William Mutabaazi Email & Phone Number

1. Supply chain Management - Advisor (on USAID - Regional Health Integration To Enhance Services)Currently providing overall technical guidance in procurement, warehousing and distribution of medical supplies required for supported districts of Agago, Pader, Kitgum, Lamwo, Amuru, Nwoya, Omoro and Gulu. Working on rejuvenating MMS structures to support periodic assessment for quality of supply chain systems using MOH-SPARS tools. Worked with MOH, METS project to roll out weekly sms reporting to track stocks of ARVs, TB, Laboratory commodities in the region. We recognizing marked decline in stock out due to use of weekly stock tracker from 30% to 0%. The sms trackers is now operational in 65HFs planned to be scaled up to 120HFs.2. Pharmacy Services Manager at Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation Uganda (Baylor-Uganda). Baylor-Uganda is Ugandan based NGO affiliated to Baylor International Paediatric AIDS Initiative, is a paediatric and family based organization supporting HIV infected and affected children and their families attain healthy and fulfilled lives.Archievements:*Improved quantification of paediatric ARV formulations.*Strengthened supply chain management systems in supported health facilities, with stock out rates for HIV supplies reduced from above 60% in 2007 to less than 10% by 2015.3. Assessment and Registration Officer at National Drug Authority - Uganda, Achievements;* Establishement of tracking system for monitoring status of application submitted to the authority & strengthening of coding systems for dossiers to improve the evaluation process.* Initiated controls for dietary supplements and herbals formulations to minimise on counterfeit and fraudulent products.4. Production Pharmacist/Technical Director at Uganda Pharmaceuticals (1996) Ltd and at Medipharm Industries EA Ltd;Achievements;Implementated QA systems in the 2 large scale local Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Uganda.Pionered the production of the new WHO reduced osmolarity ORS and paediatric powdered formulations for antimalarials in 2003 at Medipharm Industries EA Ltd.

Listed skills include Pharmaceutical And Health Systems Strengthening, Supply Chain Policy Analysis And Planning For Pharmaceuticals, Health Information Systems Planning And Management, Costing And Pricing For Health Supplies, and 4 others.