Page 1 of 18 Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067 E‐MAIL: [email protected]or [email protected]Personal profile: I am an enthusiastic, energetic and a self-motivated individual who always strives to achieve a very high standard regardless of the task. I am focused; result- oriented, and possesses proven management skills, achieved through vast experience in nutrition, working in very challenging environments. Additionally, I posses, excellent oral and written communication skills, am an accomplished trainer, educator and facilitator on Nutrition based education. I seek continuous improvement in all my daily undertakings & strive to keep abreast of knowledge to stay relevant as nutrition professional. My motivation is to establish Nutrition Education centers in hospitals, Institutions of learning and Worksites and the public in any part of the world that I will be supported to achieve this dream. Educational qualifications 2013- African Nutrition Leadership Program o Prestigious Recognition award o Understanding nutrition leadership & scaling up nutrition in Africa o Communication o Self-awareness o Social responsibility o Advocacy 2014- PhD Continuing; Northwest University- South Africa o Working on research project o Effect on Mycotoxins on infant growth and immunity Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong (M.Nutr “Stellenbosch”) Nutrition and Dietetic Consultant, Xenihealth
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
I am an enthusiastic, energetic and a self-motivated individual who always strives to achieve a very high standard regardless of the task. I am focused; result- oriented, and possesses proven management skills, achieved through vast experience in nutrition, working in very challenging environments. Additionally, I posses, excellent oral and written communication skills, am an accomplished trainer, educator and facilitator on Nutrition based education. I seek continuous improvement in all my daily undertakings & strive to keep abreast of knowledge to stay relevant as nutrition professional. My motivation is to establish Nutrition Education centers in hospitals, Institutions of learning and Worksites and the public in any part of the world that I will be supported to achieve this dream.
Educational qualifications
2013- African Nutrition Leadership Program
o Prestigious Recognition award o Understanding nutrition leadership & scaling up nutrition in Africa o Communication o Self-awareness o Social responsibility o Advocacy
2014- PhD Continuing; Northwest University- South Africa
o Working on research project o Effect on Mycotoxins on infant growth and immunity
Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong (M.Nutr “Stellenbosch”)
Nutrition and Dietetic Consultant,
Xenihealth
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
o Expand my ability to express myself fully o Developed ability to alter environment we live in o Appreciate and expand your natural power charisma & capacity
leadership
2010- Harvard school of public Health
2. Global Health care Delivery ( July 2010)
o Understanding the Global health Problems o Effective identification and management o Effective Delivery o Mapping interventions o Funding and grants
3. Global Nutrition Course ( August 2010)
o Understand the role of nutrition in health and human development in resource-poor and developed settings
o Apply the acquired knowledge in clinical care, field programs, and research
o Critically review scientific literature and program experience on nutrition in relation to prevention, care, and treatment and draw appropriate conclusions
o Use the knowledge obtained for a career of learning in nutrition
4. 2009: Copenhagen University, Denmark; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Sub-Sahara Africa.
5. 2008: CDC USA/International Union of Health Promotion &
Education, I Completed a short course on Cardiovascular Prevention and Epidemiology in Sub-Sahara Africa.
6. 2008: Maastricht University , Netherlands, Completed a short course on
on Health Promotion and Education
Masters Degree in Nutrition (Feb 2002- 2005)
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Graduated December 2005 • Nutrition Status Diagnostics
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
• Nutrition Epidemiology and Statistics • Diet Therapy and Health Promotion • Research Project
Thesis project (Aug ‘04 -Sept ’05)
Knowledge Attitudes and Practices on Medical Practitioners on obesity and weight management in 3 urban centres in Kenya.
Bachelor of Education and Home Economics (1994 –1998)
Kenyatta University Major in Nutrition in Disease and Development (Second Class Honors Upper Division)
September 2007
Completed a short Course on Nutrition Trainer of Trainers provide by Government of Kenya
March 2007
Completed a short course on Call centre Management, Nairobi-Kenya
March 2007
Completed a short course on Scientific Communication and Publication at The University of Nairobi
March- May 04
Diabetes/Obesity Management Training (IDF Scholarship) University College London, the Whittington Campus Hospital, London, U.K. International Health and Medical Education Centre, University College London, U.K
May 2001
HIV/AIDS Management Course UNAIDS through Federation of Kenya Employers
Sept 2001
Obesity Management Course Certificate in Management of Obesity (Centre for Professional Development) South Africa Medical Association.
