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Simisola Adedeji

PhD (In View)

Global Health Systems Professional

Public Health | Monitoring & Evaluation | Disease Surveillance | Digital Health | AI-Enabled Programme Management

Executive Profile

Innovative global health professional with 9+ years of experience leading large-scale M&E, surveillance, immunisation, and emergency response programmes across Nigeria in partnership with WHO, Federal and State Ministries of Health, and global donors including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Demonstrated success embedding data-driven decision-making into national health systems, strengthening accountability frameworks, and improving surveillance sensitivity, data quality, and programme outcomes at scale. Increasingly focused on applying AI-assisted analytics, automation, and digital tools to enhance public health monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems in low- and middle-income settings. Work contributes to IHR core capacity strengthening, UHC service coverage monitoring, and SDG 3 health security targets across West Africa.

Core Expertise

Public Health Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)
Digital Health Information Systems (DHIS2, SORMAS, ODK)
Surveillance Systems Strengthening
Programme & Portfolio Management
AI-Assisted Data Analysis & Automation
Data Visualization & Decision Support (Power BI, GIS)
Health Emergency Preparedness & Response
Capacity Building & Workforce Development
Donor Reporting & Accountability Frameworks
Policy Translation & Stakeholder Coordination
IHR Core Capacity Strengthening
UHC Service Coverage Monitoring

Technical Skills

Health & Data Systems:DHIS2, SORMAS, ODK, Epi Info, Health Mapper
Analytics & Visualization:Power BI, QGIS, ArcGIS, Data Quality Audits
Programme Tools:Microsoft Office Suite, Digital Reporting Tools, Agile Methodologies
Emerging Capabilities:AI-assisted data validation, automated reporting workflows, decision-support dashboards

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.2024.141015

Education

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.

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