Patience Mfune

Background

About Patience Mfune

PATIENCE’S CUMULATIVE EXPERIENCE OFFERS THE FOLLOWING SKILL SET: Creating Demand for health services (VMMC, RH, HTS, Mental Health, AGYW, SRHR) Developing Health, Social Behaviour Change Communication (H-SBCC) campaigns and general visibility content Creating Social & Policy Advocacy Strategies popularised ATI Bill in 2014, coordinated presidential debate in 2014, AGYW rights advocate at Zathu Partnership Management & Social Marketing & Communications Strategy Development - Managed Girl Effect’s partners i.e. MAGGA, NYCOM, DHOs, DYOs Media Content Development – Developed VMMC media content for EMPOWER VMMC II and Jhpiego’ COVID19 Messages (Video and Print IN THESE SKILLS, PATIENCE HAS MADE THE FOLLOWING ACHIEVEMENTS; From July 2020 – to date – designed VMMC and COVID 19 key messages and communication strategy for Jhpiego. From April 2017 - May 2020, lead the developing content and building success stories for Zathu youth brand and its platforms - http://zathu.mw/ From 2018 - 2019, created demand for HPV Vaccine targeting 9-year old girls through Zathu mini magazine. In 2018, designed a demand creation strategy that helped TEVET through a UNESCO funded assignment that increased girls enrollment into technical vocational training by 6.5% in Malawi In 2016 to 2017, created demand for RH and HTS (self-testing - pilot phase) in Mwanza and Neno for PSI Malawi. In 2016, created demand for VMMC services in Blantyre under a USAID project which led to 16% increase in the procedures conducted in Blantyre that year. In 2013, coordinated Access To Information (ATI) Bill campaign and conducted a commissioned study on Government Secrecy in the Information - results published on Right to Know Day (September 28)- https://malawi.misa.org/