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Curriculum vitae
OBURA RICHARD
e-mail or21@in.com/obura-okwir@hotmail.com

PO BOX 3 Amolatar (Uganda)

Tel +256784766231/+256718445690

Career objectives: To promote my skill set through working in a multi-cultural

environment that is capable of providing opportunity to learn and run an efficient and
effective service delivery .
Career Summery
 Hard working and a committed individual
 Good interpersonal skills with special ability to work with people from diverse
background.
 A team player with special ability to motivate others.
 Good communication and presentation skills.
 Ability to work well, liaise and coordinate with other stakeholders including
government line department in organizing local functions.
 Basic computer skills with hands on experience in Microsoft words, excel, power
point presentations , internet explorer and access
 Fast learner and flexible person.
 Reliable with good accreditations

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Education background (Basic)

Institution Year Award

Gulu Clinical school 2004-2007 Diploma in clinical medicine
and community health.

Lango college 2002-2003 Uganda advanced certificate of

Education (UACE)
Amolatar Secondary school 1996-1999 Uganda certificate of
Education(UCE)
Ireda primary school 1989-1995 Primary leaving
examination(PLE)

Research and publications:

 Proposed topic for Publication, The challenges of home based care model of
MDR-TB treatment in Uganda, a case study of MSF MDR-TB project, kitgum
District August 2010
 Trainee Gulu clinical school, proposed and researched topic, The knowledge,
attitudes and practices of the residence of Nalobwoyo landing Site Muntu sub-
county, kioga county Amolatar District towards Schistosomiasis June
2007.supervisor Mr. okot Isaac(dip clinical medicine, Higher dip in public health,
MPH)

Job experience
Date: June 1st 2010 – to date
Job title: Outreach/mobile team supervisor:
Employer: MSF-H
Responsibilities
 Supervising outreach workers attached to MSF-OCA supported health centers
 Supervising the implementation of TB/HIV activities in the MOH health units
supported by MSF-OCA within Kitgum and Lamwo district.

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 Supervising the MSF staffs attached to the mobile clinics and ensuring that staffs
adherer to professional code of conducts at all times and follow the internal
regulations.
 Making weekly and monthly medical reports on TB/ HIV activities and
humanitarian reports.
 Making medical orders and planning for activities for the team
 Maintaining good communication between the expat teams and National staffs.
 Organizing for the referral of patients to St Joseph hospital for diagnostic Chest x-
rays and other tests.
 Conducting trainings to MoH and MSF staffs on TB/HIV collaborative activities
and infection control.
 Participate in weekly project meetings and medical meetings.
 Participate in evaluation of MSF OCA staffs performance against agreed targets.
 Responsible for updating, maintaining and analyzing monthly medical stock
review (MSR) in kitgum project
 Participates in drugs quantification and forecasting.

Date: 1st September 2009 -30th may 2010

Job Title: Clinical officer in the TB mobile team
Employer: MSF-H
Responsibilities:
 Offering medical consultations to suspected TB patients
 Follow up of MDR patients on DOTs.
 Referring TB patients and TB suspects for diagnostic counseling and testing for
HIV
 Making weekly reports and drugs request
 Participating in the 3rd session of adherence with the counselor to promote
adherence for TB patients.
 Participate in supervising the implementations of Tb/HIV activities in the health
units
 Identifying patients to be referred for x-rays in St Joseph Hospital

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 Reporting on any suspected epidemics

Date: 27th April 2009

Job title: Clinical officer
Employer: MSF-H
Responsibilities
 Offering medical consultations to Patients in OPD and IPD
 Reviewing HIV clients registered with MSF-OCA in Madiopei HC IV
 Referring patients for routine diagnostic counseling and testing for HIV
 Ensuring that all patients are treated according to the current MoH and MSF
guidelines.
 Reporting on any suspected Epidemics to the supervisors

