A seasoned, dynamic, and compassionate Pediatrician and Child and Health Specialist, with 15+ years of experience in global health and a focus on Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Integrative mastery of health consulting/healthcare, public health data collection, analysis, and communications; strategic project management; emergency humanitarian health response; and international public health policy and administration. CORE COMPETENCIES Maternal and Child Clinical Healthcare Humanitarian Assistance Public Health Program Development
•Co-authored the KCMC Hospital Pediatric Management Schedule, 7th Edition.
• Facilitated regional training workshops on Maternal and Child Health are and Continuous Medical
Education (CME) outreach programs organized by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
• Was part of a flying doctor’s outreach team with the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF),
providing much needed community maternal and child health care and support in rural and extremely
remote health centers in Northern Tanzania where minimal facilities are available.
• Participated in monthly regional outreach services with the Continuous Pediatric Education Program
(CPEP) to health care providers in the Northern Region of Tanzania
• Co-founded a team of doctors at KCMC providing peritoneal dialysis services for Pediatric patients with
renal complications.
• Received Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) funding to train as a four-year pediatric
resident (MMED) at KCMC. While here, I coordinated the first Adolescent HIV Clinic, which is still
running to date and funded by EGPAF. KCMC’s teen HIV clinics have expanded to the entire Kilimanjaro
region including seven other district hospitals in northern Tanzania.
• Supervised the provision of mental health and psychosocial support and care for adolescents and youth in
monthly "teen HIV clinic" held on Saturdays to avoid conflict with school-going.
Project Management
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