OLUSEGUN ODUMOSU

• Conceptualized and designed mental health WhatsApp innovation app.
• Secured funding of $250,000 for pilot process to test innovation
• Responsible for complete programme intervention and oversight.
• Evaluated clients based on standardized mental and physical parameters through Redcap- computer assisted data capturing
• Delivered individualized client centred services based on baseline standardized assessment results.
• Collaborated with medical and clinical personnel to coordinate and implement client services.
• Facilitated support groups for clients to discuss issues related to mental health.
• Implemented cognitive behavior therapy model designed for LGBT youth, to help clients develop social and independent living skills to cope with minority stress.
• Built collaborative partnerships with South African Depression and Anxiety Group and South African College of Psychologist.
• Documented progress of intervention by monitoring baseline, midline and end-line mental health assessments.

Contracted by HIVOS to work on baseline study of an exciting new advocacy and development LGBT programme (Free2beme) across 9 countries in Africa and Asia

• Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommended optimizations.
• Established country results frameworks for 6 of 9 countries
• Determined baseline values and status of relevant indicators
• Assessed relevance and validity of programmes theory of change
• Assessed relevance, adequacy of programmatic choices in each country
• Published Free2Beme studies report with recommendations and possible areas of interventions per country.

• Reviewed internal systems and organized training plans to address health and human rights advocacy strategies trained and mentored 8 transgender and trans-diverse organizations across South African on health and human rights advocacy strategies and campaigns.
• Developed manual specific and tailored to transgender and trans-diverse health advocacy needs.

• Managed African wide network of sexual and gender minority organizations comprised of anglophone, francophone and lusophone community-based organizations
• Launched and ensured that AMSHeR?s programmatic direction aligns the 2019-2022 AMSHeR Strategic Plan for sexual and gender minorities across Africa.
• Continued diversification of AMSHeR financially as not only a programme implementation organisation, reliant on only donor funding but generating funding from consultancies using expertise of staff.
• Managed the UKAID Strong in Diversity, Bold on Inclusion?co-creation phase grant of 12 million British Pounds.
• Built strategic partnerships with UNAIDS South and East African hub in Johannesburg and other partners ·Managed all strategic engagement of AMSHeR.
• Managed a Secretariat of 16 staff members

Key achievements in this role:

·Diversification of AMSHeR?s funding through generating consultancies

• Fund raising for institutional core support by securing the Robert Carr Network Fund.

• Coordinated and implemented a Meaningful Representation Dialogue and Advocacy plan for 3 networks, with the 3 networks coming up with a joint theme for HIV/AIDS health advocacy to be implemented collaboratively over 3 years
• Conceptualized a sexual reproductive initiative for young key populations that involved leadership skills development, mentoring and coaching, health and human rights advocacy skills, sexual and reproductive health discussions, and a sexual diversity course. This initiative brought together over 30 young key populations to several events across the African continent.
• Co-authored two publications (Global Fund Investments in Key Populations in Africa and AMSHeR Health Audit: Financial resourcing of key population programmes across Southern Africa.
• Conceptualized and wrote up the indefinite quantity grant of the Global Fund for AMSHeR within a month of starting with AMSHeR. This contract involves providing technical expertise for SOGI/ MSM and other key population organizations and governments on programmatic interventions.
• Managed AMSHeR's member institutional / organizational capacity development processes for 19 AMSHeR members and affiliates in 6 African countries
• Conceptualized and managed the development of the Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Health Score Cards with Accountability International
• Acted as Regional Expert for PEPFAR COP processes by supporting African LGBTI CBOs to advocate for inclusion of their issues in the COP processes
• Acted as an expert reviewer of the Global Fund proposal processes of 9 Countries in Africa (Kenya 2017) Key achievements in this role:
• Successfully brought together a diverse group of key population networks to come under one advocacy umbrella and pursue a common uniting advocacy issue- Freedom from Violence.
• Facilitated a multi-sectoral strategic process in Eswatini that led to the policy win of a new Police training manual on Key populations and access to treatment and care. This manual is used in training in police colleges for in-service police officers (as continuing education trainings) and pre-service police officers.
• Conceptualized and co-designed a one-click data base of all AMSHeR members and affiliates with information on their organizational health and growth stage.
• Worked collaboratively with the director of FHI360 Eswatini, Eswatini National Aids programme, UNAIDS, WHO and Key population partners to develop the Royal Eswatini Police HIV and human rights training manual. This included funding the whole process and designing the manual and training the trainers

