Highlights:I am a medical doctor and a public health specialist with background and interest in HIV/AIDS programs; and the application of Continuous Quality Improvement principles in improving the quality of health-care services. I do bring more than 5 years of knowledge and skills in root cause analysis, coaching and mentor-ship to healthcare providers so as to build their capacity in the technical aspects of Quality Improvement application in improving the quality of healthcare services they provide. I do also have experience in Infection Prevention & Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship technical assistance provision to the Ministry of Health and directly to healthcare workers.

Skills:Quality, Improvement, Infection Prevention, Clinical Quality, Clinical

Goal:To become a public health specialist with a focus in Quality Improvement and Infection Prevention & Control

Membership:Tanzania Medical Association (TMA)

Technical Adviser IPC/AMS 08/2019 - current
Management Sciences for Health, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Industry: Public Health
Providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in Infection Prevention and Antimicrobial stewardship activities implementation. I also provide direct technical assistance to the supported facilities.
I do provide technical assistance to MTaPS Country Director and Senior Technical Advisors in technical activities focusing on GHSA interventions in improving infection prevention and control (IPC), water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). I support in-country teams in the design and implementation of technical activities ensuring their adequate contribution to MTaPS results. I am also responsible for the implementation and evaluation of those designated field activities such as deployment of tools or implementation of facility and community based interventions. I provide technical support to program quality reviews, activity reporting, and knowledge management activities. As required,my other areas of work may include activities aimed at strengthening pharmaceutical systems, supply chain management or pharmaceutical services in developing countries.--
Quality Improvement Officer 09/2016 - 07/2019
Global Health Programes-Tanzania, MBEYA, Tanzania
Industry: Public Health
I provided leadership in Quality Improvement activities' implementation in Mbeya and Songwe regions
Achievements attained include; ? Revived and activated QI teams in 95 supported facilities in Mbeya/Songwe regions in a period of 2 years, which were inactive. ? Started QI teams in 25 supported facilities in Mbeya and Songwe, these facilities didn’t have any QI teams before. ? Successfully trained and maintained a database of 40 HIV/AIDS clinical mentors in Mbeya and Songwe regions. ? Together with colleagues at CQI department, improvement of Supportive Supervision feedback through establishment of a mobile supportive supervision tool. ? Established and sustained a smooth relationship with the R/CHMT authorities in Mbeya/Songwe regions and their districts. ? Established an online forum for HIV/AIDS mentors where they could post and interact on different topics related to HIV/AIDS. ? Improved the rate of SIMS Remediation visits in Mbeya and Songwe regions from 10% to 95%--
Medical Projects Coordinator 01/2015 - 05/2015
Projects Abroad Tanzania, ARUSHA, Tanzania
Industry: Public Health
I was leading implementation of medical projects activities
As a medical projects coordinator, my main achievements among other things were: • I conducted 4 seminars and 4 workshops on common trpoical diseases to medical volunteers from abroad. • I organized and conducted 4 medical outreach trips to rural Arusha villages, where-by I lead a team of medical volunteers, and in total more than 1000 children with various medical conditions were attended to, and • I provided public health education to 4 villages in Arusha rural, covering the topics of Malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, TB and hand-washing hygiene.--
Medical Officer 05/2015 - 08/2016
Baylor Tanzania, MBEYA, Tanzania
Industry: Clinical work
I as the medical officer at the Baylor pediatric HIV/AIDS Clinic
Achievements i attained in this position are -I provided education and mentor-ship in general and pediatric HIV/AIDS to more than 50 clinical attachees working in public health facilities in Mbeya; who were attending clinical attachment at Baylor Tanzania in small groups throughout my stay at Baylor clinic through general lectures and clinician shadowing. -I provided technical assistance in general and pediatric HIV/AIDS to health care workers at Ileje and Vwawa district hospitals, throughout my stay at Baylor clinic. -I attended at least 125 clients per week thorughout my stay at the clinic; mostly pediatric clients suffering from HIV/AIDS, malnutrition, TB and other common infectious diseases; including HIV-exposed infants and their mothers. -I actively participated in CME(continuous medical education) activities; and i conducted three sessions of CMEs on various topics during my stay at Baylor clinic. a -I was the first chairperson of the Quality Improvement team at Baylor clinic, and we had started implementing Q.I. initiatives (for the first time at the clinic) when i was leaving Baylor. -As a member of the resource mobilization team, i participated in the proposal writing of "Comprehensive Health Service Delivery" submitted for USAID funding. -I was also a member of TB infection control team at the clinic; and i contributed in rolling out TB control measures for staff and clients at the clinic.--
Intern doctor (paid) 09/2013 - 09/2014
KCMC Hospital, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Industry: Clinical work
I was an intern doctor (paid, mandatory) post my medical education
As an intern doctor, my roles and responsibilities included: •To attend to out-patients in respective departments clinics, •To be the first on call, and to evaluate admitted patients for the first time, and present challenging patients to a senior on call doctor, •To be the ward manager in respective departments, •To perform daily service ward rounds in respective wards, •To assist surgeons in major operations, •To perform minor surgical procedures, •To participate in outreach activities as organized by the departments.--

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College 09/2008 - 09/2013
Kilimanjaro, Moshi, Tanzania
Degree: Professional Degree
Major:Medicine
I did my medical degree at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, and graduated with a B+

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