Speaker Profile

BIOGRAPHY

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Julius Simon Otim

1. PERSONAL DETAILS:
Family Name: Otim Other names: Julius Simon
Title: Medical Doctor/Public Health Specialist
Place of birth: Kumi –Uganda Nationality: Ugandan

2. CONTACTS (Currently):
Current Postal address:
P.O. Box 242 Kumi - Uganda Telephone number:
+256(0)772 640485 Other contact:
E-mail: jotim@eachq.org, otimjs@gmail.com

3. HIGHER EDUCATION:
Timing Institution Qualification /Award
September 2017-June 2022 Makerere University- Bachelor of Law (LLB, Hons)
September 2013-October 2014 Uganda Management Institute- Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management
Sept 2010-March 2013 Islamic University in Uganda-Mbale Campus -Masters of Business Administration
Sept 2007 – Sept 2009 Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in collaboration with Virje university of Amsterdam – Netherlands- Masters of Public Health (International Course in Health Development)
1995 - 2000 Makerere University
Kampala- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery





7. WORKING EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
Employment Organization:
1. East African Community-Secretariat
Position held:
Senior Health Officer for Medicines & Food Safety
Timing: July 2022 to date
Achievements:
• Developed and facilitated Implementation of strategic plans and budgets of the Medicines and Food Safety unit.
• Coordinated implantation of the Medicines regulatory harmonization program
• Worked with Regulatory authorities to Conduct implementation status audits of efficacy, safety and quality standards of human and veterinary medicines
• Provided technical support in the formulation and development of legal and regulatory framework to ensure human and veterinary medicines and food safety in the East African Community region.
• Developed sustainability plan for the MRH program
• Initiated, coordinated and facilitated implementation of advocacy and awareness programme on human and veterinary medicines and food safety.Employer: Kampala Capital City Authority
Position Held: Manager Epidemiology and Disease Control-KCCA
Timing: July 2021-July 2022
Achievements:
• Planned and budgeted for disease control interventions
• Supervised disease surveillance activities and systems in the metropolitan area
• Coordinated and supervised disease outbreaks investigation in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders
• Provided professional and technical advice in the area of disease surveillance and control
2. Employer: Ministry of Health/World Bank (Uganda)
Duration: From July 2018 To July 2020
Job Title: Child Health Advisor (World Bank) -Reproductive Maternal, Neonatal, Child and adolescent health Project;
Employer: Ministry of Health-Uganda
Duration: July 2018 to June 2020
Responsibility: Technical Advice to the Ministry of Health on cost effective strategies to improve child health and to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework
3. Kampala Capital City Authority
Position held:
Manager; Medical Health Services
Timing: 1st July 2014 to July 2018
Responsibilities:
• Ensuredd service delivery programs are implemented across all the health facilities under Kampala Capital City Authority
• Planning for human resources for health in the city including identifying manpower needs, training, appraisal, promotion and deployment
• Ensuring that staff adhere to professional code of conduct and ethics
• Ensuring availability of medical products and supplies in the facilities
• Planning and budgeting for health service delivery

4. Marie Stopes-Uganda
Position held:
Manager-Quality Assurance
Timing: 3rd September 2012s –30th June 2014.
Achievements:
• Developed clinical standards, protocols, policies and standardization of sexual and reproductive health services
• Developed clinical governance Framework through the organization
• Project management
• Management of the quality assurance team
5. Malaria Consortium
Position held:
Technical Team Leader.
Timing: 1st September 2010 –30th April 2012.

Responsibilities:
• Coordinated technical support to DHTs in Soroti Zone
• Design and implemented of both preventive and curative interventions for STOP Malaria.
• Coordinating and implemented the following interventions:

ANC LLIN distribution systems
LLIN distribution campaigns
Training health workers on increased intermittent preventive treatment uptake among pregnant women
Training health workers on the diagnosis of malaria using both RDTs and microscopy
Home based management of fever strategy using ACTs
Training health workers on management of severe malaria at pre referral and referral levels
Improved treatment seeking behavior of carers of children with febrile illnesses
Improved support and supervision of malaria control interventions at district level
Integrated Management of Malaria

6. Kumi District Local Government
Position held:
District Health Officer
Timing: 1st October 2008 to 1st September 2010
Responsibilities:
• Implemented of the Uganda health policy.
• Planned, directed, coordinated, monitored and evaluated delivery of health services in the district
• Implemented integrated management of malaria including training of health workers in the district
• Timely production of clear, concise and comprehensive written reports of all activities

Employing organization/institution.

8. Kumi District Local Government
Work Area: Kumi hospital – Ongino.
Position held: Medical officer
Timing: November 2000-September 2007
Responsibilities: Clinical management of patients

9. Ministry of Health
Type of activities:
• Management of patients under the supervision of the consultant doctors.
Position held: Intern doctor
Timing: November 2000 – November 2001
Work area: Mbale regional hospital.
Responsibility: Managing patients as a junior clerk