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Prof Olugbenga Mokuolu
Speciality/Area of Interest: Paediatrician
Experience: 37 years 8 months
Institution Attended: University of Ibadan
Degrees: MBBS FWACP (Paed)
Place of Work: University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Ilorin Kwara
Bio: PERSONAL PROFILE Olugbenga is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians (Pediatrics) with over 20 years’ experience in the care of newborns in the tropics, malaria case management and diverse public health activities. He also has vast experience in Health administration, lecturing, human resource management, ICT and project management. He is an alumnus of the Haggai Institute for leadership development. He has excellent communication skills while his particular strength lies in capacity building and mentoring of younger doctors as well as public health administration. Academically, he is currently a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, with neonatology and malaria as his main areas of research focus. His specific contributions are newborn anthropometry, neonatal infections, perinatal malaria and general care of the newborn with a focus on addressing the challenges of newborn health needs in a developing country using appropriate technology. Specifically, he co-piloted the use of Recycled Incubation Technique as a cost-effective means of incubation technique in Nigerian newborns. Mokuolu is a resource person at the West African College of Physicians where he teaches malaria and neonatology and also serves as an examiner, being involved at the primary, part I and part II fellowship exams. Mokuolu has contributed extensively to programmatic and Policy issues on malaria, at institutional, national and international levels. In this regard he has played key roles in malaria case management, malaria treatment guideline development and provision of technical support for Global fund proposal writing. Regarding capacity development on malaria case management, he co-developed the framework for the adaptation of the WHO Malaria Case Management Training Manual by the WHO both for the global and regional training. He facilitated inter-country TOTs on Malaria Case Management involving Senior Health Professionals from Different African Countries. He has also served as facilitator of many training programmes across Africa. He is a member of the Technical Expert Group that drafted the first ever WHO Antimalarial Treatment Guideline released by the WHO HQ in Geneva in January 2006 with the third edition underway; At the national programme level, Mokuolu assisted in the formulation of the current National Antimalarial Treatment Policy, Antimalarial Treatment Guidelines and guidelines for management of malaria at PHC level. He facilitated the change in antimalarial treatment at the University of Ilorin Teaching hospital. He directed the National and Zonal TOT on Malaria Case Management producing over 1320 trainers in Nigeria. Olugbenga is a Master Trainer on Lactation Management and had directed/facilitated over 15 lactation Management trainings ranging from orientations, institutional and zonal TOTs. He is skilled in the use of the Rapid appraisal tools, which he used successfully in the baseline and evaluation studies of the Bamako Initiative in Nigeria. He has consulted successfully for WHO, UNICEF, DFID, British Council and Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria. Since 2007 he has guided different countries to successful Global Fund applications on Malaria Control. These include Malawi (2007), Nigeria (2008, 2009, 2014), Kenya (2010 & 2013), Ethiopia (2011), Uganda 2014). He was the ICT chair for both the University and the UITH. In this capacity, Mokuolu facilitated the redesigning of the Unilorin web-page and coordinated the pioneering effort to computerize students’ record, including online registration and e-payment. He was director of the Centre for International Education from 2011 to Nov 2014, where he brought about significant strides to Internationalization. He is currently the Director of the University Consultancy Services Centre and the Institution’s 2010 Researcher of the year. Education and Qualifications 1989 – 1995 FWACP (Pediatrics), West African Post-graduate Medical College, Lagos, Nigeria 1982 – 1987 MB, BS, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 1980 – 1982 GCE (Advanced Level- Cambridge Moderated), Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Nigeria. Other Trainings Apr-2012 Completed the advance course on Good Clinical Practices of the West Africa Bio-Ethics Training Programme and University of Miami Florida June 2009 Attended 1-week training by the American College of Physician Executives, Abuja Skills: Health Management, Planning, Human Resource Management, Managed Care and how to run a hospital profitably Mar-2007 Training on Consultancy skills: Organized by the Technical Support Facility-West Africa at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) 20th -23rd March 2007 Skills: Proposal writing, review of TOR, project execution, report writing and budgeting. Jun-2006 Workshop on Strategic Planning for Tertiary Health Institutions Skills: Developing a strategic plan and logical framework Organized by the Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja Sep-2005 Workshop on Health Administration, Administrative Staff College (ASCON) Badagry, Lagos Skills: Management theories, Human resource management, dispute resolution, public financing and health planning Aug-2005 Workshop on Antimalarial Quantification organized by RPM plus in Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra Ghana Skill: Learning the use of various methods to estimate antimalarial needs and the situations in which they are indicated; had an orientation on the use of Quantimed. Oct-2003 Capacity Building for Consultants organized by the World Health Organization, AFRO, Harare Skill: Protocol development, Strategic planning for malaria control, logical framework matrix sourcing for grants Oct-2002 Basic Malariology Quality Assurance Course organized by the Applied Research for Childhood Health, Boston University Skill: Malaria microscopy, specie identification and Quality assurance. Apr-2001 Protocol Development Workshop II Organized by the Center for International Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA Skill: Project design, project execution, data management and budgeting and sourcing for funds. Aug-2001 TOT on Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, organized by the WHO-AFRO in Arusha Tanzania Dec-2001 Ethical Issues in Bio-Medical Research organized by the AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria in collaboration with Harvard School in US Skill: Setting up IRBs, Reviewing protocols, participated in development of draft national Ethical guidelines for Nigeria. 1997: Attended the 4-week training of the Haggai Institute for Advanced Leadership Training in Singapore Jul-1997 Organizing and conducting Malaria Case Management training at national and international levels. Organized by WHO-AFRO in Lagos Skill: organizing meetings, management of resources, negotiating with governments, development of training manuals and national antimalarial treatment policy. Mar-1997 Certificate in Computing, Center for Advanced Computer Studies, Ilorin, Nigeria Skill: Word processing packages, spread sheets, graphics and data management software (SPSS, EPI-info). Jun-1996 Health Services Management organized by University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in collaboration with the Department of Business Administration University of Ilorin Mar-1996 Participatory Rapid Appraisal Techniques Workshop on the use of participatory rural appraisal techniques in Health researches. Organized in collaboration with the Overseas Development Agency (ODA) at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, Ibadan. Jul-1995 Master Trainer in Lactation Management (Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Lead trainers’ course) organized by UNICEF at the National Institute of Teachers, Kaduna, Nigeria. May 1994 Protocol Development and Program Management I: Course organized in collaboration with London School of Hygiene and Tropical studies Areas of Expertise Peadiatrics Global Health Research Key achievements/activities in the areas of expertise Peadiatrics Care of the newborn (Neonatology) Mokuolu worked on the use of simple technologies and pragmatic management algorithms in resource challenged settings to achieve significant improvements in neonatal survival both among term and preterm babies over the last 2-decades. Key innovations included-Use of recycled incubation techniques, fabrication of radiant heaters, phototherapy units and advancing the use of Oxygen concentrators and development of pragmatic algorithms for patient care. Lactation Management He was previous Chair of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Steering Committee. As Master Trainer on Lactation Management, he has directed/facilitated over 15 Lactation Management Training ranging from orientations, institutional and zonal TOTs. He conducted facility assessments in Kwara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Katsina, Niger and Kaduna States. Global Health Malaria Policy Related Activities Mokuolu has been pivotal in malaria Policy articulation and implementation as the different levels. He was Chair of the Committee that drafted the Communique on change from monotherapy to ACTs in Nigeria In his capacity as Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, he facilitated the change to ACT in that institution in 2004. He served as member of National change management process following Nigeria’s adoption of ACT He was pivotal to Nigeria’s policy adoption of parenteral artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria. Through his efforts Nigeria became the first country to adopt the WHO recommendation in 2011. He is a member of the National Severe Malaria Advisory Committee, in Nigeria He has served as key resource for MMV, CHAI, the NMEP and a host of other organizations in promoting capacity building and orientations on the new recommendations on malaria treatment and control. In these regards he has been keynote speaker at the annual round table discussion tagged “Doctors Discuss Malaria” that is held during the World Malaria Day. This has afforded an opportunity to cumulatively reach about 1000 medical doctors (as per attendance registers) over this period. He also actively promoted the buy-in on malaria policy changes among different professional associations including the Nigerian Medical Association, Pediatric Association of Nigeria, West Africa College of Physicians and several nursing groups. Strategic