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Posotion: Research program officer

Vacancy number: WHO-AFG-2024-09-23
As I matched my qualification and capacity to your vacancy position, I found myself very
suitable in to the position of (Research program officer ) you already announced. Along
with strong educational background and more than 5 years of experience in health sector, I
believe I am perfect for this position.
I am Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Kabul University of Medical Science,
field Epidemiology graduated from AFETP program and English diploma from Star
Education society in Kabul province. I have worked in related position with different
organizations, which made me an experienced person in the field of health science.

I worked with:

✓ As surveillance officer in WHO about 3 year

✓ As CDC officer in Bamyan PPHD about 1 year
✓ As provincial HMIS vervication officer about 1 year
✓ As Monitor in WHO in polio eradication days camping about 2 years
As I worked with such above organizations for about 5 years in the field of health sector, I
have gained great knowledge and experiences in conducting health project in any field of
area.

Abilities: supervision, monitoring, managing and leading health team, teaching health
subjects and collecting update materials also able to work in any health project, able to
work closely with key stakeholders (MoPH, NGOs & UN agencies) able to work under
challenging and stressful conditions for long hours and travel countryside.
I can assure you of my professional qualification and relevant work experiences to meet
the requirement of the announced vacant position.

Sincerely

Murtazawi
 +93 (790) 494-594
[email protected] Sayed Shuja Murtazawi
Summary
I am Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Kabul University of Medical
Science and field Epidemiology graduated from AFETP and English diploma
from Star Education society in Kabul province. I have worked in related
position ( As surveillance officer about 3 year, As CDC officer about 1
year, Provincial HMIS and verificatiom officer about 1 year and
monitor about 2 year) with different organizations. I have received traning of
( disease surveillance, IBS& EBS, DHIS-2, HMIS, RCCE, managment and
ledrsheep, mentorship, SPSS and Steta, which made me an experienced person
in the field of health science.

Skills Work history

• Researcher 1- Have been working as surveillance officer – from
• Field epidemiologist
09/2021 to Now with WHO (world health
• Health management
• Technical Surveillance skill
organization). Samangan province
• Good communication skill
• Coordinate and manage surveillance technical activities and
• Working under the pressure
programs at the provincil level.
• Mentorship
• Monitor the trend of all under surveillance disease at
• Driving car provincial lavel daily basis to detected any outbreak timle
• M&E and have rapid respose to any emergencies.
• Data analysis • Collected all data of under the surveillance disease weekly
bases from all surveillance sites and entire to DHIS-2
Education weekly basis.
• Report all under the surveillance diseae data with
surveillance department of MoPH and WOH weekly basis.
Bachelor of public health- 2018 • Strengthen the capacities of the surveillance teams
Field epidemiology graduated – 2023 • field investigation, detection, data management, and rapid
response to epidemics and health outbreaks..
• Analyze, systematize, and disseminate scientific and
Reference evidence-based technical information and knowledge;
support the development of the WHO Situation Reports,
1: Aminullah Shirpoor (NR surveillance other related regular surveillance reports.
officer). • regular field supervision visits to assess and evaluate the
Email: [email protected] implementation of surveillance activities.
2: Khalil Mussadiq (head of Samangan
PPHD)
Email: [email protected]
3: Naim Rahimi (surveillance national
technical coordinator)
Email:[email protected]
2- Worked as CDC officer – from 09/2020 to 09/2021 at Bamyan PPHD.
Bamyan province
• Conduct refresher and on the job training for communicable disease for all HFs staff.
• Facilitate establishment of communicable diseases control committee in provincial
level
• Attend and motivate the community participate in HIV/AID and TB international days
maintain proper records of the relevant unit documents.
• Supportive Supervision from Lab Section in the Health Facility level.
• Supply equipment, material and required format for all lab section in the health
facilities.
• Conduct on the job training session for Lab technical in the health facility level.
• Compile monthly (technical and Stock) Lab report and prepared constructive
feedback.
• Responsible for the overall infectious disease activities of the project.
• Ensure quality services delivered for CDC in health facilities through monitoring and

3- Worked As provincial officer in HMIS verification project from 11/2019 up to

February 2020 with KIT in Sar-e-Pul province

• Collects the data on pay for performance (P4P) indicators from the randomly selected
health facilities of BPHS and EPHS
• Collects the data on minimum standards of services from the implementing NGOs and
randomly selected health facilities of BPHS and EPHS
• Review all hard copy data collected on a daily base (on the spot) to identify mistakes
or missing information and go back to the facilities for correction/clarification as
needed to ensure high quality of the data collected.
• Functions as focal person for HMIS functionality and community verification in the
province.
• Coordinates with local health officials and local communities to ensure successful data
collection.
• Randomly select households from the registers of health facilities for community
verification.
• Verifies that community receive health services through pay for performance (P4P)
indicators verification from the community
• Assists the field managers in developing security plan to help ensure safety and
security of the field staff.
• Updating field managers on the status of the field work and all field-related problems
on a regular basis.

4- Worked As Monitor from February 2018 to July 2019 in WHO in Kabul province
• Coordinate and monitoring the vaccine supply process by supervisor for team’s
daily basis
• Monitoring the activities of polio vaccinators team during the vaccination
comping days according to checklist.
• Monitoring the Supervisors of polio during vaccination comping days
• Fill the checklist in each team of vaccinators in field
• House hold visiting to verification the vaccine implementation house to house
• To have close coordination with supervisors, coordinators, and vaccinations
teams and supports vaccinations process to achieve the target
Trainings
❖ Disease surveillance traning by WHO at Kabul 14-17 Oct 2021
❖ DHIS-2 traning by WHO at kabul-12-16 Mar 2022
❖ ICCE treaning by WHO
❖ Computer Management and Office Automation, USAID’s USWDP, Kabul Medical
University (Sep 2015).
❖ Management and Leadership, (May-June 2016), MLEO, KMU
❖ Training on Elimination of Violence, Promoting the Culture of Peace and life skills, USAID’s
USWDP, Kabul Medical University (Sep-2015).
❖ Team Building Workshop, Young Leaf, Kabul, Afghanistan (Nov-2015).
❖ Soft skills training, IBS (Institute of business studies), Kabul, Afghanistan(Aug-2018)
❖ Life skill training by USAID program, Kabul Medical University. 2016
❖ Stress management workshop, IBS (Institute of business studies), Kabul, Afghanistan (Aug-
2015).
❖ Nutrition surveillance for 3 days by PND in March 2017
❖ Data use training by IBS (Institute of business study) for 3 days – from 15 to 17 November
2015.
❖ FFSDP (Fully functional status delivery point) & Leadership 4 days training from 11-14 Sep
2015 by USWDP-USAID.

Awards
❖ Award from FMIC annual sceintfic conframce fro presenting orla presentation of my bastract
on Nov 2023
❖ Award from FMIC annual scinetfic confrance for presenting of my poster presentation on Nov
2022

Language

Languages Reading Writing Speaking Listening

Dari Native Native Native Native

Pashto Excellent Excellent Good Excellent

English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent