General Info
Professional Track
- Science
Country
CameroonAreas of Expertise
- Digital Media
- Health Sciences and Technology
Professional Interests
- Digital health communication
- Health content marketing
- Health project management
Age
28The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Design a business model for a health content marketing company, which will use accurate health content tailored to an African audience to increase use of health/wellness products and services.
- Learn digital health communication strategies that can influence people to live healthier lives, recover from substance addiction and help employers develop a culture which prioritizes workplace wellness.
- Explore IT tools and programs used for rural community health project management, especially projects in health communication.
Additional Technical Skills
Social media management; Canva
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Creative
- Serious
- Outgoing
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
As an aspiring public health manager, exploring digital technology for health service delivery will give me an upper hand in ensuring efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. Cameroon has a high incidence of maternal mortality and non-communicable diseases, which are wholly preventable if we take full advantage of digital technology. Hence, going through the TechWomen program will provide me the skills I need to attain my objective of prioritizing preventive, community and patient-centered as a policymaker. Additionally, learning IT tools in community project management will strengthen my skills in grassroots mobilization and community involvement, which is needed as a health manager and policymaker.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
My long-term goals post-TechWomen are to improve the preventive, community, and patient-centered arm of healthcare in order to develop human capital for economic growth. I intend to use the MedMeetsTech project and engage more medical professionals in digital innovation activities such that they can exploit technology to better healthcare delivery. Furthermore, I hope to help train other health and wellness businesses to leverage content marketing strategies I will have learned from TechWomen to improve visibility, distribution, and sales while helping people consume healthier products.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
2Primary Professional Focus
- Content architect
- Individual contributor leading innovation
- Scientist and researcher
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Chief Content Creator, OptWellthness Space
- Direct Reports:
- Type: Part-time
- Location: Buea, Cameroon
- Dates: January 1, 2019 –
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Responsibilities:
Create accurate health and wellness content with a relatable voice on social media, radio, television, and other health blogs for an audience of about 27,000 people; collaborate with the most popular local radio station and engaged about 213,000 health enthusiasts on a weekly live radio show called "Health Hour"; guides small and medium-sized health and wellness businesses in boosting visibility and sales using health content; help adults make better decisions in particular domains like maternal and reproductive health, substance abuse recovery, workplace wellness, and healthy nutrition
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Medical Officer, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
- Direct Reports: 10+
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Mutengene, Cameroon
- Dates: February 1, 2019 –
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Responsibilities:
Manage out-patients with different ailments in both adult and pediatric populations; carry out ward rounds for in-patients, develops management plan, and follow-up execution of nursing orders; train midwives on the management of maternal emergencies and ensure the quality improvement of antenatal health services; supervise monthly maternal health report sessions for the identification and repair of loopholes in maternal healthcare; use digital technology to improve hospital visits of pregnant women, educate people on safe sex and family planning; collaborate with other departments to ensure multidisciplinary management of gender-based violence victims
Job #2
- Title and Company: Medical Doctor/ HIV Center Coordinator, Solidarity Health Foundation - Buea
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Buea, Cameroon
- Dates: June 15, 2018 – January 31, 2019
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Responsibilities:
Managed patients with different ailments in both adult and pediatric populations; spearheaded collaboration with humanitarian organizations via the SOS program to increase health access in Anglophone conflict zones; reinforced counseling and HIV testing for every patient visiting the clinic increasing the testing rate by 30% ensuring test and treatment procedures are strictly followed; established a short message service method for the monthly reminders of hospital appointments for HIV registered patients; emerged as Best Medical Doctor 2018 amongst seven doctors for innovation and teamwork
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Bachelor'sInstitution #1
- Institution: University of Buea
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Medicine
- Minor:
- Location: Buea, Cameroon
- Completion Date: June 1, 2018