Alfred Osoro

ALFRED AMENYA OSORO
Faculty:  Health Sciences
School:   Health Sciences
Department:  Nursing
Current Designation:  H.O.D
Office eMail:  a.osoro@gluk.ac.ke
Office Telephone:  (+254) 733 921 530
Consultation Hours: 8 a.m -5 p.m Mon – Fri

EDUCATION
Qualification Area of Specialization Institution Year
 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) Public Health Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Ongoing
 Bachelors of Science (BSc.N) Nursing American World University  2009
 Post Graduate Master’s (MPHE) Public Health and Epidemiology Kenyatta University  2006
 Higher Diploma Psychological Counselling Kenya Institute of Professional Counselling  2002
 Higher Diploma (KRCHN) Registered Public Health Nursing Kenya Medical Training College- Nairobi  2000
 Diploma(KRM) Registered Midwifery including Neonatal Care Mater Misericordiae Hospital’s School of Midwifery – Nairobi  1989
 Diploma(KRN) Registered Nursing College of Health Professions- Nairobi  1985
 Certificate(ECHN) Community Health Nursing St Joseph’s Nyabondo Mission Hospital  1977
WORK EXPERIENCE
Period Position Institution
 2009 – Present Lecturer – School of Nursing and Midwifery Great Lakes University of Kisumu
 1997 – 2009  Deputy Head of Nursing/Lecturer Kenya Medical Training College – Kisii
 1991-1996 Family Planning trainer for the Post Basic Student at the Decentralised Training  Centre – Kisii.  In –charge-operating theatre and maternity unit Ministry of Health – Kisii District Hospital
 1990 – 1990 Deputy Midwife in Charge of Maternity Unity / Clinical Instructor of Student Nurses Ortum Mission Hospital – West Pokot
 1986-1988 Nursing Officer in Charge of Male Surgical Ward / Nursing Officer in Charge of Operating Theatre Kisii District Hospital
 1980-1982 Nurse in Charge – Paediatric Unit Charge Nurse in Mobile MCH/FP     Assisting District Public Health Nurse in Service delivery Ministry of health – Homa-Bay District Hospital
 1978-1980 Enrolled Community Health Nurse Responsible for Outpatient services, Maternity Care and both static & Mobile MCH/FP services St Joseph’s Nyabondo Mission Hospital
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Osoro A.A, Ng’ang’a Z, Mutugi M, and Wanzala P. (2013). Determinants of maternal mortality among women of reproductive age attending Kisii General Hospital, Kisii, Central District, Kenya. In the East African Medical Journal Vol. 90 No. 11 November, 2013.

 

 Osoro A.A, Ng’ang’a Z, Mutugi M, and Wanzala P. (2014). Maternal mortality among women seeking health care services in Kisii Level-5 Hospital, Kisii, Kenya. In the American Journal of Public Health Research, 2014, Vol.2 No. 5, 182-187.

 

Osoro A.A, Ng’ang’a Z, Mutugi M, and Wanzala P. (2014). Predictors of maternal mortality among women of reproductive age seeking health care services at Kisii Level 5 Hospital, Kisii, Kenya. In the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of East and Central Africa 2014; 26 (1): 13-16.

 

Osoro A.A, Ng’ang’a Z, Yitambe A. (2015). An analysis of the incidence and causes of road traffic accidents in Kisii Central District, Kenya. In the IOSR Journal of Pharmacy, Vol. 5, Issue 9 (2015), PP. 41-49.

 

Osoro A.A. (1981). ‘Life and Death in different Cultures, the African Context’. Under the auspices of Christian Medical Commission; Ecumenical Institute, Bossey – Geneva, Switzerland, summer, 1981.

 

 Osoro A.A. (2009). Presented a Paper on ‘Sexual violence among women in post election period-2007’ In the conference on Sexual Violence Among Vulnerable Women in time of Crisis’. Under the auspices of Medical Research Council of South Africa, July 2009.

 

 Osoro A.A et al. (2014). Presented a paper on Maternal mortality among women of reproductive age attending Kisii General Hospital, Kisii Central District, Kenya. In 2nd Global Health Research, in collaboration with WHO and the University of Peking, in Beijing, China. 2014.

 

 Osoro A.A. Ng’ang’a Z, Yitambe A. (2015). Presented a paper on “An analysis of the incidence and causes of raod traffic accidents in Kisii Central District, Kenya. In the ‘International Conference on Global Public Health 2015. Held on 10 – 11 December, 2015 at Taj Samura Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 

Osoro A.A and Ouma J. (2015). Maternal mortality: dearth of human resource or equipments. Paper presented to the ‘6Th Annual General meeting and WHO/ Joint Annual Scientific Health Conference of Schools of Public Health in Africa (ASPHA) in conjunction with UNACOH/ Makerere College of Health Sciences; held from 23rd to 25th September, 2015 in Kampala, Uganda

 

Human Anatomy Unit: 1 eLearning Module for BSc.N Programme, under the auspices of AMREF, Commonwealth of Leaning (COL) and University of Nairobi.

 

Medical Microbiology and Parasitology Unit: 11 eLearning Module for BSc. Programme, under the auspices of AMREF, Commonwealth of Leaning (COL) and University of Nairobi.

 

Research Methodology Unit: 1 eLearning Module for BSc.N Programme, under the auspices of AMREF, Commonwealth of Leaning (COL) and University of Nairobi.

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