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
• Lecturer: Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
• Examination coordinator – department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Xenihealth Nutrition and Weight Loss Management Clinic
March 2001- Current, as Nutrition Consultant (NRB- Kenya)
This project has been inherited from Roche Pharmaceuticals and I now run it as my private Nutrition Practice
• Design, implementation of nutrition health programs for patients referred
to by the centre by Medical Practitioners - successfully managed over 5000 clients, since 2001 to obtain excellent nutrition results
• Running a nutrition practice and a nutrition-mentoring program handling the day to day and coordination of running the clinic as the Lead Nutrition Consultant. This involves Patient education. Developing Nutrition counseling strategies; Record and data management, financial management, liaising with Doctors and Insurance companies to get clients, and strategic planning to keep the clinic going continuously keeping a breast with of new technologies to assist patients research and up scaling,
Center for Nutrition Education and Research
Research and Health Promotion and Training (50% of the time) Responsibilities; (Nov ‘04- current)
• Plan and Implement Continuous Nutrition Education for nutrition and other health professionals
• Have organized 23 Nutrition education sessions • Trained over 1500 Nutrition professionals • Creating Nutrition awareness to the public in Kenya & East Africa,
obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cholesterol awareness
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
Roche Pharmaceutical Products (March 2001 – March 2006):
1. Was involved in the design, coordination, implementation and set up obesity management projects in 6 countries including; Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Ghana and Mauritius
2. Provided continuous trainings a support for the doctors and nutritionists, 3. Currently running the Kenya Obesity practice as the lead nutritionist
Nutrition Consultancies
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI
Cardiovascular Prevention at Work Place Project (2009- 2010) • Organize Nutrition Education to the UN staff. Giving Talks, to small
groups • Perform nutrition assessment (Nutrition questionnaire, anthropometric
assessment) and give feedback to staff and report to the Health Team • Refer staff who need further nutrition education and support • Evaluate the Meals served in the restaurants and give feedback to the
Restaurant management and the health team and make recommendations accordingly.
• Design food symbols that are displayed in the restaurant menus to help the UN staff make healthier choices
• Develop Nutrition and Health communication materials to be posted on the walls of the UN complex
• Constant develop weekly/monthly health messages to be posted on the intranet
FANTA USAID/JOHN SNOW INC. – (Sept – October 2009)
National Survey of the Food by Prescription Program
Position: Lead Consultant • Review assessment tools and provide feedback to AIDSTAR team leads. • Participate in training on data collection tools in Nairobi. • Lead an assessment team to collect data at 8 sites, ensuring data is
collected consistently and managing time carefully. • Conduct outpatient, provider and Key informant interviews, and focus
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group discussions (FGDs). • Work with senior assistant researcher to ensure that all interviews and
discussions are accurately captured, transcribed and translated into English.
• Work with assessment team to analyze data and prepare information for report writing.
• Draft sections of assessment report. • Participate in out-brief with other teams to discuss findings. • Provide feedback to technical report
Millennium Development Goals; SAURI KENYA - April 2009
• Three days training of health workers on malnutrition • Defining and measuring moderate and severe acute malnourishment • Nutrition education of health care workers in nutrition and HIV/AIDS • Field assessment of malnutrition (Practical sessions at the Health care
centres)
FANTA/USAID- (June 2008 – October 2008)
• Developed Training Manual for Training Community Health workers in
Nutrition and HIV/AIDS. This document has since been approved and in use in Kenya.
• Successfully completed National Training of 52 National Community
Health workers, as part of Pre-testing the for CHW training Manual.
FANTA/USAID- NASCOP PROJECT (April 2008)
• Successfully completed National Training for 50 Provincial Nutrition/Dietetics Western Province of National Nutrition and HIV training Roll out.
