July 17, 2018

Alumni Spotlight: Moorine Sekkade

The IPPHL course presented key leadership concepts that I continuously make reference to during execution of my tasks as a child and adolescent TB coordinator at the ministry of health in Uganda. The most frequently used concept is the “strategic triangle” which helps me to get a sense of direction while identifying and addressing program challenges. The “theory of change” (ToC) also comes in very handy when designing interventions and activities. I have also frequently walked my colleagues through the steps in developing a ToC. An example is a project that my colleagues and I are working on to develop a prototype aimed at improving the management of acute asthma in resource limited settings. The team was expected to develop a theory of change for this intervention and I quickly put the acquired knowledge to use. I have used different platforms to share my policy memo solutions and some of the approaches have been taken up. Negotiation is one style that I use to get consensus from the different stakeholders. I have also been invited to share on Uganda’s experience in decentralizing of child TB care to primary health care points in several forums including a webinar on TB along the lifecycle: integration of TB into HIV and maternal and child health programmes; 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Mexico; and  more recently a regional TB workshop in Benin.