planning, Programmatic gap analysis and Project Management He served as the lead of 3-consultants that facilitated the development of the National Malaria Policy 2015 for Nigeria. Also served as member of the Technical Team to revise the 2015 National Malaria Treatment Guidelines. He provided lead technical support to for the development of the Malaria Control or Malaria Reduction Strategic Plans for the following Countries; Nigeria (NMSP, 2020-214); Kenya NMSP 2014-2017 update) and Uganda (UMRS) 2014-2020) He was focal person for the development of the first ever University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Strategic plan 2007-2012. He provided support to the National Malaria Control programme on the development of the Malaria Control Strategic Plan (2001-05). He also led the initial efforts in the development of the NMSP 2008-13 as part of the TOR for providing Technical Assistance in the Round 8 Global Fund Application process. He provided Technical support for the development of the NMSP for Malawi and Ethiopia in 2007 and 2011 respectively. In 2008 and 2010 he developed special excel templates to facilitate programmatic gap analysis for malaria control in the course of the round 8 and 10 Global fund support to Nigerian and Kenya respectively. These templates were later to be adopted as guide by the Harmonization Working Group for the training of Consultants/Country Teams applying for the round 11 global fund and transition funding mechanism. Malaria case management -Development of training manuals and capacity building He completed the adaptation of the Malaria Case Management Training Manual (Participant and Tutor’s Guide for the Somali Lands) –June 2013. He co-developed the WHO Malaria Case Management Module for international training at the WHO HQ in Geneva, (2012) He co-developed the framework for the adaptation of the WHO-AFRO Malaria Case Management Training Manual that is currently used as the standard reference document in African Region. He has facilitated 3 inter-country TOTs on Malaria Case Management involving Senior Health Professionals in Uganda, Malawi and Ghana with participants from different African Countries. He has served as the main facilitator of many training programmes across Africa. He is a member of the Technical Expert Group of the WHO the Antimalarial Treatment Guidelines (Geneva-HQ) and a member of the Antimalarial Dosing Working Group. He directed the National and Zonal TOTs on Malaria Case Management producing over 1320 trainers in Nigeria. I have also presented lectures at various fora including Paediatric Association of Nigeria, West Africa College of Physicians, Stake holders for a of the Federal MoH on Malaria control, Nigeria Medical Association and a host of Continuing Medical Education programmes am a member of the National Advisory Committee on Severe Malaria. Protocol Development (Academic and programmatic especially, Global fund proposal development) He recently successfully supported Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria in developing these countries proposals for the New Funding Mechanism Concept Note to the Global Fund for 2014. International Consultant on Global Fund proposal development for control of malaria. He has in these capacities provided Technical Support to Malawi, Nigeria and Kenya in the period 2001-2010. For his efforts Malawi had $68m grant in 2007, Nigeria $300m in 2008 and $55m in 2009 and about $150m for Kenya in 2010. He also provided Technical Support for the Transition Funding Mechanism and review of the GF proposal form in Ethiopia in 2012. Monitoring and Evaluation Member of the team that carried out the Baseline and Evaluation survey of the Bamako Initiative in Akinyele LGA of Nigeria in 1996 and 1998 using the Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques Team Leader Zone C (North Central) in the RBM Situation Analysis and Baseline Evaluation surveys in 2000 and 2004 I have worked with the RBM and National Indicators of various countries in the process of the Global fund proposal developments that I have supported. Research Roles and recent clinical trials investigator/collaborative multicenter studies Support for National Malaria Control Programmes Over the last decade I have provided support to the National Malaria Control Programme of different African Countries. The summary of which are tabulated below: Country Area of Technical Assistance Nigeria (1999-Date) Liberia (2015-2016) Kenya (2010-2014) Uganda (2014) Somalia (2013) Ethiopia (2011) Malawi (2007) Eritrea (2003) Sierra Leone Uganda Tanzania Ghana Programme Reviews Society for Family Health Conducted John Snow Incorporated Conducted a mid-term review for JSI-Nigeria Work Experience and Career Profile Sep 2011 –DateProfessor Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Aug 1995 – Date Consultant Pediatrician, Neonatal Unit, University of Ilorin Teaching, Hospital Ilorin Oct 2007 – Aug 2011 Associate Professor Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Aug 1998 – Sept 2007 Senior Lecturer Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Aug 1995 – Jul 1998 Lecturer Grade 1 Department of Child - Health, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Nov 1992 – Apr 1995 Senior Registrar Department of Pediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria .Dec 1989– Mar 1992 Registrar Department of Pediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Ilorin, Nigeria Sep 1988 – Aug 1989 Medical Officer National Youth Service Corps Scheme .Sep 1987 – Jul 1988Pre-registration House Officer University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria Administrative Experience Nov 2014 – Date: Director Unilorin Consultancy Services Centre, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. In this capacity he is responsibility for the management of the various ventures of the University while also facilitating the provision of technical services and capacity development to communities, corporate organizations and government parastatals Aug 2011 – Oct 2014: Director, Centre for International Education, University of Ilorin, Nigeria He was in this capacity responsible for the coordination and facilitation of collaborative relationships with other institutions, staff and student exchange and ensuring the internationalization of academic activities as well as the adoption of Global Best practices by the Universities. Sep 2007 – Date: Member of Senate, University of Ilorin Jan 2007 – Date: Member, Top Management Committee, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. Feb 2008 – Jun 2011: Ag Project Director, ETF Medical Centre of Excellence, College of Health Sciences,University of Ilorin. Mar 2008 – Jun 2011: Chairman, ICT Projects Committee, University of Ilorin This Committee is charged with the implementation of the University’s ICT Projects. Key achievements with the drive of the Vice-Chancellor include: Nov 2007 – Oct 2008: Sub-Dean, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin. Aug 2007 – Jul 2009: AgHead of Department, Department of Child Health, Faculty of Clinical Science, University of Ilorin Sep 2007 – Jul 2009: Head of Department, Department of Paediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin Aug 2002 – Nov 2006: Member Management Board, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin. Aug 2002 – Nov 2006: Chairman Medical Advisory Committee, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin He served as Director of Clinical Affairs and Training and assisted in the day-to-day administration of the hospital. In his capacity as CMAC he frequently acted for the Chief Medical Director. His other duties include Chairman of all Training/Medical Committees and the Committees of the following Schools: School of Post-Basic Nursing, Health Records, Administration and Biostatistics, Community Health Officers Course and Plaster Techniques. He Chaired 10 Revolving Funds Scheme, several other standing and ad hoc Committees and was Management’s chief negotiator in times of crises and in the award of contracts. Distinct contributions to the hospital include: 2000 – 2002 Faculty Representative, Junior Staff Appointment and Promotion Committee, University of Ilorin 2000-2002: Co-coordinator, BFHI Steering Committee, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin 1998 – 2002: Residency Coordinator, Department of Paediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital 1998 – 2002: Chairman; Childhood Research Fund, Department of Paediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Awards Received 2012: Best Lecturer Voted by the Medical Graduating Class of 2012 (Sui Generis), at the University of Ilorin. The College of Health Sciences had over 200 lecturers. Since 1996, he has been consistently voted one of the best lecturers in the College of Health Sciences by graduating students since 1996 till date from a pool of lecturers spread over 17 departments 2012: Vanguard for Greater Nigerian National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Merit Award of Excellence 2011: Champion to End Malaria One of 20 people so recognized globally and included in a photo exhibition at the UN Headquarters in New York during the 2011 World Malaria Day celebrations) 2011: 1st runner up (As co-author of the AQUAMAT paper) in the BMJ organized awards for the Best Research publication for 2010 2010: Researcher of the Year, University of Ilorin This has been a novel concept of the University of Ilorin to identify the lecturer with the most outstanding scientific output for a particular year from a pool of about 1000 lecturers 1996: Life Member, Association of Resident Doctors, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria 1995: Best Mid-decade Trainee Department of Pediatrics, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin 1993: Best Resident in University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital [voted by the 1993-graduating students] 1989: Benue State Merit Award following the National Youth Service Corps International/National Appointments Jan, 2013 –Date Member, Project Review Panel WHO Rapid Access Expansion Programme for Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses May 2012 – Date Member, National Severe Malaria Treatment Advisory Group Hosted by the Clinton Health Access Initiative April 2010 – Date Member Africa Genome Project Communicable Diseases Working Group This is under the coordination of the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the US. May 2009 – Date Member, Steering Committee on the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in West Africa (One of 4 Nigerian Representatives) West Africa Health Organization May 2004 – Date Member, Technical Expert Group on Antimalarial Treatment Guidelines World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. May 