• Project was funded by USAID through FANTA and tender was awarded to Centre for nutrition Education to provided the services
• Organized for the logistic of the training (identifying the trainer, trainees, training venue, budget, accommodation and actual training and reporting to FANTA).
FANTA/USAID- NASCOP PROJECT (August 2005 – October 2006)
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
Developed Nutrition Curriculum for training Service providers; “Nutrition Management in and HIV/AIDS” Currently being used as a National Training tool
. • Organized the technical working group (TWG) to provide needed
information on different topics • Carried out Research to improve information provided by the TWG • Organized a review meeting with all the TWG out of town to produce the
1st draft • Completed the draft and handed to my supervisors ready for print
Developed Training Manuals (Trainee and Trainer) to be used together with the above manual • These had all the tools the trainer and the trainee need during and after
the training.
Successfully completed National Training for 90 Provincial Nutrition/Dietetics in Kenya, as part of Pre-testing the National Curriculum for training Nutrition and HIV/AIDS and its trainee and trainer tools • Project was funded by USAID through FANTA and tender was awarded to
Centre for nutrition Education to provided the services • Organized for the logistic of the training (identifying the trainer, trainees,
training venue, budget, accommodation and actual training and reporting to FANTA).
Since then I have trained over 500 Nutritionist with Support from USAID funds through FANTA.
FOOD BY PRESCRIPTION ROJECT (FBP)
(OCTOBER 2006 – MARCH 2007)
INSTA/USAID/NASCOP
Developed the Food by prescription training manual; the manual included
i. How to carry out anthropometric assessments ii. Counseling HIV patients and therapeutic supplementation
iii. Preparation of FBP foods iv. Cut of points for different population entering and exiting the FPB
program v. FAQ on FBP
vi. Dealing with FBP challenges vii. Data recording and extraction sheets
viii. Data Management
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
Successfully completed a FBP introduction survey in Health Facilities in Nyanza, Coast and Nairobi Province
Organized training for all centres on Food by Prescription Program
i. Organized meetings with the Management and notified them about the FBP program.
ii. Made presentation on FBP program and the requirements of the Health facility
iii. Surveyed the capacity of the health facility to implement the FBP program, was involved in Mombasa and Kisumu. We looked at, No of patients with HIV/AIDS, rates of malnutrition, food storage space, and others
iv. Organized for the logistics of the training
Successful completed 4 group trainings of Health providers in FBP facilities in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu.
i. Trained a total of 200 service providers (Nurses, Nutritionists, doctors, pharmacists)
ii. Prepared training Report and sent to project Managers iii. Carried out follow up after training iv. Telephone support for the FAQ on FBP ( largely handled by INSTA) v. Carried out site trainings for hospitals who could not attend the
Group training
HIV/AIDS CALL CENTRE DEVELOPMENT (JUNE 2007– OCTOBER 2007)
(FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL)
Develop the manual to be used at the call centre which included the four pillars of call centre (Understanding the key strategic issues of a world class call centre).
i. People: Clearly define staffing competencies, skills, selection and
evaluation processes. Set performance Baselines, Benchmarks and Goals clearly.
ii. Processes: To Establish Roles And Responsibilities, Defining Required Skill Sets & Training, Defining Business Rules, Cost Control, Forecasting and Capacity Planning.
iii. Data and Knowledge (data to be collected to meet the objectives of the Gold Star Network, data collection tools, to be used)
iv. Enabling technology (what type of technology is needed) v. Benchmarking (developing standards for the call centre)
vi. Successfully organized and a 4 day training for the call centre counselors
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World heart Federation – Small Grants Baseline survey of non-communicable disease risk factors amongst school children in Eastland’s area, Nairobi, Kenya
• Development of evaluation tools including ( dietary. Exercise and environment assessment)
• Using the valuation tools to collect data from students, teachers, guardians and direct observations
• Conducting focus group discussions • Presentation of the report and the WHF conference in Dubai April 2012.
