Assistant Chief Pharmacist/Epidemiologist
Ministry of Health, Kenya, Kenya
Fredrick Ouma Odhiambo is a pharmacist and upcoming epidemiologist from Kenya. He graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2011 with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) degree. He has recently successfully completed his MSc in Field Epidemiology from Moi University with his thesis titled ‘Factors Associated with Adherence to Malaria Treatment Guidelines in Private Drug Outlets in Kisumu County, Kenya”. The course is a CDC-supported Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP). He is currently the technical advisor for the Directorate of Public Health and Sanitation at the Ministry of Health headquarters. For the past three years, was supporting malaria case management and supply chain management at the Ministry of Health’s National Malaria Control Program. He has previously worked as a sub-county pharmacist in Kisumu County and as a deputy pharmacist in charge of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, a regional referral hospital.
He has experience in policy development and review, training materials and curricula development, protocol development, outbreak response, qualitative and quantitative research, quantification and supply planning, capacity building and supervision of staff, and pre-service training and supervision of students. His current research interests include preventing and controlling infectious diseases, especially malaria and COVID-19, and supply chain management of donor-funded commodities. He has additional certifications in Fundamentals of Global Health Research (University of Washington), Leadership and Management in Global Health (University of Washington), Senior Management Course (Kenya School of Government), Clinical Management of HIV (University of Washington), Clinical Management of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Medicines San Frontières), Emergency Preparedness and Response Training (Malteser International), Logistics, Commodity and Supply Chain Management Training (AMREF International University).