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nkwanjacobgobte

About: Iam a nurse working with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, in Cameroon. He has 19 years of experience in infection prevention and control (IPC), water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). He served as the pioneer IPC/WASH nurse and chair of IPC committee of Banso Baptist Hospital (BBH) from 2002 to 2007, and then IPC supervisor and chair of the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services CBCHS) IPC committee from 2011 to 2019. He is a holder of Bachelor of Nursing Sciences degree from the University of Buea and Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Roehampton. He is currently doing a post graduate course in infection prevention and control with the University of Radboud in Netherlands. He has published several articles. His research interest is the impact of IPC/WASH on maternal, new born and child health. As the lead IPC nurse, he conceived and implemented several IPC/WASH projects that raised IPC/WASH practices in BBH and other facilities of the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services to acceptable standards. The introduction of local ABHR production and improvement in hand hygiene practices in general lead to the successful elimination of neonatal sepsis in the maternity unit of BBH in 2006. ABHR is now used in all the health facilities of the CBCHS has contributed significantly to improved hand hygiene practices in all the facilities of the CBC Health Services