2007 – 2012 Co-Reviewer, Use of Rapid Diagnostic Test in Malaria World Health Organization Membership of Learned Societies and Professional Bodies Conferences Recently Attended 2015: ASTHM Meeting in Atlanta, also attended in 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 Presented papers on Epidemiology of Congenital Malaria, AQUAMAT Study and Tracking Artemisinin Resistance respectively 2013: Global University Network Initiative (GUNI Conference) This was held in Barcelona, Spain from 13-17th May 2013. Paper presented on Community University Engagement 2013: Association of African Universities Conference This was held at Libreville, Garbon 2012 Peadiatric Association of Nigeria has been attending consistently from 1992 to date Other Positions held 2004-Date Member Board of Trustee Kwara Wellbeing Trust (Under the office of her Excellency the First lady of Kwara State) 2005-2011 Vice Chairman Kwara Sate Action Committee on AIDS (KWASACA) Major University Assignments 2014; Member, Strategic Planning Committee Jan 2012: Member, Committee that drafted and Unilorin Step-B proposal to the World Bank Unilorin won a grant of US$750,000:00 Dec 2010: Chairman, Adhoc Committee of University Research Policy. Developed the first ever, Research Policy Document for the University of Ilorin July 2009 – date: Member, Technical Committee on ETF’S 5.5b Intervention Fund May-June 2009: Member LOC for the Conference of the Association of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) May 2009 – date: Member Committee on the Establishment of the University Radio Station March 2009: Member, Committee on the revision and update of the University’s strategic plan January 2008:Secretary, Committee on Erection of College Building for the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin. This assignment was so effectively carried out that the University Administration wrote a special letter of commendation. Committees Chaired in UITH, Ilorin May2010 – 2014:Chairman, ICT Committee. This Committee is again at the vanguard of the computerization of the operations of the Hospital. 2006 – 2010: Revenue Generation Committee, 2002 – 2006: Committees of Revolving Funds Scheme Housing Allocation Committee Staff Welfare Committee Senior Staff Training Committee Schools’ Committees: Committee on the Introduction of Banking operations He successfully guided the affairs of this committee until Hospital Management adopted the option of using the banks to collect funds. A situation that has led to improved revenue and service delivery in the hospital Previous Posts Held in Professional Bodies Member, Elders Committee NMA Kwara State Nigeria Society of Neonatal Medicine Ex-officio Member 2012-2014 West-African College of Physicians Institutional Representative (2007) Pediatric Association of Nigeria. Treasurer, Local Organizing Committee 2010 Annual Conference in Ilorin National Treasurer, (1998-2000) Secretary, Local Organising Committee, 1998 Annual Conference in Ilorin Nigerian Medical Association Member, National Executive Council, 1994-97 General Secretary, Kwara State Branch1994-97 Assistant Secretary, Kwara State Branch, 1991-1993 Association of Resident Doctors, UITH, Ilorin Vice President/Acting President,(1992) Treasurer,1991-1992 Personal Details Nationality Nigerian Marital Status Married with Children ______________________________________ Prof. Olugbenga A. MOKUOLU, FWACP (Paed) Feb 2016 APPENDIX I: CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES WHO-RBM Partnership Oct ’15-Jan ’16 Technical Support to Liberia June- Dec 2014 Technical Support to Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya on Global Fund Concept Note These Consultations were to help countries present proposals on the New Funding Mechanism for Global Fund applications. Nigeria and Uganda were successful, while that of Kenya is work in Progress. May-June 2013 Technical Assistance Development of Malaria Case Management Manual for Somalia Development of both participant and facilitator’s manuals in malaria case management and training of the senior health officials in Somali lands Jul11 – Feb12 Technical Assistance Providing Technical Assistance to National Malaria Control Programme of Ethiopia in the application for the Transition Funding Mechanism of Global Fund May –July 2012: Technical Assistance National Malaria Control Programme for Round 8 Phase II Global Fund grant Jun10 – Aug10 Technical Assistance Successfully provided Technical support to the Division of Malaria Control in Kenya for the Global Fund round 10 application process for $120million (US) to scale up malaria intervention. Kenya had a Category II-A approval. May-Jun 09 Technical Assistance He provided Technical Assistance for the development of the $50m malaria proposal to the Global Fund on Affordable Medicines Facilities for Malaria (AMFm). Nigeria had again been given a Category II approval Nov08 – Date Technical Assistance Served as lead consultant for the revision and development of the Malaria Case Management training manuals (Both the Learners’ and Tutors’ Guide). This is the document that is used for the WHO organized International Training on Malaria Case Management 2008 – Date Technical Assistance He provided Technical Assistance to WHO-HQ on the review of the Malaria Treatment Guideline. He served as the Chair for the sub-Committee on severe