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Dr. Vivian Wonanji MD, ICHD-MPH

The DMO is the leader of the CHMT shall assist and advise the DED on the following:

• Develop and implement the 5 years CHMT strategic plan and the CHMT plan of action and budget in line with MTEF Guidelines.

• Assist HF to develop Comprehensive Health Plans and to monitor and evaluate the implementation.

• Monitors all activities related to health service provision in the HF and across the District in partnership with all stakeholders and act  as a link with District Secretariat.

• Collaborate and assist the HF in the management and control of disease outbreaks and emergencies.

• Collaborate and assist HF and other health related service providers in capital building staff for improved quality service delivery in their facilities/areas.

• Advise the HF within the District on appropriate health system research and use of results to improve on service delivery.

• Conduct regular supportive supervision and monitoring of all health service in the council.

• Coordinate the allocation, distribution and utilization of all health resources (human, financial and material) while ensuring equity.

• Provide technical and professional expertise on improving quality of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health service.

• Conduct inspections, monitors implementation and effect actions to ensure appropriate application of various health-relative laws, regulations and standard of service by all concerned, in both public and private facilities.

• Conduct evaluation report and recommend to the DED on status of implementation of the various planned and unplanned interventions by the CHMT member.

Yusufu Gumbo

• Assist HF to develop Comprehensive Health Plans which include appropriate environment health and protection intervention within the District.

• Collaborate with the Tanzania food and Drug Authority (TFDA) on matters pertaining to standards safely and efficacy of foods and food import and manufacture in both public and private facilities including assisting in the inspection of importation, manufacture, storage distribution and use of food products as and when called upon to so on behalf of TFDA.

• Monitoring, evaluate and advice on environment health service in the District.

• Collaborate and assist the HF in the management and control of disease outbreak and other emergence and provide status report of recommendations to the District.

• Collaborate with other strakeholders on improving and maintaining environmental health and sanitation and health at work places.

• Advocate for, train and advise the District on the collaborative strategy to improve and maintain environment health at all levels.

• Prepare and submit the prescribed weekly monthly, quarter and annual report of plans and activities to the appropriate authority.

• Conduct regular supportive supervision inspections and monitoring of all e environmental and health related service in the District. Conduct evaluation, report and recommended to the DMO, as a member of the CHMT on status of implementation of the various planned and unplanned environmental health and environment protection interventions within the District.

Walwa Shagembe

• Collection of data from the Health Facilities and the community.

• To ensure the collection of data, processing, analyzing and interpretation.

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mshagembe@gmail.com

Cliff Mushi

• Supervise all actiities regarding TB and Leprosy in the district. 

• Ensure availibity of anti-TB or Leprosy and other labratory logistics.

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cmushi2010@gmail.com

Leonce S. Buretta

• Advise, monitor and follow up on implementation of guidelines and standards of nursing care and service within the District.

• Follow up and ensure adherence to the professional code and conduct of all nursing staff within the District.

• Provide the technical and professional link between the nursing and other health profession within the District.

• Provide advice and training on health education and counseling related to the nursing profession and care.

• Participate as a team member to plan and implement comprehensive plans, which include nursing service to improve general population health across the District in collaboration with stake holder at the various levels of the District.

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Leoburetta@yahoo.com

Elvasta Mshana

• Is a member of CHMT and will operate within the TORs of the team.

• Advice, monitor and follow up on implementation of guideline and standard of material and child Health care and service.

• Assist in the follow up and endure adherence to the professional code and conduct of all nursing staff within the District.

• Assist to provide the technical and profession link between the nursing and other health profession within the District.

• Advice the DMO through the CHMT, all HF, Hospital management Teams within the District on appropriate action oriented research on Material and child Health Care service delivery.

• Provide advice and training on material and Child |Health are and counseling related to the nursing profession and care.

• Advice on policy interaction and implementation as related to Material and child Health Care staff in the HF and across the District particularly with regard to the overall goal of reducing significantly the unacceptably high Material Mortality Ratio and the Newborn and Infant Mortality Rate.