Harvard School of Public Health (July 2010‐ Present) Global Nutrition Epidemiology Transitions
• Multi-centre study on Nutrition Transition in an effort to prevent diabetes • Nutrition leader in the Kenyan team • Nairobi University Coordinated PROJECT
The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study (2004)
Multi-centre Study Duties/Achievements
• Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) that was to be used to collection Nutrition transition data in Kenya
• Kenya was dropped from the study
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Alice Achieng Ojwang‐Ndong, P.O. BOX 8105, 00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: 254‐020‐2710506, Cell Phone: 254‐721939067
• I have held seminars on the management of obesity in • Kenya (500 participants since 2003) • Mauritius (Jul 2003, 67 participants) • Ghana (March 2004, 78 participants) • Botswana (Sept 2004, 56 participants) • Tanzania (October 2004, 33 participants) • and Uganda (August 2005, 135 participants)
Federation of Kenya Employers (HIV AT WORK PLACE UNDP PROJECT)
2001 – 2004
Position-Nutrition resource persons in HIV/AIDS (part-time) • Training all the health professionals in company health clinics in
Nutrition in HIV/AIDS • Contributor to the training manual for HIV/AIDS at the workplace • Facilitate workshop on the role of nutrition in managing HIV around the
country • Presentations to human resource managers and chief executives on the
importance of nutrition in managing HIV/AIDS
Nutrition advocacy Training – 2001 – 2011
• Organized six National Trainings in Nutrition and HIV/AIDS in Kenya funded by USAID through Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance FANTA),
• Has organized 17 Continuous Nutrition Education (CNE) Seminars attended and trained over 1200 nutritionists/dieticians and other health professionals (Topics in Nutrition HIV,, Micronutrients, Obesity and Diabetes Management, Best practices in Managing Nutrition in HIV/AIDS in western Kenya, Nutrition and Growth, Dissemination of National Guidelines in Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Nutrition in The second Half of life, nutrition and anaemia, sports nutrition, diabetes and obesity among others)
Kenyatta National Hospital;
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Nutrition officer I • Worked in the Division of Medicine (Mostly HIV and severely
malnourished patients) • dealing with a population of approximately 80 patients/day • evaluation, Managing & Monitoring Food Intake for All Patients in My
Area of Duty • Planning Nutrition Management for Patients on Special Needs (90%) • Follow up Patients on Nutritional Management at the out patient clinic,
in Intensive Care, High Dependency & Renal Unit. • teaching Medical and Nutrition Students on Industrial Attachment • in-charge of Continuous Nutrition Education for All Nutritionists in the
Hospital • Represented nutrition dept in quality assurance department.
Diabetes Care and Training Centre:
June 2000 -June 2001:
Diabetes Educator (Part time basis) • Educate persons with diabetes on, diet, medication, blood glucose
monitoring, complications, & empowering the patient with Diabetes Information.
To keep abreast with nutrition trends and best practice management, I have attended and presented papers in these conferences
• Harvard school Of Public Health: November 2011; Diabetes Prevention in
Africa (USA) • World heart Federation Conference April 2012 (DUBAI) • 4th Africa Nutritional Epidemiology Conference, Nairobi ( October 2010)
Nairobi-Kenya ( Organizing committee) • International Congress of Nutrition, Bangkok Thailand October 2009 • Regional Congress of Nutrition, Uganda, Feb 2009 • International Congress on Childhood Obesity November 2008 (Hong
Kong) • European Congress of Obesity May 2008 ( Geneva-Switzerland) • International conference of Association for Behavioural Nutrition and
Physical activity. June 2007 (Oslo-Norway) • International Congress on Obesity October 2006 (Sydney Australia) • International Association for the study of obesity, Regional congress South
Africa. June 2005 • Africa Forum- Food security in HIV- April 2006, Zambia
Professional Membership
1. Kenya dieticians and Nutritionists Institute 2. Clinical Nutritionists and Dieticians association of Kenya 3. International Union of Health Promotion and Education 4. International Association for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical activity. 5. International Association for the Study of Obesity (First Individual
member ) 6. Associate member of Kenya Association of Physicians, 7. Kenya Diabetes Study group 8. Diabetes Educators Association of Kenya
CSR Nutritional Activities Conducted
Mentoring of Nutrition students from local universities December 2004- Present
I take 12 students every year in my Private practice and train them on obesity and cardiovascular disease. We take them through managing patients at the
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clinic and carrying out community awareness activities in their villages, residential areas, the church they worship in and the school nearest to them, the internship is 3 months and students mentored are kept in our data base and we continuously work with them.
