Ismail is an experienced Health Informatics, Data Scientist, Management Information Systems (MIS) implementer & trainer, and capacity building manager with a Master of Science degree in planning - Information systems (IS). Ismail has over 18 years of ICT, MIS, Data use & analysis, MEL and Geo-information Science and Technology experience leading the design and development of innovative solutions and has spent the last 15 years applying this expertise and leading the Uganda health informatics team to address human resources for health challenges including implementation of open source integrated Human Resource Information System (iHRIS), HRH evaluation using WHO’ Workload Indicators for Staffing Needs (WISN), OVC M&E systems development, Attendance to duty tracking, Biometric, eRecruitment and the Computer aided shortlisting systems. He has worked in different management positions including M&E/Database Manager with Uganda Conservation Foundation (UCF) under Elephants, Crops and People (ECP) Project, Principal Photogrammetrist with Department of Lands and Survey – Government of Uganda, Lecturer with Kyambogo University; MIS Capacity Building Manager with USAID Aids Capacity Enhancement (ACE) Project managed by Chemonics International Inc, Human Resource Information System (HRIS) Manager with USAID Uganda Capacity Program, Senior Informatics Manager with USAID Strengthening Human Resources for Health (SHRH) implemented by Intrahealth International Inc. USA and Data & Informatics Technical Advisor with Infectious Disease Institute (IDI).
Ismail has managed teams of consultants on different projects including development and customization of web enabled applications like Ministry of health’s iHRIS, Knowledge Management Portal, Website and M&E databases for Uganda’s Women Efforts to Save Orphans (UWESO), Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC), Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU), and Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), Community health workers registry with support from USAID, WHO, IT shows Inc., Chemonics International Inc., CDC Informatics, World Bank UHSSP, UNICEF, Belgian Technical Corporation (BTC), Intrahealth Digital Health, DFID, Baylor College of Medicine. As an international consultant, he has provided technical assistance to universities, engineering firms, NGOs, cooperate agreement/ projects and public sector in Uganda, Kenya, Malaysia, Tanzania, Liberia and the Netherlands.
Barkha Bhatnagar is a global health professional and an applied public health researcher with over 8 years of global health experience. She is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) candidate at Boston University and is currently completing a fellowship with the Measles Elimination Team at the US CDC, co-leading the evaluation of measles-rubella campaigns in Senegal and the Gambia. She is also a consultant for the Measles Rubella team at the WHO Headquarters. Barkha has previously worked with several national governments and international health organizations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Health Organization, and The Task Force for Global Health. She holds a Master of Science in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, and both a Master of Arts in Sustainable Development and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Psychology from India.