A. V. Komu

• Facilitate and advice the translation of Policies, Strategies, Guidelines and Standard, particularly those related to maintenance of the Cold Chain as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation and implementation.

• Collaborate with all CHMT to ensure timely ordering, storage, distribution, use and reporting for all antigens for the maintenance of buffed stock to Cates for shortages and vaccine preventable disease outbreaks, spares for Cold Chain equipment and gas refrigerators. Vaccine storage includes stock for outbreak of rabies in knows rabies prone outbreak areas.

• Develop, strengthen and maintain close working relations and collaboration with other CHMT members, particularly the Material and Child Health Officers to ensure comprehensive approach to addressing the challenge of high incidence of Material, newborns and infant deaths.

• Develop and sustain Outreach Cold Chain and Immunization service for hard reach areas and particularly for pastoralist communities who are not coverage by stationary health facilities.

• Develop and supervise a routine trouble shooting, maintenance repair and replacement plan and all strategy for all Cold Chain  equipment, in all public  and private facilities, in all HF and other stakeholders by improving and maintaining quality Cold Chain service at all health facilities across the District.

• Advice the CHMTs within the District  on appropriate oriented Cold Chain research and use of result to improve delivery and others interventions.

• Facilities regular supportive, inspections and monitoring of all Cold Chain related service in District.

• Conduct evaluation, report and recommend to the DMO, through the CHMT, on status of implementation of the various planned and unplanned Cold Chain interventions within the District.

Dr. Lucas Kawiche

• Facilitate and advice the translation of Policies, Strategic, Guidelines and Standards related to HIV/AIDS, as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation and implantation by HFS.

• Assist HF to develop Comprehensive Health plans which include appropriate HIV/AIDS control interventions.

• Monitor evaluate and advice on HIV/AIDS control service in the HF including those by NGO’s, CBOs and other groups across the District.

• Collaborate and assist the HF in the management and control of further spread of HIV/AIDS and provide status report and recommendation to the District.

• Collaborate and assist other stakeholders on improving and maintaining sustained HIV/AIDS intervention and service at all Health facilities and at all within the places across the District.

• Advice the CHMTs within the District on appropriate action orienteer HIV/AIDS research and use of results to improve on service delivery at all other intervention.

• Advicse the District on the use collaborative strategic to improve and maintain HIV/IADS intentions at all levels.

• Coordinate, assist and develop appropriate IEC material and the required training for communication skills at the District.

• Facilitate regular supportive supervision, inspections and monitoring of all HIV/AIDS related service in HFs.

• Conduct evaluation, report and recommendation to the DMO, through the CHMT, on status of implementation if the various planned and unplanned HIV/AIDS intentions with the District.

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lucaskawiche@gmail.com

Pruncen J. Furaha

• Support the CHMT in the definition and Implementation of their CCHPs in order to ensure that the interests of the poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups are fully taken into consideration.

• Explore with the CHMT on workable system to ensure service access for the poor, marginalised and vulnerable groups at both public and private health care service.

• Support the Health facilitates in the implementation of exemption and waiver policy as well as of the Community Health Fund (CHF)

• Facilitate through the HF that the population – including the poor, marginalised and vulnerable group- Is fully involved in these mechanisms and that communities are regularly informed on their rights as well as on the use of the funds collected.

• Support the CHSB in setting up an efficient management system for the funds collected in and for the access to  the matching grant as well as for claim and reimbursement with NHIF.

• Explore with the Community other mechanisms of social risk management which can contribute to a better access to health service (transport, food, etc.)

• Facilitate the documentations of good practices, innovative approaches as well as the peer exchange between councils as among health facilities.

• Disseminate and supervise the implementation of all new policies, strategies and guideline of the Government.

• Explore with the staff of the District hospital ways and means to make them more responsible to the needs of the poor, Marginalised and vulnerable groups.