Participation in the Annual Nutrition Day for Children with Cerebral palsy (October 2001-2004)
Educate parents on the children’s nutritional needs and requirements. Educate the parents on how to care for their children,
Child Life Trust (1998 Nov- June 1999: )
A Charitable Organization dealing with Street Children • Survey the streets and try to get Children out of the streets • Visiting Charity homes and supervising cleaning, distributing food staffs,
and writing proposals for funding, Teaching, and cleaning. • Needs analysis and fundraising • collecting old clothes, books, shoes from the public and delivering to homes
Walk and Run to support the less fortunate (2001 – Present)
Every year I take part in at least 4 walkathons and 2 marathons to support the less fortunate.
• Diabetes walks; to support diabetes education and diagnosis. At this walk, I provide free nutrition education to persons walking.
• Detol Heart Run; a run to support heart surgery. • Standard Chattered marathon – to support sight and vision, surgery and
treatment. • Lewa Marathon: To support preservation of nature and animals in the
parks • Breast cancer walk: create awareness on Breast cancer, and encourage
women to go for medical examinations early enough • International Heart day: Walking and participate in assessing weight,
heights, BMI and educate people on importance of good nutrition and physical activity.
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1. Scientific Publications/ Presentations 1. Knowledge attitudes and practices of Medical Practitioner of
obesity and weight management among medical practitioners in Kenya. (Masters Thesis)
2. Alice Ojwang – Ndong1, Regina Mbochi, Solomon Wambua, Zachari N. Ndegwa Food Activity Diary Is An Important Good Tool To Use In Patients Management To Create Room For More Nutrition Education And Support. Conference Presentations (ICN 2009)
3. Ndong Alice, Regina Mbochi, Dorcus Mbithe, Caroline Owange; Socio-Economic Comparison Of High Cholesterol And CVD Risk Factors Among Women In Kenya. Pilot Study Conference Presentations (ICN 2009)
4. Ndong Alice, Isabell Ngate , Mathew Ireri, Khamala Mercy : Effective Weight Loss Is Significantly Improved With Continuous Follow Up And Monitoring. Conference Presentations (ICN 2009)
5. Ndong Alice, Okero Beatrice, Esther Kaniu, Alisia bonnie, Beatrice Mwambu, and Jasper Oloo: Health Risk Behaviour Associated With Chronic Health Conditions In Cooperate Organizations In Kenya. Conference Presentations (ICN 2009)
2. I have presented Nutritional topics on National Television and print Media as follows
a. Print Media i. Nation Newspaper ( 2006 – 2008)
ii. The standard Newspapers ( 2010)
b. National Television i. Nation TV ( 2003, eyes on the people program)
ii. KBC ( 2005 ) had TV program for (1.5 years) iii. KTN- from time o time 2005 – To date iv. Other media stations
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1. Africa Nutrition Leadership award -2013- Prestigious Award for recognizing African Nutrition Contribution and leadership. Leadership training.
2. Harvard Scholarship - Global Health and Effectiveness and Global Nutrition trends (July – August 2010)
3. Distinguished Alumni Award (Kenyatta University): In recognition for excellence in area of specialization, Obesity and cardiovascular Presented to her on the occasion of the Kenyatta university alumni reunion on 1st of November 2008.
4. Afya Excellence Health Award, winner, 2006. For excellence and innovation in clinical nutrition practice
5. International Diabetes Federation Scholarship – 2004; University College London. - Dept. Of Health promotion; Diabetes management and Prevention (training award)
Journal of Nutritional Sciences and Physical Activity
1. I have registered a journal to support Local Nutritional Researchers to publish their work. Preparing to launch the first issue
2. Journal (Journal of Nutritional Sciences and Physical Activity (JONSPA)), ISSN 2070-5417
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