CV

Michael Paul Vitols

Michael Paul Vitols is CEO and consultant for V-consult.

Michael has extensive health-related education and work experience in international development work:

  • General Manager – Friends of UPLIFT www.upliftvenner.no (Nov. 2022 – present)
  • International Advisor – Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (2016 – present)
  • Founding Member, Board Member, Financial Manager for Africa Action Network for Nurses and Midwives, www.africactionnetwork.com  (2020 – present)
  • Board Chairperson Friends of UPLIFT (2012 – Nov. 2022)
  • Special Advisor Development Aid – Norwegian Nurses Organization (2004 – 2016)
  • National Programme Coordinator – Community Health Project, Zambia, William Masetlha Foundation (2003 – 2004)
  • Board Member (5 years) and Board Chairperson (3 years) for the Norwegian umbrella organization “Bistandstorget»
  • Board Member (7 years) for NorSED (Norwegian Committee for Social and Economic Development)
  • Master of Public Health
  • Diploma in Health Administration
  • Registered Nurse
  • International Delegate training Red Cross
  • Rapid Assessment in Complex Disaster Areas – training by Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Executive Officer Aust-Agder County Government (8 years)
  • Director Solås Rehabilitation Centre (6 years)

Michael has development experience from and/or personal networks in the following countries:

  • Botswana
  • England
  • India
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Norway
  • Rwanda
  • Somalia
  • Swaziland
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zanzibar
  • Zimbabwe

International Advisor, Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union. International Advisor Mogadishu University, Somalia. Co-founder and Board Member Covid-19 Africa Action Network for Nurses and Nurses/Midwives.