Biography

Deborah Philip is a professional nurse a public health practitioner with over 8 years of progressive clinical and public health practice. She is a member of the Niger state Tuberculosis (TB), Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Comtrol Program team and currently works as the State Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in the agency. She provides support to the state program in the area of disease surveillance, health systems strengthening and capacity development of health facility health care workers while ensuring that program data are routinely harnessed to make evidence-based decision to improve desirable program outcomes in the state.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Harnessing the power of private providers: Scaling up TB notification in Niger State

PPM interventions significantly improved TB case finding in Niger State. This approach demonstrates a scalable model for enhancing TB detection through strategic private sector engagement.

Source: Conference 2024