CURRICULLUM VITAE

Name: Nampande Chisangano

Email: Nampandechisangano36@gmail.com
Cell no.0977991104/0961912015
NRC No: 363044/74/1
Marital Status: Married
Summary

Nampande Chisangano has over 10 years working experience in the Ministry of

health with expertise in Coordinating HIV Testing activities; HIV prevention
and priority, vulnerable and key populations; psychosocial counselling;
participatory, learning and action methodologies; Previously worked for USAID
SAFE and Ministry of Health as a Psychosocial counsellor- coordinating
Voluntary Counselling and Testing activities under Limulunga Rural Health
Centre catchment areas. She is a results-oriented person with passion for
executing other delegated roles as assigned by supervisors, very analytical,
creative and innovative person; a team player who is dedicated to work ethics
with exceptional communication, networking and critical thinking skills and
manages the art of handling a large case load by efficiently devoting a measured
amount of time to delivering quality work. In addition, I easily adopt in
different working environment and I work hard in doing what it takes to make a
difference in the lives of the vulnerable population and poor.
Education
Currently Studying Teaching Methodology: Technical and Vocational
Teacher's College, Luanshya (April 2024 to April 2025)
Master of Social Work: Mulungushi University, Kabwe (July 2017 to April
2019)
Bachelor of Social Work: Mulungushi University, Kabwe (July 2011 top April
2016)
Diploma in Social Work: Mulungushi University, Kabwe (Jan 2007 to Dec
2008)
Certificate in Psychosocial counselling skills: Chainama College of Health
sciences (2009)
Professional Experience
Community Liaison Officer : JSI USAID SAFE: Ndola
October 2022 to September 2023
 Providing oversight and leadership in the planning, implementation and
monitoring of project activities at the facility.
 Ensure continuous positive relationships & collaboration
 Provide mentorship to the Community Based Volunteers who are involved
in HTS under SAFE to ensure high yield strategies (I.e. indexing and PNS),
 Spearheard the tracking exercise for defaulter clients on ART in order to
improve retention.
 Creating demand for HIV services including Viral Load and ensure
enhanced adherence counselling is provided.
 Compiling and submitting daily and weekly and monthly reports.
 Ensuring adherence counseling is provided to clients retained on ART.
 Coordinate CBVs to ensure that clients’ treatment and adherence is
sustained, and retention rates are above 90 percent.
 Facilitate provision of logistics including tools, equipment and materials to
volunteers to carry out facility and community outreach integrated activities.
 Support CBVs to ensure adolescent/youth friendly HIV services are
available at the facilities and in the communities
 Work with the Strategic Information Assistant (SIA) and volunteer teams at
facility level to conduct triangulation of client data in registers i.e. ensure
clients are linked to appropriate services and are receiving services as per
schedule
 Work with facility staff, volunteers, and key stakeholders to implement and
monitor the execution of VMMC campaigns ensuring that HIV, TB/HIV,
MNCH and FP services are integrated where appropriate
 Assemble, organize, and submit data on priority interventions ensuring that
all records are kept up to date
 Day to day supervision of volunteers and setting of daily/weekly/monthly
targets, trouble shooting and timely resolution of any gaps to ensure that
targets are met.
Health Facility Caseworker: USAID ECAP 1: CMMB, Ndola.
January 2021 to September 2022
 To coordinate case management activities for vulnerable children and
adolescents which is safe,timely,effective,efficient ,equitable and client
centered.
 Client identification and enrollment through index testing and use of
eligibility screening matrix/ form.
 Provide daily intensive hands on site technical supportive supervision to
community caseworkers providing case management.
 Strengthen coordination and linkages between clinical and community
stakeholders,health and social service workforce, and internationalizing
integrated service delivery models.
 Coordinating economic Strengthening program activities, support the
development and dissemination of innovative programs, identify strategies
in mobilizing and engaging the AGYWS in sustainable Economic
Strengthening livelihood activities .
 Monitoring women's savings groups under the economic strengthening
programs.
 Provide technical expertise in and capacity development.
 Provide psycho-social support to both the C/ALWHIV and their caregivers
as well as parents of VCA living with HIV.
 Facilitating case conferences for children and caregivers.
 Ensure children who test HIV positive from the health facility are linked to
community caseworkers for continued care and support.
 Ensure that VCAs with special needs are linked to other service providers
for continued support.
 Prepare consolidated monthly /quarterly and annual reports on all ECAP 1
projects activities.
 Promote collaboration with relevant community- based groups and facilitate
links and collaborative working relationships in order to reduce duplication
of efforts.

October 2019 to December 2020:

Social Accountability monitor; SAfaids. Mongu and Nalolo districts
 Conducting review meetings with health facilities and monitor action
plans conducted from previous community score cards.
 Holding planning meetings for implementing activities.
 Lead and coordinate the day-to-day implementation of project activities
 Undertakes all project management tasks.
 Provide technical support and undertake monitoring and support visits
and processes
 Ensure continuous positive relationships & collaboration
 Conducting district profiling on sexual reproductive health issues in
Mongu/Nalolo districts.
 Developing tools for assessing training needs for partners and district
stakeholders.
 Conducting budget analysis and district resource tracking for Mongu and
Nalolo.
 Conducting community score cards in targeted health facilities.
 Conducting meetings on Sexual Reproductive health with technical
working groups.
 Compiling reports on the activities undertaken.
 Undertake documentation and reporting for the project
May 2018 to September 2019:
Community Mobilization Officer; JSI USAID SAFE Project. Ndola
district.
 Providing oversight and leadership in the planning, implementation and
monitoring of project activities at the facility
 Ensure high quality HIV counselling and testing services at the health
facility attached.
 Coordinate and Develop Counselling programs.
 Pay attention to societal and cultural differences in community matters
 Connect clients with care providers
 Identify behavioural problems and act appropriately to remedy the
situation
  Act as a meditator and resolve conflicts
 Providing intensive hands-on technical supportive supervision and
mentorship to the Community Based Volunteers who are involved in
HTS under SAFE to ensure high yield strategies (I.e. indexing and PNS),
 Linking all people living with HIV to services to prevent HIV
transmission to uninfected sexual partners and children.
 Facilitating testing for HIV exposed infants.
 Create demand for HIV services including Viral Load and ensure
enhanced adherence counselling is provided.
 Ensuring integration of HTS into other health services including family
planning, MCH, TB OPD and other specialised clinics.
 Working with ART clinicians to ensure that clients are linked to
treatment, care and HIV prevention services.
 Compiling daily and weekly reports on HIV tests and linkage to treatment
services.
 Planning of daily HTS activities at the health facility (i.e. tracing and
following of default and suspected lost clients to ensure they are back for
drug collection).
 Work with the community director to plan and implement community
activities under the project catchment areas.
January 2014 to April 2018
Psychosocial Counsellor; Ministry of Health, Limulunga Rural Health
Centre, Limulunga district. I coordinated HIV/AIDS activities under
Limulunga Rural Health catchment area.
 Manage Voluntary Counselling and testing activities at the facility and
community, provide support and coaching to Community Health Workers
and ensure HIV testing is conducted according to the National algorithm.
 Supervise community health workers and volunteers to ensure quality
HIV testing.
 Integration of TB screening into HTC services:
 Screen for TB symptoms among PLHIV, with referral of non-suspect
cases for IPT initiation at the health facilities,
 Refer suspect TB cases among PLHIV to health facilities for sputum
exam and other diagnostic tests to ensure early identification of TB and
prompt initiation of TB treatment.
 Mobilizing OPD clients for HIV testing uptake according to screening
tools.
  Facilitating the targeted testing services to clients (indexing/PNS; PICT,
CICT and hot spot testing).
 Ensure that all clients who are tested HIV positive are linked to HIV
treatment and support services.
 Providing mentorship to the lay counsellors and volunteers in order to
improve results at the centre.
 Conducting weekly quality controls according to MOH guidelines.
 Liaising with partners, clients, lay counsellors and community health
workers and other service providers, coordinating with relevant
community leaders.
 Encourage proper information sharing and effective dissemination of new
ideas and best practices according to the Ministry of Health guidelines.
 Conducting group meetings, oversee peer counselling programs, arrange
and lead youth activities, meet youths and their families and refer youths
with special needs to organisations that offer services for assistance.
 Develop youth and adolescents programs to initiate existing linkages.
 Working with families through a family centred approach in providing
integrated and comprehensive approach to comprehensive prevention
services for both HIV negative and positive people.
 Ensure close coordination with community volunteers that are relevant to
the success of programs at the health facility and providing mentorship to
the lay counsellors’/peer mobilizers and Social Behaviour Change
promoters.
 Data entry under smart care system and Ensuring timely report writing
and submission of monthly reports to the District Health office.
February 2010 to December 2014
Psychosocial Counsellor; Ministry of Health, Railway Surgery
Clinic, Choma district
 Provided pre and post- Voluntary HIV confidential counselling and
testing, to all patients willing to have HIV test done.
 Performed the rapid HIV testing on all clients that consented to testing.
 Encouraged and supported patients that tested positive; helping them to
cope and accept with new diagnosis.
 Ensured that all HIV positive clients are referred for ART services and
appropriate care.
 Facilitated the linkage between HIV diagnosis, care, support and
treatment.
  Supervised volunteers and helped maintain and adhere to counselling
protocols.
 Provided direct and comprehensive primary, preventive and psychosocial
care to clients.
 Taught and counseled clients and families on disease prevention and
staying healthy.
 Maintaining filing system for all client records including psycho social
forms and maintaining confidentiality.
 Entered client visit details as into the HTC registers and Daily Activity
Register.
 Prepared monthly reports on HIA/1 and submitted to the health facility in
charge.
Feb 2009-Dec 2009:
Volunteer- Community Based, District Aids Task Force (DATF)
 Assisted the District Aids Coordinating Advisor in running day to day
office works.
 Assisted stakeholders in writing proposals on request for funds.
 Distributions of National Aids Reporting Forms to all stakeholders in
the district and helping them on how to fill in.
Apr 2008:
Intern- Chikankata Health Services;
 Community Mobilization
 Coordinating Community Activities under the OVC project
 Selecting OVC beneficiaries to the OVC project
 Conducted Monitoring Visits in Communities catered by the project
 Monitoring Income Generating Activities in communities under the
project catchment area.
 Worked at Chikankata Health Services for the fulfilment of my
Diploma.
 Reported of every activity carried out in the community.
 Submitted a report which was approved by the management and later
sent to Mulungushi University for the fulfilment of my Diploma.
Specialized Training
 HIV Rapid Diagnostic testing: Centres for Disease Control, Choma.
 Data Quality Assurance and Improvement: CIRDZ, Mongu.
 Self-Testing Training: Ministry of Health –Mongu.
HOBBIES
Reading, travelling and cooking
Languages:
Able to speak English, Nyanja, Tonga, Lozi and Bemba fluently.

REFEREES
Dr Toto Kanyanga
Community Director
USAID JSI SAFE
Email Address:toto_kanyanga@zm.jsi.com
Cell no. +260973711195/+260962453887

Dr Felix Chibesa
Deputy Chief of Party
Catholic Medical Misssion Board
Cell no:0979926394
Email Address: felixchibesa@yahoo.com

Mr Brian Kayongo
Funding Manager
OXFAM
Email Address: brian.arha@gmail.com
Cell: 0977580045