Umar Muhammad Yahaya

Public health information systems, data management, GIS and digital systems specialist with more than 10 years of experience supporting government institutions, UN agencies, international NGOs, USAID-funded programmes and research institutions across Nigeria. Experienced in the design and implementation of digital data collection systems, health information systems, dashboards, GIS-enabled monitoring systems, data quality workflows and analytical platforms supporting programme monitoring and evidence-based decision-making. Public health experience includes supporting UNICEF Polio Communication and Routine Immunization programmes across Kaduna, Niger, Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba States, and serving as a Data Analyst/HMIS Specialist with the USAID Integrated Health Program in Bauchi and Kebbi States, supporting routine health information and programme monitoring across more than 475 health facilities.

Practical digital systems experience includes ODK Central, KoboToolbox, DHIS2, Power BI, PostgreSQL, SQL, Python, QGIS, web mapping, digital survey design, database architecture, data validation, workflow automation, role-based access controls, backup and recovery, and cloud-based information infrastructure. Recent work includes designing and implementing a nine-form ODK Central data collection system for a Johns Hopkins University/Bayero University Kano maternal and neonatal mortality study, integrating household registration, longitudinal cohort follow-up, geographic identifiers, data validation, GIS workflows and WHO 2022 Verbal and Social Autopsy instruments. Experienced in working directly with government institutions, programme teams, researchers, UN agencies and development partners to translate operational and monitoring requirements into practical data collection, analytical, dashboard and geographic information systems.

SENIOR COORDINATOR, DATA/GIS ANALYTICS - eHealth Africa

(2026-09)

Provide technical and strategic leadership for geospatial analytics, spatial data governance, GIS systems, and advanced analytical solutions that support public health and development programs across the organization.

• Lead the development and implementation of organizational spatial strategies, geospatial data standards, and GIS system architecture.
• Coordinate GIS service delivery across programs and initiatives, ensuring quality, consistency, and timely delivery of geospatial outputs.
• Translate complex spatial datasets into actionable insights for program planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and operational decision-making.
• Design and deliver advanced geospatial analyses, including service coverage assessments, catchment modelling, predictive mapping, and spatial accessibility analysis.
• Collaborate with IT, Monitoring & Evaluation, Research, and program teams to integrate GIS with analytics platforms, data pipelines, dashboards, and reporting systems.
• Support the implementation and management of GIS dashboards, mobile data collection tools, and digital geospatial platforms.
• Establish and maintain geospatial data governance practices, including metadata standards, data quality assurance, version control, and responsible data-sharing protocols.
• Provide technical guidance to program teams and proposal development teams on GIS methodologies, spatial analytics, and innovative geospatial approaches.
• Monitor the performance and impact of GIS tools and systems, recommending improvements based on user feedback and emerging technologies.
• Deliver technical support, documentation, and capacity-building sessions to strengthen GIS and geospatial data management across teams and partners.

STRATEGIC INFORMATION COSULTANT - FHI 360 – EpiC Nigeria

(2026-09)

• Providing technical assistance to strengthen MNCH and Nutrition routine health information systems, including NHMIS reporting, data validation and data quality improvement across EpiC-supported facilities.
• Supporting Data Quality Assessments (DQAs), data verification and facility-level reviews to identify completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness, outliers and reporting gaps, with corrective-action tracking.
• Providing hands-on mentorship to facility and LGA data personnel on NHMIS tools, indicator definitions, source-document alignment, data entry, validation and routine data use.
• Supporting facility, LGA and state Data Review Meetings, analysis of MNCH/Nutrition performance trends and use of evidence to identify service-delivery gaps and inform programme improvement.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARCHITECT — INDEPENDENT PROJECT - Impact Driven Data Solutions Limited (IDDSL)

(2026-09)

Design and implementation of cloud-based information and geospatial infrastructure supporting digital data collection, databases, analytics, GIS services, workflow automation and evidence-based decision-making.

• Designed cloud-based information management infrastructure integrating databases, digital data collection, analytics, geospatial services and external information systems.
• Implemented secure database and infrastructure approaches incorporating role-based access controls, operational monitoring, backup and recovery mechanisms.
• Designed scalable approaches for integrating settlement, administrative boundary and other geographic datasets into operational information and decision-support systems.
• Developed GIS and interactive web-mapping capabilities using QGIS, Leaflet, administrative boundaries and geographic datasets from sources including GRID3 and HDX.
• Designed and deployed production geospatial infrastructure using native ARM64 QGIS Server, containerized services and Cloudflare-managed infrastructure.
• Established the IDDSL GIS platform for publication and delivery of web-based geospatial information products and OGC-compatible mapping services.
• Developed infrastructure supporting integration between geospatial services, databases, digital data collection platforms, analytics and external systems.
• Established governance standards covering deployment, documentation, change management, security, operational procedures and long-term system maintainability.

RESEARCH & DATA MONITORING CONSULTANT - Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health / Bayero University Kano - Kano State

(2026-05 - 2026-06)

Provided digital data systems, ODK tool development, database design, GIS analysis, data quality and cartographic support for a collaborative maternal and neonatal mortality study in Kano State using the Pregnancy Cohort Method.

• Designed and implemented a nine-form ODK Central digital data collection toolkit supporting Enumeration Area mapping, household registration, longitudinal cohort follow-up and WHO 2022 Verbal and Social Autopsy workflows.
• Developed a four-entity longitudinal data