-HIV Molecular Diagnosis: Early infant /Viral load testing, 06/05/16, Ministry of Health
  • Biosafety, 05/15/16, CDC
  • Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, 02/02/18, Ministry of Health-(Global Health)
  • Quantification for Viral load and EID Reagents and consumables, 06/04/18, PSM
  • HIV Rapid Testing Evaluator, 02/03/19, Ministry of Health
  • Aptima HIV-Dx Quant Assay on Hologic Panther System(Hologic), 05/02/19, Ministry of Health
  • Differentiated Service Delivery in HIV CARE, 11/22/18, Ministry of Health
  • Life eLABS Application system and implementation, 03/02/19, CIDRZ
  • South to South Exchange building resilient Laboratory system in Africa to rapidly scale up Viral load and EID services to reach UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets by 2020 in Uganda, 06/19/19, Ministry of Health
  • GeneXpert HIV1 Qual EID, 03/02/21, Ministry of Health
  • Aptima Hologic SARS CoV-2 Assays and Aptima HPV Assay (Hologic), 06/05/21, Ministry of Health
  • Recency Testing Trainer of Trainers,CIDRZ- 10/09/2022
  • Smartcare Plus Trainer of Trainers, CDC-03/10/2023
  • Long acting injectable Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Trainer of Trainers

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: ZN741321
  • Title: Mr.
  • Date of Birth: 03/12/93
  • Gender: Male

Timeline

Zonal Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2024 - Current

Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2023 - 09.2024

Zonal Laboratory Program Officer

CoAg- CDC WPHO
10.2022 - 09.2023

Provincial HIV Rapid Test Continuous Quality Improvement (RTCQI) Focal Point Person Western Province

CDC-CoAg -WPHO
11.2021 - Current

Laboratory Program Officer

CDC-CoAg WPHO
10.2021 - 09.2022

Laboratory Co-Ordinator

CDC-CoAg WPHO
10.2019 - 09.2020

Head of Section PCR-Lewanika General Hospital

Ministry of Health
10.2017 - 09.2019

Biomedical Laboratory Technologist

CDC-CoAg WPHO
04.2016 - 09.2017

Master of Science - Public Health

Levy Mwanawasa Medical University

Bachelor of Science - Biomedical Sciences

South Valley University

Diploma - Biomedical Sciences

Evelyn Hone College
Alex Masiliso Liamba