I have worked on various projects both nationally and internationally, in different areas of expertise. As a researcher and consultant, I have collaborated with organizations such as WHO, UNDP, and Rotary International, among others. My work has involved managing community projects, consulting on vaccinations uptake, and exploring community-based interventions in reproductive health care. I am passionate about making a positive impact on society and look forward to taking on new and exciting challenges in the future.
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Ethnobotany/Ethnomedicine and Ethnopharmacology, Research design, research execution, time management, reporting, proposal development, dissemination, lab-based and field-based practicals and management, leadership and coaching. Multitasking, scientific inquiry, editing, organizing and coordinating, managing different stakeholders, Networking and linkages with various staff, students and key players, and Publishing.
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. (But research was sandwich in the University of Nairobi, Kenya 2001-2003.)
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WHO consultant on vaccination uptake in Mbarara while at BSU 2015
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Coordination and link person for the donation of water tanks for rainwater harvesting with matching grants from Rotary Uganda, Rotary Norway and Rotary International 2008-2009 at the initiation of WOSNED Women in Norway to Mothers Union Group in Kibingo Parish Church of Uganda, Ankole Diocese, Mbarara.
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Pilot project collaborating with UMB University of Norway and Makerere University to try out community-based interventions in reproductive health care with Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) by supplying Maama Kits and Rain water harvesting at health centers-2007.
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Consultant to UNDP Uganda Office for two months in January-February 2005. The UNDP Country Office of Ethiopia, together with the government of Ethiopia organized a study tour to Uganda for Government counterparts who deal and work on the $4.5 m UNDP’s Environment and Sustainable Dry Land Management programme (CCF2). The team visited various environmental and agricultural institutions/projects in Uganda and traveled to upcountry projects in natural resources management.
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Medical Ethnobotany Consultant in THETA (Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together against AIDS and other Diseases, Oct.-Dec.2004. Project writing, medicinal plants domestication, training resource users and healers on herbal medicine preparation, processing, packaging and conservation and offering technical information in meetings and seminars of THETA.