malaria, April and October 2008 May-Jul 2008 Consultant He was the sole consultant that provided technical support to Nigeria for the development of the malaria component of the Round 8 Global Fund proposal. Nigeria was awarded $500m USD. This was the single largest grant ever won by any country since the inception of the Global Fund. Activities also include programmatic gap analysis and update of the National Malaria Control Strategic Plan. Supported by Malaria No More May-Jul 2007 Consultant I provided Technical Support to Malawi for the development of the malaria component of the Round 7 Global Fund proposal 17th May-1st July 2007. I also updated the National Malaria Control Strategic and the National M&E Plans. Malawi got $68million from this proposal May 2007 Consultant Provided technical support to John Snow Incorporated in the Mid Term Review of the Making Medical Injections Safer in Nigeria WHO-HQ/AFRO May 2005 Consultant: Assisted Nigeria in the development of the malaria component of the Round 5 Global fund proposal from 15th -31st May, 2005 2004 – 2005 Consultant Technical Consultation on Antimalarial Treatment Guidelines in Geneva 20th -22nd April and 2nd -4th August 2004 and March 2005. Oct 2003 Consultant Field testing of the RBM/IMCI algorithm in Eritrea 2002: Consultant/Facilitator Conducted a national Trainer of Trainers training in Sierra Leone on management of severe malaria at the District level for 11 National trainers 2000: Facilitator I served as facilitator at the inter-country training on capacity building on management of malaria at district level in Kampala, Uganda and Lilongwe, Malawi between September and October 2000. In all 17 countries were in attendance during which they were introduced to the training manual on malaria and follow up tools. 1998-2001: Temporary Adviser I was a Consultant for the development of Training Tools on the Management and Follow up after training on Malaria at the district hospital level for the African region. WHO Consultant on the development of Training Module on Management of Malaria He worked in the Regional Office of WHO in Harare from 1st –23rd October 1998 and 3rd - 22nd August 1999, April 11-27 2001 with another Consultant from Uganda to develop a Training Manual on the Management of malaria at the District hospital level in Africa (Learners and Facilitators guide). He also worked with the WHO country office in the development of the Nigerian adaptation of the training manuals and Malaria treatment guidelines. FMOH/RBM 2008/09 Consultant Development of the Malaria Control Strategic Plan Principal Investigator (Kwara State) National Drug Trial and Efficacy Testing for antimalarials is expected to do Science subjects. . 2005 Activities This was a landmark year where Dr Mokuolu played key roles in the Change process that lead to the use of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for the treatment of malaria in Nigeria and in UITH in particular. May 2005 Consultant Served as consultant for the initial preparatory and consensus building processes towards the writing of the malaria component of the Round 5 Global proposal for Nigeria from 2nd -14th May 2005 1999-date: Served as facilitator in conducting malaria case management training. UNICEF/WHO 1997-2003 Consultant National Programme on Immunization. (1997 – 2003) 2000: Core Facilitator to Akwa-Ibom State for the microplaning for the 2000 NIDs. His specific roles were those of advocacy, supervision of training and co-ordinating the Central facilitators assigned to the state. 2000: Central Facilitator and Deputy Team leader for the SNID in Kano State: This was a special team comprising 44 central facilitators. I had administrative, advocacy, training and monitoring functions. Others: served on various review Committees of the NPI. I was involved with the review and development of the Field Guide for the 2000 NIDs and Vitamin A supplementation 1999: Central Facilitator and Deputy Team Leader for the Sub National Immunization Days in Oyo State Specifically I was involved with the microplanning, advocacy, training of the State personnel and implementation of the SNIDs in Oyo State. 1999: Central Facilitator and Finance focal person for the Imo State NIDs (House-House) Served as Central Facilitator and doubled as the Finance focal person that saw to the successful disbursement of the sum of N8.7million on two occasions, to the various participants on the field. The State has so far recorded its highest coverage during this period. Our state report was often cited as a model 1998: Central Facilitator for the NIDs in Gombe State 1996: Central Facilitator National Immunization Days in PlateauState 1995 – date: Master Trainer on Lactation Management Coordinator BFHI Steering Committee, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital ODA/DFID Consultant on the Bamako Initiative Studies in Nigeria Member of the team that carried out the Baseline and Evaluation survey of the Bamako Initiative in Akinyele LGA of Nigeria in 1996 and 1998 using the Participatory Rural Appraisal techniques. Benue Health fund Served as a consultant to the Benue Health Fund in training Doctors and other category of health workers in the BHF assisted hospitals on management of malaria over a three week period May 1-22nd 1999 APPENDIX II: PUBLICATIONS CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOOKS ABSTRACTS TECHNICAL REPORTS