Date: 1st January 2008-13thApril 2008

Job title: Clinical officer (In charge of Pabo health centre III)
Employer: St Mary’s Hospital Lacor.
Duty station: Pabo Health centre III
Responsibilities

 Supervising 15 medical staffs and 5 non medical staffs attached to Lacor allied
Health centre in Pabo
 Planning, budgeting, implementing and reporting on the implementations of
primary health care activities within pabo with the District (Amuru).
 Making monthly and quarterly medical and logistic request from the district for
use at the health unit.
 Making monthly medical reports to the District and Lacor Hospital.
 Making of weekly and monthly epidemiological surveillance report to the district
 Offering medical consultations to patients in OPD and IPD
 Carrying out the overall management of the health unit in consultation with the
hospital administrator
 Referring complicated cases to the Hospital for specialized management

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 Making quarterly meeting and report to the Health unit management committee

Date: 30th September 2007-31st December 2007

Job Title: Clinical officer in the TFC
Employer: Actione conte lafaime (ACF)
Duty station: Gulu Regional Referral Hospital
Summary of Responsibilities
 Nutritional assessments and reviewing all children admitted in the TFC
 Referring all new cases for DCT and TB screening besides medical care.
 Supervising ACF staffs attached to the TFC
 Making weekly and monthly medical reports
 Referring complicated cases to lacor hospital and other specialized centers
 Maintaining good working relationships with the MoH staffs attached to the
Nutrition department.
Summary of Awards/recognitions:
 Lango medical students association leadership certificate
 Ycs leadership certificate
 Lango college leadership certificate
 Board recognition as a students’ representative to the Governing council of Gulu
clinical school
 Ministry of education and sports – Gulu university testimonial
 Diploma in clinical medicine and community health,
 Uganda Advanced certificate of Education,
 Uganda certificate of education.
 Msf Holland field association Administrator, representative for Uganda.
Professional membership
A registered member of Allied health professional council of Uganda. Reg: 13998 of 7th
November 2007.

Post basic training

 Tropical pediatrics course, MSF, Blantyre Malawi; November 2010 Certificate.

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 Fundamentals of medical ethics training by World Medical Association October
2010 certificate.
 MDR-TB training by World Medical Association September 2010 certificate.
 TB/HIV co-management By Mildmay, Uganda, March 2010.
 TB/HIV collaborative activities and infection control NUMAT,MoH, MSF-H
February 2010
 Basic management of TB by MSF September 2009
 Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) by Gulu university-April
2008.
 Networking for people living with HIV/AIDS –NUMAT June 2008
 TB/HIV lab basics and early infant diagnosis(EID) NUMAT and MoH feb 2008
 PMTCT intervention and ARVs usage in PMTCT by Gulu university December
2007
 ARVs usage and common side effects (The Aids support organization, TASO)

Language skills:
Language spoken written listening
Local language:
Luo fluent fluent fluent
Luganda basic basic basic
Kiswahili fair fair fair
International language:
English fluent fluent fluent
French fair fair fair

Bio-data:
Name Obura Richard
Sex Male
Nationality Ugandan
Tribe lango
District Amolatar

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Date of birth: 21st June 1981
Marital status staying together
Number of children one

Professional Referees:

1. Dr. Eamon Vitt

East-West Integrative Medicine, MD. D400 NY NY 10010 Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons 22 W. 21st Street Sui E-mail
info@drvitt.com/vittmd@gmail.com Office: 9177331357

2.Dr. Mulkipatil MSF H MD. +256772256741E-mail: drsympatil@yahoo.com

Address – Block -6, H.No- 3, G.O.Qtrs. KIMS Campus, Hubli, Karnataka, India. Ph-
+919448179456.

3.Dr. Otim Tom, The Medical Superintendent Mbale Regional Referal Hospital-Uganda
Tel: +256772439057

I hereby verify that the information given above is correct to the best of my knowledge!

Obura Richard.

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