Founder of epiGuider, Regional Epidemiologist for Central Africa, and a senior humanitarian and operational epidemiologist working across epidemiology, digital public health, health-information systems and capacity strengthening.
Wilfred NGWA brings together epidemiological practice, data-system design and practical implementation. His work focuses on helping public-health teams structure reliable information, interpret it responsibly, and turn it into useful decisions, reports and sustainable workflows.
epiGuider is Wilfred’s independent platform. References to his professional role and experience do not imply endorsement by his employer.
Areas of expertise
Epidemiology and public-health systems
- Humanitarian and operational epidemiology
- Surveillance and outbreak response
- Routine health-information systems
- Epidemiological databases and line lists
- Indicator frameworks and programme monitoring
- Data-quality assessment and improvement
Analytics and decision support
- Database design and data dictionaries
- Data validation, cleaning and deduplication
- Statistical and epidemiological analysis
- Dashboards and data visualisation
- Automated Word, PDF and PowerPoint reporting
- GIS and spatial epidemiology
Technical and digital capabilities
Wilfred works with public-health data and digital tools according to the problem being solved—not as an end in themselves. Relevant tools include Excel, R, Power BI, Epi Info, EpiData, KoboToolbox, XLSForm, DHIS2, QGIS and ArcGIS.
From collection to quality
Digital forms, validation rules, database structures, coding systems, data dictionaries, missing-data checks, duplicate controls and documented cleaning workflows.
From analysis to reporting
Indicator calculation, reproducible analysis, dashboards, maps, visual summaries, management reporting and automated document or presentation workflows.
Approach to public-health work
His approach prioritises scientific integrity, practical usefulness, confidentiality, clarity, quality assurance, context-appropriate methods, reproducibility and transfer of capability to the teams who will maintain the work.
Training and knowledge sharing
Wilfred is interested in practical training, staff mentoring, technical writing and reusable learning resources that help epidemiologists and public-health professionals apply tools with confidence.
Why epiGuider
Wilfred founded epiGuider to connect specialist epidemiological knowledge with practical digital systems, professional learning, technical publications and field-ready tools—making strong public-health methods easier to apply in real operational settings.