• Provided small grants and mentoring for 13 sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) organizations in 10 Southern African countries (Angola, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Malawi) and documented COC's work in publication-Proud and Healthy and other publications.
• Worked with OUT LGBT Well-Being team on peer outreach programme and advised on HIV/treatment and care strategy for ten81 Clinic.
• Built strategic partnerships with key population CBOs and in-country policy makers, National AIDS Councils, Ministries Health, health institutions, UNAIDS, WHO, UNDP, USAID and healthcare workers
• Brokered cordial working relationships between key population CBOs and government and mainstream health institutions in stifling legal, policy environments in Namibia, Eswatini and Zambia
• Mentored the Eswatini National Aids programme on prevention, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS during the one-year process it took to develop the Eswatini healthcare worker Manual.
• Advocated for inclusion of SOGI CBOs as key population stakeholders (seating members of key population advisory committees and country coordinating mechanisms) in decision making in the HIV-response in Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho and Malawi
• Facilitated cross organizational knowledge pollination through regional linking and learning workshops and exchange programmes from the 10 African countries in the programme
• Facilitated cross organizational knowledge pollination through regional linking and learning workshops and exchange programmes from the 10 African countries in the programme
• Successfully managed the grant making and capacity strengthening processes for 13 SOGI organisation to carry out a health needs assessment of their communities
• Documented the needs assessment findings across the different organisations in a publication ?Proud and Healthy?
• Developed information education materials and publications on HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa for example the 7T?S Strategies for LGBTI Sexual Health.
• Trained over 200 health care workers on sexual diversity and competence to consult with LGBT persons across 13 Afric countries

Key achievements in this role:

• Facilitated and coordinated a process which yielded collaboration between key population groups, World Health Organisation, COC Netherlands, UN agencies and bilateral cooperation organisations. This culminated in the publishing of a manual to train healthcare workers-Improving Access to Comprehensive Health Care Services for Key Populations in Eswatini which is the official manual used by the Eswatini National Aids Council to train health care workers on sexual diversity and competency for stigma free friendly health care provision for SOGI.
• Advised and supported the management of OUT in the setup of the HIV treatment and care methods for the 1081 Clinic

• Design of viable consultative and participatory community engagement methodology, peer education programme, linkage to service, continuum of care and referral system for MHNN programme in Oyo, Ogun and Lagos State, Nigeria.
• The model was rolled out in Northern Nigeria after increasing HTS uptake by 150% and increasing linkages and initiation on ART by 70% in first 6 months of implementation and was proposed as model of implementation for Global Fund Round 9 programme.
• Provided HIV/STI treatment services for key populations as medical physician across 5 clinics and syndromic STI management on outreaches.
• Served as Clinical adviser to MHNN programme and managed clinics across Southern Nigeria.
• Appraisal for Most at Risk Populations (2012-2013).
• Steering Committee member, Lagos State/ World Bank HIV Epidemic Appraisal for Most at Risk Populations (2012-2013)

Key achievements in this role:

• Advocated for mapping of drug hotspots and MSM hotspots to purposively target places of high HIV prevalence and subsequently used generated data and information in situating mobile health testing and counselling services at hard-to-reach areas.
• Set up community clinic in centre of drug hotspot in Lagos.
• Brought 300 percent increase in MSM and PWUD clients enrolling into programme from 2009/2010 when programme was initiated, to 2012 and further 100% increase from 2012 to 2013

• Improved patient outcomes and delivery of care through improved clinical quality processes.
• Verified complex diagnoses to facilitate treatment plans.
• Assisted senior physicians and surgeons during assessments, examinations and surgical interventions.
• Completed patient referrals to other medical specialists.
• Applied continuous process improvement strategies to enhance case management, programs and clinical management.
• Completed patient referrals to other medical specialists