Simisola Adedeji
PhD (In View)
Global Health Systems Professional
Public Health | Monitoring & Evaluation | Disease Surveillance | Digital Health | AI-Enabled Programme Management
Executive Profile
Core Expertise
Technical Skills
Professional Experience
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
World Health Organization (WHO)
Dec 2022 – Dec 2025
Ebonyi State, Nigeria
- Led M&E strategy, data governance, and learning across 25 polio and VPD surveillance and vaccination programmes, achieving zero critical data quality issues during reporting cycles.
- Improved polio and VPD surveillance sensitivity by 40% and routine immunisation data quality from 54% to 81% through systematic data review and feedback loops.
- Trained 800+ health workers and 2,960 community informants, institutionalising local technical capacity for polio and VPD surveillance and outbreak response.
- Championed 8 programmatic and digital innovations including automated reporting workflows and evidence visualisation for leadership decision-making.
- Established a quarterly Data-to-Action review forum where M&E findings were directly translated into operational adjustments, shortening the cycle between insight and programme improvement.
- Conducted immunisation coverage analysis to identify underserved populations, leading to strategic reallocation of funding that increased coverage in underserved communities by 25%.
- Executed targeted capacity-building interventions that raised team performance from 65% to 100% through systematic feedback loops.
Health Emergencies Surveillance, Risk Communication and Research Officer
World Health Organization (WHO)
Sept 2021 – Nov 2022
Nasarawa, Nigeria
- Directed statewide surveillance for COVID-19, Cholera, and priority diseases, coordinating 53,000+ case investigations and reducing outbreak confirmation time by 60%.
- Led COVID-19 vaccination data management across 13 LGAs, reducing dropout rates from 46% to 16% within six months.
- Spearheaded Polio Surveillance in cluster LGAs, achieving 100% AFP reporting completeness and maintaining 0 WPV detection.
- Oversaw integration and quality assurance of SORMAS and digital reporting systems, achieving 98% data completeness and 95% accuracy.
- Co-authored 100+ strategic information products used for cVPV2 and COVID-19 outbreak response planning, donor reporting, and policy alignment.
- Designed and implemented risk communication analytics reaching 2,000+ communities and exceeding vaccination uptake targets.
Information, Planning & M&E Officer | State Data Assistant | Data Assistant
World Health Organization (WHO)
2017 – 2021
Nasarawa, Lagos & Jigawa, Nigeria
- Built and managed surveillance and community engagement data systems across multiple states.
- Spearheaded ODK digital migration and training for 60+ personnel, cutting data latency by 40% and institutionalising information systems for multi-agency strategic planning.
- Synthesised social and immunisation intelligence for 20+ campaigns, leveraging visualisations to drive evidence-based resource allocation and targeted interventions.
- Automated data quality checks, dashboards, and reporting workflows, improving decision timelines and field accountability.
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Epidemiology of Mpox Outbreaks and Implications for Surveillance in Imo State, Nigeria
Adeniran AA, Eronini EC, Asaolu O, Adedeji S, Ugwu AJ, Oludare M, et al.
Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 206–212 · March 2024
https://doi.org/10.4236/aid.2024.141015Education
PhD, Global Health & Health Systems (In View)
EUCLID University
2023 – 2026
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Central University of Nicaragua
2021
Bachelor of Science, Public Health
Babcock University
2016
Notable Award
SERICC Merit Award for Contribution to the Improvement of Routine Immunisation
Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency
2021
Certifications & Professional Development
Clinical Epidemiology
Coursera · May 2024
Google Project Management Certificate
Coursera · Feb 2022
Leadership and Management Development in Healthcare
Lagos Business School · Oct 2019
Epidemiology
Imperial College London · 2020
Fundamentals of GIS (ArcGIS)
UCDavis · 2019
Google IT Support Professional Certificate
Coursera · Sep 2020
DHIS2 Design and Customization
University of Oslo DHIS2 Academy · Jan 2019
References
Available on request.