THATHO NOLWAZI DLAMINI
Mbabane
Summary
Dedicated epidemiology and public health graduate with a nursing and midwifery background passionate about research. Skilled in communication, organization, project management and providing quality, culturally sensitive and evidence-based nursing and midwifery services.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Research Assistant
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
06.2024 - Current
- Verifying and documenting the eligibility of all study participants prior to enrolment in the study
- Completing the enrollment log for all eligible study participants
- Obtaining and documenting informed consent for exit interviews in accordance with the informed consent process SOP
- Conducting exit interviews
- Use study IDs and accurately labeling all study records and forms used for data collection
- Reviewing and verifying data for accuracy and completeness after each activity and making necessary corrections to study materials in accordance with study policies and procedures
- Ensuring safety of data collection equipment and confidentiality of data in the sites and when in the office
- Capturing all study data into relevant electronic versions of REDCap
- Tracking and documenting numbers of participants interviewed to ensure appropriate distribution of study enrolments
- Reporting any adverse events and protocol deviations Field Coordinator
Study Nurse
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
11.2022 - 10.2023
- Identifying, recruiting, and enrolling eligible participants into the study
- Obtaining and accurately documenting informed consent from eligible participants into the study
- Collecting information for the study from different source documents as per the study protocol and approved Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Ensuring the daily entry of participant’s data into a digital questionnaire using an electronic data collection system as per SOPs
- Reporting promptly to the study coordinator any event of interest occurring during the study implementation, especially adverse events involving or affecting the study.
HIV Services Integration Nurse
Center for Healthcare Practice and Impact (Georgetown University, Eswatini)
10.2020 - 03.2021
- Performing duties at National level under Eswatini Ministry of Health/ Center for Disease Control (CDC) Cooperative Agreement on Strengthening Key Health Systems and Coordination for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment, and Care
Cervical Cancer Nurse
ICAP- Eswatini
06.2019 - 09.2020
- Conducting cervical cancer screening
- Linkage to treatment such as the provision of cryotherapy and assisting during LEEP procedures and also referral to higher levels of care for clients who have advanced cancer
- HIV testing and counselling
- Conducting ART refills
- PrEP initiation, refill and providing follow-up care
- Providing PEP and follow-up care
- Medical examination and treatment of minor ailments, including referrals
- Conducting TB preventive measures, including monitoring and initiation of isoniazid to eligible clients
- Provision of family planning services, including implants insertion and removals
- Immunization of children against vaccine-preventable diseases as per the EPI schedule of Eswatini
- Provision and monitoring of PMTCT services.
Education
Master of Science - Epidemiology And Public Health
Central University of Tamil Nadu
India05.2022
Bachelor of Nursing Science Majoring in Midwifery Science -
University of Eswatini
Mbabane, Swaziland10.2018
Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education -
Mankayane High School
Skills
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Self-motivated with high creativity and innovative skills
- Excellent collaboration and coordination skills
- Flexible, honest, trustworthy and dependable
- Stress management skills
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Self-starter Completer-finisher
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Time Management
- Microsoft Office, SPSS, ODK, REDCap
Certification
- Social and Behavioural Research - 11/2022
- Designing and Implementing Monitoring and Evaluating Systems - 09/2022
- Online Training Hub- Voluntary male medical circumcision - 09/2020
- Cervical cancer screening (Low- Resource Settings) - 09/2020
- Eswatini HIV Recent Infection Surveillance (EHRIS) Theory and Practical - 08/2019
- Integrated Management of Adult and Adolescent Illness (IMAI) - 10/2018
- Key Population – Comprehensive Package of Care - 06/2018
Accomplishments
- In 2020, I won a certificate of recognition for the facility I was working at, at the time (Mathangeni Church of Christ Clinic) for always achieving employer set targets on cervical cancer screening and linkage to treatment.
- In 2018, I was awarded the Deans Prize for Ensuring organization and proper storage of paperwork after entering data and generating reports.
- Ensuring data verification from source documents and making necessary updates when required.
- Ensuring secured storage of data collection tools and participants records.
- Maintaining good relationship with the participants, the facility staff and other staff involved in the study.
- Ensuring diplomatic and proactive identification and solving of problems.
- Ensuring any other duties linked to the study assigned by the supervisor.
Languages
English
SiSwati
Publications
Prevalence and factors associated with incomplete immunization among children aged 12 to 35 months in Eswatini: analysis of the Eswatini multiple indicator cluster survey, Dlamini TN, Bhat LD, Kodali NK, Philip NE, Pan Afr Med J, 05/23/2023, 10.11604/pamj.2023.45.51.38643, 37637393, PMC10460101
References
- Mrs. Futhi Dlamini, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, +268 7634 5920, fdlamini@pedaids.org
- Mrs. Hlengiwe Nhlengethwa, ICAP, +268 7635 3349, hnhlengethwa@gmail.com
- Mr. Thabiso Thumbela, Center for Healthcare Practice and Impact (Georgetown Eswatini), +268 7650 1638, ssengnele@gmail.com
Timeline
Research Assistant
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
06.2024 - Current
Study Nurse
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
11.2022 - 10.2023
HIV Services Integration Nurse
Center for Healthcare Practice and Impact (Georgetown University, Eswatini)
10.2020 - 03.2021
Cervical Cancer Nurse
ICAP- Eswatini
06.2019 - 09.2020
Master of Science - Epidemiology And Public Health
Central University of Tamil Nadu
Bachelor of Nursing Science Majoring in Midwifery Science -
University of Eswatini
Swaziland General Certificate of Secondary Education -
Mankayane High School
- Social and Behavioural Research - 11/2022
- Designing and Implementing Monitoring and Evaluating Systems - 09/2022
- Online Training Hub- Voluntary male medical circumcision - 09/2020
- Cervical cancer screening (Low- Resource Settings) - 09/2020
- Eswatini HIV Recent Infection Surveillance (EHRIS) Theory and Practical - 08/2019
- Integrated Management of Adult and Adolescent Illness (IMAI) - 10/2018
- Key Population – Comprehensive Package of Care - 06/2018
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