Moses Adriko

Moses Adriko is the Program Officer for National Schistosomiasis & Worm Control Program seconded by Schistosomiasis Control Initiative Foundation (SCIF) through DfID support charged with assisting schistosomiasis endemic districts in developing field based skills of program implementation at the Ministry of Health in Kampala Uganda. I have a background in Medical Entomology and Parasitology, Public health and Health Leadership and Management. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Health. Moses has over 15years of experience in NTDs program management at both the National and sub-national levels where he has majorly worked on Trachoma, Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Soil transmitted Helminthiasis interventions. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Soil transmitted Helminthiasis interventions. He participates in program based activity planning and implementation with District Health Offices to ensure timely implementation of planned activities. For the last 15years, I also worked as a team member of the National Schistosomiasis Control to carry out a number of tasks notably to identify schistosomiasis / STH research priorities in Uganda, drawing up Ministry of Health plans of Action for mass chemotherapy against schistosomiasis and intestinal helminths and in “Integrated Vector Management” in endemic areas. I have provided consultancy to World Health Organization in the review and development Schistosomiasis and STH Morbidity management guidelines in Geneva, Review and development of guidelines for shrinking the Schistosomiasis map for Endemic Countries in Africa, Brazzaville, Congo and Liverpool Tropical Associates in Health (LATH) consultancy to develop of a number of training manuals for Namibia including guidelines of Integrated Preventive Chemotherapy (PCT) for NTD control and NTD mapping guidelines