By education I am paediatrician with more than 20 years of experience, in child disease in and out of hospitals. Extensive experience in low, middle and high- resource settings.
More than 20 years of advocacy at community, national, regional and global level for access to basic health care, immunization and prevention of malnutrition for children Through the Civil society constituency partnering with GAVI the Alliance of vaccines, I have been participating to enhance the voice of communities since 2010 Familiar with challenges faced by local NGOs in African settings, and experienced in working with international NGOs, thus “linking the two worlds”. Networking, capacity building even with very low resources Drafting, writing, well developed presentation, communication, and adept at working across cultures and with different types of groups; strong inter-personal skills capacity training. From clinical perspective I manage a public institute in charge of suspected physical and/or social disabilitated children, alongside with a private practice, and a parenthood support pluridisciplinary house
From consultant place I help in essentiellaty field projects, from drafting to implementation, coaching of sub-Saharan NGOs and networks for a better visibility and efficiency, events and meeting to promote and improve access to health for all especially children. I do a lot remotely if pertinent
Co-promoter in Chaumont (Haute Marne) of La Margelle house, a multi-disciplinary project dedicated to supporting parenthood in different forms: parent-child group exploring sensoriality and relationships with others, guided experience sharing group between parents on the different aspects of parenting
Since 1993 - Cameroun-France 30+ years of experience including 14 in French-speaking Africa Public and private practice; Special competence in the care of disabled and neuroatypical children Nutrition Easily adaptable to low and high resource environments; (Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe) I currently work in France
hosted by the UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION Voluntary With the Chair, we are bringing together the group's thoughts and resources on CSO participation in an optimal polio transition, particularly in priority countries.
2 organizations in the DRC and Ethiopia have been coached to implement an advocacy strategy for national consideration of issues around the integration and transition of polio via grants of $100,000 each
Support for 4 CSOs in 4 French-speaking African countries on a single advocacy theme related to the polio transition
o GAVI CSO CONSTITUENCY founding member of the 2011 steering committee representation on the GAVI Board of Directors for 4 years of all civil society 2015-2019 member of various committees of the current Alliance o substitute then holder of the GAVI Alliance board of directors 2015-2019 o Gavi Alliance Programs and Policies Committee 2012-2015 o WHO-AFRO RITAG 2013-2019 o Covax: independent group for vaccine availability
o RITAG: technical advisory committee to the regional directorate of WHO AFRO 2013-2019 independently, to defend the interests of communities with scientific arguments
Alternative Sante/ GAVI CSO steering commitee/WHO-AFRO TFI/UN Foundation
Depuis janvier 1995
CDI
world citizen
France
•Mentoring and coaching of organizations/volunteering and consulting to increase the skills necessary for relevant and effective advocacy for equitable access to health in its various aspects
o OAFRESS (Francophone African Organization for the Strengthening of Health Systems and Vaccination) https://oafress.org/ Network project designer designer of the Champions program for advocacy and resource mobilization
o PROVARESSC (promotion of Vaccination and Strengthening of the Health system in Cameroon) network project designer
o ASAPSU Cote d Ivoire: assistance with the restructuring of the organization for the implementation of a national and regional advocacy strategy for equitable access to care and the mobilization of domestic resources as part of the ACTION action.org partnership
coaching of civil society partners for the development of advocacy around the gaps in the investment case in 5 French-speaking African countries with gradual scaling up in other countries Particular attention to the challenges linked to the COVID pandemic
Alternative Santé Cameroon NGO created in 1995 for access to health care in peri-urban areas