Bojjo James
Steven Bojjo is a MEAL expert, public health specialist, data scientist, and full‑stack developer with over eight years of experience advancing health programs in fragile and conflict‑affected settings, particularly South Sudan. He currently serves as a Public Health Officer with the State Ministry of Health – Central Equatoria (seconded by WHO), where he chairs weekly emergency response meetings for cholera and MPOX, leads surveillance data systems across 30+ health facilities, and designs risk communication strategies reaching over 200,000 community members.
Steven has led high‑impact initiatives including a WHO pre‑validation assessment for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE) that directly informed national immunization policy, and a Sabin‑supported nomadic vaccination tool that increased coverage by 22% across three states. His technical expertise spans digital M&E, validation protocols, and geospatial analysis, with a demonstrated ability to increase data accuracy by 40% in conflict zones.
Outside the public health sector, Steven is the founder of CATLAT and Equanovate – two multi‑function platforms addressing mobility, SME financing, job matching, and fraud detection in South Sudan. He built a credit scoring model using non‑traditional data and a skills‑based job matching algorithm, combining his data science training (MSc Data Science, University of East London) with grassroots problem‑solving. His work has been recognized globally, including a presentation of his COVID‑19 strategy at the Harvard Boost Community conference.
Phone: +211929881771
Address: Munuki Block C, Gudele Road, Juba/South Sudan
Steven has led high‑impact initiatives including a WHO pre‑validation assessment for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination (MNTE) that directly informed national immunization policy, and a Sabin‑supported nomadic vaccination tool that increased coverage by 22% across three states. His technical expertise spans digital M&E, validation protocols, and geospatial analysis, with a demonstrated ability to increase data accuracy by 40% in conflict zones.
Outside the public health sector, Steven is the founder of CATLAT and Equanovate – two multi‑function platforms addressing mobility, SME financing, job matching, and fraud detection in South Sudan. He built a credit scoring model using non‑traditional data and a skills‑based job matching algorithm, combining his data science training (MSc Data Science, University of East London) with grassroots problem‑solving. His work has been recognized globally, including a presentation of his COVID‑19 strategy at the Harvard Boost Community conference.
Phone: +211929881771
Address: Munuki Block C, Gudele Road, Juba/South Sudan
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To assess impact of financial literacy training and financial business innovation on business growths and sustainability, usage of mobile money account on M-GURUSH platform to measure the effect of mobile money usage. To evaluate the link between OVC programming and HIV prevention and treatment outcomes for adolescents impacted by HIV and AIDS in Nimule town of South Sudan
METHODOLODY
To analyzed data of caregivers and adolescent during baseline and end-line survey, analysis was done using SPSS version 28 (test for proportion), and STATA Version 15 (test between subject). To draft proportion and frequency uni-variate analysis were used, multivariate analysis such as test between subject were used to measure level of significant among independent and dependent variables.
RESULTS.
557 (100%) of adolescent were followed: 301 (54.0%) female and 256 (46%) were male. 26 appointments were arranged during end-line survey and all the 26 (100%) adolescent appointment was implemented. 391 of caretakers had received Cash transfers through mobile money platform by caretakers.
RESEACH QUESTIONS
1.Is there increasing trend on transactions (withdrawal and deposits) of mgurush mobile platform among caregivers receiving cash transfers as business capital in Nimule town?
2.Does OVC programming results to improvement of HIV prevention, care and treatment outcomes for adolescents impacted by HIV and AIDS?
CONCLUSION
OVC intervention had a significant impact on Improving HIV prevention, care, treatment outcomes, Financial sustainability for adolescents impacted by HIV and AIDS and improve the livelihood of caretaker’s household.
Papers by Bojjo James
TITLE: Scaling-up of missed opportunities for vaccination of under one (1) among nomadic communities living in the outcast of Juba/South Sudan
BACKGROUND
The pandemic has made it clear that the need to strengthen health systems has never been more urgent to prevent further increases in suffering from vaccine preventable diseases. (PTASSD, June 2020).
To scale-up COVID-19 recovery efforts for immunization program There is a need to identify reasons leading to MOV of under one (1) among nomadic communities in outcast of Juba/South Sudan.
METHODOLODY
The used of Cluster random sampling technique to collected data from nomadic kraal (120, 60 Men & 60 Men) on missed opportunities for vaccination of under one (1) among nomadic communities living in the outcast of Juba/South Sudan using questionnaire. 4 focus group discussion (20 people per group) targeting two group of men & women were conducted, key Informant Interview targeting four (4) kraal chives. To analyzed data SPSS version 28 and excel were used. key in-format interview and data analysis was conducted between December 15th and 4th.2023.
RESULT
120 (60 men & 60 women) were study participant, 107 (89.1%) of the participant strongly agreed no harm in giving their children vaccine, 11(9.6%) of them agreed on the above statement. However, 1 (0.8%) disagreed with the statement of my child been vaccinated had no harm while 1(0.8%) neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement. 53 (44.1%) of the participant said health workers were always available, 9 (7.5%) responded not available and 58 (48.3%) of participant said sometimes health workers are available in the Facility.
CONCLUSION
Base on the finding from the above research study nomadic Community have knowledge on the important of vaccination in preventing vaccine preventable disease but they face by issues like vaccine accessibility, health workers unavailable and services discrimination.
BACKGROUND
The pandemic has made it clear that the need to strengthen health systems has never been more urgent to prevent further increases in suffering from vaccine preventable diseases. (PTASSD, June 2020).
To scale-up COVID-19 recovery efforts for immunization program There is a need to identify reasons leading to MOV of under one (1) among nomadic communities in outcast of Juba/South Sudan.
METHODOLODY
The used of Cluster random sampling technique to collected data from nomadic kraal (120, 60 Men & 60 Men) on missed opportunities for vaccination of under one (1) among nomadic communities living in the outcast of Juba/South Sudan using questionnaire. 4 focus group discussion (20 people per group) targeting two group of men & women were conducted, key Informant Interview targeting four (4) kraal chives. To analyzed data SPSS version 28 and excel were used. key in-format interview and data analysis was conducted between December 15th and 4th.2023.
RESULT
120 (60 men & 60 women) were study participant, 107 (89.1%) of the participant strongly agreed no harm in giving their children vaccine, 11(9.6%) of them agreed on the above statement. However, 1 (0.8%) disagreed with the statement of my child been vaccinated had no harm while 1(0.8%) neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement. 53 (44.1%) of the participant said health workers were always available, 9 (7.5%) responded not available and 58 (48.3%) of participant said sometimes health workers are available in the Facility.
CONCLUSION
Base on the finding from the above research study nomadic Community have knowledge on the important of vaccination in preventing vaccine preventable disease but they face by issues like vaccine accessibility, health workers unavailable and services discrimination
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