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furahapruncen@yahoo.com

Anders V. Komu

• Assist HF to develop Comprehensive Health plans which include appropriate HIV/AIDS control interventions within the District.

• Monitor, evaluate and advise on HIV/AIDS control service in the HF including those by NGO’s , CBOs and other groups across the District.

• Collaborate and assist the HF in the management and control of further spread of HIV/AIDS and provide status report and recommendation to the District.

• Collaborate and assist other stakeholders on improving and maintaining sustained HIV/AIDS interventions and services at all Health facilities and at all within the places across the District.

• Advice the CHMTs within the District on appropriate action orienteer HIV/AIDS research and use of results to improve on service delivery at all other intervention.

• Train and advise the District  on the use collaborative strategic to improve and maintain HIV/IADS intentions at all levels.

• Prepare and submit the prescribed weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual report of plans and activities to the appropriate authority.

• Facilitate regular supportive supervision, inspections and monitoring of all HIV/AIDS related service in the HF  across the District .

• Conduct evaluation, reports and recommendations to the DMO, through the CHMT, on status of implementation if the various planned and unplanned HIV/AIDS intentions with the District.

• Relation with and responsibility to the Council Multicultural the District.

Faustina R. Banduka

• Assist the CHMT is matters related to administration and management of health resources.

• Participate in CHMT planning and implementation the Strategic, Guideline and Standards as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation and implementation by HF  through CHMTs.

• Assist to develop comprehensive Health Plans delivery and quality health service.

• Develop, strengthen and maintain close working relations and collaboration with other CHMT members, and provide them timely building report, minutes of meeting, financial bulletins status of for planning and decision making purposes.

• Facilitate, in collaboration with the District , Monitoring and Evaluation and timely transmission to District.

• Maintain registers of all resources and assert at the disposal of the CHMT including building, equipment, machinery, stationary, vehicles financial and provides regular and accurate data at all meetings of the CHMT.

• Develop and maintain a maintenance repair, and replacement schedule for all replacement items at the disposal of the CHMT e.g. vehicles, offices equipment, future and the routine repair and maintenance of buildings.

• Develop and maintain a District  Health Human Resources Management Plan in conjunction with all HF though their CHMTs including hospital. Work closely needs assessment/ capital development programmers to accretive and retention   schemes for health workers across the District.

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Kishiromsuya@gmail.com

Catherine Mtei

• Assist the CHMT is matters related to administration and management of health resources.

• Participate in CHMT planning and implementation the Strategic, Guideline and Standards as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation and implementation by HF  through CHMTs.

• Assist to develop comprehensive Health Plans delivery and quality health service.

• Develop, strengthen and maintain close working relations and collaboration with other CHMT members, and provide them timely building report, minutes of meeting, financial bulletins status of for planning and decision making purposes.

• Facilitate, in collaboration with the District , Monitoring and Evaluation and timely transmission to District.

• Maintain registers of all resources and assert at the disposal of the CHMT including building, equipment, machinery, stationary, vehicles financial and provides regular and accurate data at all meetings of the CHMT.

• Develop and maintain a maintenance repair, and replacement schedule for all replacement items at the disposal of the CHMT e.g. vehicles, offices equipment, future and the routine repair and maintenance of buildings.

• Develop and maintain a District  Health Human Resources Management Plan in conjunction with all HF though their CHMTs including hospital. Work closely needs assessment/ capital development programmers to accretive and retention   schemes for health workers across the District.

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Cathrinepatric@gmail.com

Shadrack S. Mziray

• Coordinate digitalization of medical reports and data into Tanzania's Health Information Management System (HMIS-2).

• Collect, monitor, and report local HF medical data and submit to CHMT.

• Analyze information and assist in developing plans for distribution of supplies and allocation of resources within the district.

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Mzirayshadrack@yahoo.com

Amina Mndeme

• Monitor, report, and respond to preventable disease outbreaks in the rural communities with less access to healthcare facilities.

