Vikwato Kamanga Email and Phone Number

• Supervised a team of 5 on data management and software development activities/tasks ensuring that team members were meeting the various project objectives, deliverables and timelines.• Designed and led the implementation of a CDC funded DHIS2 system on the PROUD-Z project for use nationwide to collect and report PEPFAR funded HIV indicators. This system was automated to report data to DATIM instead of manual data entry. This cut the redundant manpower and time to report by close to 80%• Provided project updates and analysis of KPIs to key stakeholders such as CDC and Zambia's Ministry of Health, and CIDRZ board and management. Also advised on required staff, creating and monitoring the budget and created activity plans for health information system related projects• Developed a file backup system using Python (Flask framework) for study participants of the TB_SRN Study under the University of Bern (Switzerland). This ensured that all study participant images collected during the study such as X-rays, were safely available for data analysis once the study completed• Provided technical assistance to the various CDC funded implementing partners and kept track of user feature request and bugs raised using JIRA

• Designed and led implementation of DHIS2 systems for use by the University of Maryland, CIDRZ and CDC respectfully for PEPFAR funded HIV public health projects• Awarded the most innovative employee in 2019 for work done in improving data reporting through automation of various manual business processes• Assisted in the system administration of DHIS2 based systems by working on setting up the servers for external use, installing DHIS2 and supporting software, managing data backups as well as ensuring that all software was regularly updated• Presented at DHIS2 annual conference in Oslo, Norway in 2019 (https://dac2019.sched.com/event/QXR8/tracker-for-hiv-country-stories) and 2021 (https://community.dhis2.org/t/use-case-bazaar-session-thursday-24-june-at-16-00/42948) on implementation of DHIS2 systems in Zambia.• Designed and led implementation of surveys using Survey Monkey and Qualtrics on behalf of AVERT to study use of mobile app technology for healthcare by teens and youth. Also developed a system to automate the distribution of reward airtime to the various study participants in real time using Python• Generating routine reports for public health and clinical trials for use in key decision making for Zambia and Ghana based studies under the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) funded ROTA-Biotic Study• Designed and implemented data collection forms and provided data management through routine data cleaning and reporting to UNICEF EPI-OPT vaccine distribution and and Ministry of Health's Zisamale public health study• Provided training of clinical and data staff at facility, district, provincial and national level on data management as well as good practice for handling data