MWANGALA AONGOLA

District Information Officer

Ministry of Health (MOH)

Kasama

01.2014 - 01.2023

Provide technical support and advice in the data collection tools and customization, and improvement at the District and facility level.
Identify HMIS training needs, develop and customize training programs according to the local needs, preparing materials in line with the approved SOP for both the stakeholders and MOH.
Assess training effectiveness and staff performance, providing orientation to new staff in the data collection tools and HMIS such as SmartCare EHR.
Provide technical support on the health systems such as the routine database maintenance, QSL query report generation.
Serve as the focal point person for health information system reporting. Coordinate the District Health Office, donors and key stakeholders to strengthen HMIS activities, scale up data use for evidence-based decision making at facility and district levels.
Provide technical assistance to facility in-charges and program officers on use of data and information from multiple HMIS i.e. DHIS2, SmartCare, eLMIS and also Program mwana and the Mobile surveillance for WASH community level data collection and feedback system.
Ensure that all the reporting tools are available and used accordingly.
Providing comprehensive monitoring and evaluation to all the 40 facilities on a quarterly basis and ad hoc as need arises. Provide baseline data for key indicators for the annual planning cycle.
Ensuring that all necessary information from both routine reporting, as well as from ad hoc data collection efforts and special studies, is collected, analyzed and used in guiding internal project planning and in informing external partners about project activities and accomplishments.
Oversee the implementation of M&E tools and models for collecting, analysing, and disseminating health data and information to enhance the performance of the district health activities.
Monitor programs progress both at district and facility level towards set targets and provide feedback.
Support detailed quarterly, semi-annual, and annual targeting and reporting requirements the district, and other stakeholders.
Result Lead modeling, validating, and analyzing of population-based and programmatic data to guide activity design, identify geographic priorities of new programmes, and improve monitoring and evaluation of district health programs.
Coordinate Data quality assessment (DQA) through confirmation of the accuracy, completeness, consistency and timeliness of health data for the district thereby ensuring that all facilities are reporting data that are reliable, valid, complete, comparable, and timely that translate to high quality data that used in decision-making.
Responsible for providing oversight quality assurance and improvement in programs such as HIV prevention, care and treatment, MCH, Family Planning, Malaria control and other service provision programs.
Monitor effectiveness of national programs such as immunization, malaria control while ensuring implementation of quality improvement initiatives for continuous quality improvement. Conduct field visits for data validation and verification in the context of assessing the program and district performance.
Lead evidence based development and implementation of the annual action plan the district and facilities.
Monitor progress, evaluate effectiveness of the planned activities in the action plan, and disseminate results of the programs activities and innovations for the district.
Provide data for planning and allocation of budgets, and evaluation of activities against the planned activities in the annual action plan.
Take part in expenditure reviews, where financial data on expenditures and data on program outputs are monitored therefore ensuring the linkage of action plans and budgets, which make up the major financial input.
Analyze population-based and programmatic data to inform the district action Plan for annual planning and other donor lead Health Implementation Plans (HIP).
Participate in the Strategic Information, Prevention and Clinical Technical Working Group to ensure effective communication and coordination of the district data collection, reporting, and analysis activities.
Promote data integrity through use and improved quality, and development of intuitive and easy-to-use self-service data products (reports, tables’ graphs and maps) to increase the effectiveness of programs through data visualization.
Provide planned and ad hoc technical support, capacity building and to the facility in-charges and program officers at the district office in the reporting tools, data collection, analysis, data visualization and use.
Provide technical support in strengthening data management, data quality improvement and harmonization of information.

System Administrator

Kitwe Central Hospital

Kitwe

12.2006 - 01.2014

Provided technical support for both hardware and software issues for the hospital Information system.
Managed the configuration and operation of peer to peer network configuration it run on.
Monitor the system daily and respond immediately to security or usability concerns.
Created and verified backups of data.
Coordinated the piloted Smart Care system ART, MCH and OPD.
Upgraded the system and processes for enhanced functionality and security resolution.
Administered infrastructure, including firewalls, databases, antivirus software and other processes.
Reviewed application logs.
Renewed of the application license on a yearly basis.
Generated ad hoc reports using QSL queries.
Ensured the medical bills for registered companies and generated on every 4th of each month.

Medical Data/Billing Clerk

Kitwe Central Hospital

Kitwe

01.1999 - 12.2006

Maintained strict patient and physician confidentiality.
Precisely completed appropriate claims paper and documentation for data entry.
Entered patient treatment and services provided from a paper based Medical records to an electronic medical records system for continuous case management and billing and invoice generation.
Conscientiously reviewed medical records information for data cleaning and Report generation.
Performed data validation.
Produced and published the KCH monthly newsletter 2000-2005.

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District Information Officer

System Administrator

Medical Data/Billing Clerk

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District Information Officer

System Administrator

Medical Data/Billing Clerk

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