Joel Bassey is a public health professional with more than 10 years of progressive leadership designing, managing, and evaluating USAID and PEPFAR funded orphans and vulnerable children and HIV programs across South-South Nigeria. His expertise covers sub-national program management, sub-award portfolio oversight, capacity strengthening, government stakeholder engagement, and multi-sector coordination.
He serves as State Program Manager with the Centre for Clinical Care and Clinical Research in Edo State, coordinating project activities, supervising program specialists, leading partner organizations, and managing donor reporting and compliance. He previously served as Senior Program Specialist on the ICHSSA 1 project in Cross River State, where he coordinated and mentored civil society partners, validated sub-awardee expenditures, and led organizational capacity assessments.
His work has included closing enrolment gaps for children living with HIV, improving birth certificate coverage through engagement with the National Population Commission, and supporting partners to achieve strong work plan and budget actualization.
He holds an MPH in Sexual and Reproductive Health, with specialist certifications from the University of Washington and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Areas of Expertise
- Program management
- HIV continuum of care
- Sub-award and grant management
- Capacity strengthening
- Government engagement
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