• Work with the CHMT to coordinate responses to Neglegted Tropical Disease outbreaks in marginalized or rural communities.

• Develop strategies to combat and respond to outbreaks that have relatively common and innexpensive treatments in the developed community.

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Mndemeamina@yahoo.com

Rachel Mkandya

• Assist to develop Comprehensive Health plans which include appropriate, Laboratory service intervention within the District.

• Monitor, evaluate and advice on Laboratory service in the HFs across the District.

• Develop and supervise a routine trouble shooting, maintenance, repair and replacement plan and strategy for all Laboratory equipment in all public and private facilities in all to ensure quality and public safely in line with Tanzania Laboratory technology Council guidelines.

• Advise service research and use of results to improve service delivery.

• Conduct inspection and monitoring of all Laboratory service facilities both public and private in the HF across the District.

• Conduct evaluation, report and recommend to the DMO, through the CHMT, on status of implementation of the various planned and unplanned laboratory service related intentions within the District.

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Mkandya2006@yahoo.com

Nemes Uiso

• Facilitate and advise the translation of Policies, Guideline and Standards related to pharmaceutical service as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation by HFs.

• Assist to develop Comprehensive Health plans which include appropriate pharmaceutical service intervention.

• Monitor, evaluate and advise on pharmaceutical service in the District

• Collaborate with the Tanzania Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) on matters pertaining to standard, safely efficacy of medicines in both public and private facilities including assisting in the inspection of importation manufacture, storage, distribution and use of medicines as when called upon to do behalf of  TFDA.

• Advice the CHMTs within the District on appropriate action oriented pharmaceutical service research and use of result to improve on service delivery.

• Advocate for, train and advice the District on the use of collaborative strategy to improve the quality of pharmaceutical service in the District.

• Conduct regular supportive supervision, inspections and monitoring of all pharmaceutical service outlets, both public and private, across the District.

• Conduct evaluate, report and recommend to the DMO, though the CHMT on status of implementation of the various results of the planned and unplanned pharmaceutical service related intentions within the District.

Ahmed Ulimwengu, Peter Mwita

• Facilities and advice the translation of Policies, Guideline and Standards relatives of Dental/ Oral health as set out by the MOHSW for interpretation and implementation.

• Assist to develop Comprehensive health plans which include appropriate Dental/ Oral health service.

• Monitor, evaluate and advise on Dental/Oral health service in the District.

• Advice the CHMTs within the District on appropriate action oriented dental service research and use of results to improve on service delivery.

• Advice and promote community oral health in order to increase access and coverage of dental services in the communicates across the District.

• Advocate for, train and advise the District on the use of collaborative strategies to improve and maintain quality dental services within the district.

• Conduct regular supportive, supervision, inspections and Monitoring of all dental service facilities, both public and private, in HF across the District.

• Conducts evaluate report and recommend to the DMO, through the CHMT on status of implementation of the various planned and unplanned dental service related interventions within the District.

Basil Kowinga

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Hedwiga Assenga

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Amani Medee

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Leticia Mwigamba

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Laurent G. Mullo

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Anitha Mashobe

Anita.Mashobe@gmail.com

Dr. John S. Materu

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Dr. A. Mahuna

• Oversee and faciltitate all health activities at TPC Hospital

• Develop and implement programs to assist with TPC employee and community health. 

• Work with CHMT to notify and alleviate arising health issues, advocate for a higher standard of healthcare with clear guidlines, training, systems and facilties.

Dr. John Mrina

• Medical officer in charge of all operations at the Himo OPD Health Center.

• Oversee operations in all departments including standard outpatient care, dental clinic, labratory services, surgical procedures, Reproductive and Child Health, ultrasound and radiology, research and counseling.

• Plan for development of Himo OPD into a district hospital.

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John.Mrina@yahoo.com

Dr. Ulomi

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Dr. Ignance Massawe

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Thomas James Nordquist

• Observe and assist with CHMT activities.

• Assist with web design and social media.

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Nordqut1@tcnj.edu