Guyana

Initiatives’ staff supporting the Guyana Safer Injection Project:

Audrey Anderson, Chief of Party

As Chief of Party for the Guyana Safer Injection Project, Ms. Anderson provides overall leadership, management, and strategic direction to the project team, and works in partnership with the Ministry of Health, USAID and other PEPFAR projects. She has been with GSIP since the project’s inception, starting as a Training Advisor before being promoted to Technical Director and now COP.

Ms. Anderson is trained in Total Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance. She has more than 10 years of practical experience working as a laboratory technologist with specialties in Hematology and Medical Microbiology, and is skilled in preparation and delivery of various levels of training.

Mandy LaFleur, B.Sc., R.N., Training Advisor

As Training Advisor for the Guyana Safer Injection Project, Ms. LaFleur is responsible for developing and implementing a training strategy to improve injection and waste disposal practices and to create a monitoring program to assess the strategy’s effectiveness. In this role, she trains health care workers, trainers and supervisory staff, reviews and revises relevant curricula, and assists health facilities with record-keeping practices and the formation of quality improvement committees. Ms. LaFleur has 18 years of experience as a registered nurse/midwife, and developed and monitored a nurse training curriculum while serving as chief nursing officer at Davis Memorial Hospital.

Abbigail Liverpool, BASc, Technical Coordinator

Ms. Liverpool is Technical Coordinator for the Guyana Safer Injection Project, and is responsible for aspects of the project related to worker safety and waste management. She liaises with the Ministry of Health to introduce injection safety, develop effective partnerships and strong supportive systems for worker safety; provides technical support for the improvement of sharps waste management at GSIP-supported facilities; and assists with training and monitoring of health care workers in injection safety and waste management.

Ms. Liverpool previously worked for several years as a public health inspector in both Guyana and Canada, and has varied experiences in training and research, including two years teaching in the Guyana school system.

George Vaughn, B.Sc., Finance & Administration Officer

As Finance and Administration Officer for the Guyana Safer Injection Project, Mr. Vaughn is responsible for general oversight and coordination of all financial, administrative and operational functions of the project office, including developing and implementing policies, preparing local activity budgets, and managing the daily accounting functions. He is an accomplished accountant with wide-ranging experience in international project offices and local agencies and firms.

Roxanne Wharton, B.Sc., Program Assistant

Ms. Wharton is the Program Assistant for the Guyana Safer Injection Project, assisting all project staff with their administrative, research, and data compilation activities. She has more than 10 years of experience in office administration, including oversight of information management systems and financial records.