I am a physician-cardiologist and a founder trustee at Ultimate Family Healthcare Trust in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I have concentrated my effort within the trust as in-charge of operations and programmes. I have spent more than 20 years at different international organisations as a consultant in programme, mainly in the fields of modelling of diseases, water, sanitation and reproductive health. I trained in medicine and later specialised in cardiology, working at different institutions in Europe and Tanzania. I also developed a keen interest on vascular tree physiology especially on vascular remodelling with application to the water and sewage system in Dar es Salaam. Part of our success includes widely available water chlorination products in Tanzania.
Specifically, I was among leaders in a scientific team that brought forward the sustainable concept of water chlorination via a domain of social marketing in Tanzania. At present, I am among a team of investigators in both AISA-programme and under-fives stunting eradication campaigns. In AISA-programme, I am concentrating on vascular treee remodelling, with ultimate goal of saving lives from both incident strokes and acute coronary syndromes. Otherwise, I am a happy father of my two beautiful daughters scientists named Lisa and Yurii.
Phone: +255 222 151 900 (ext. 1) [office] | +255 754 274 591 [mobile] Email: mathew.mwanjali@ufht.or.tz | mathewmwanjali@yahoo.com
I am a data scientist and a trustee with the registered trustees of ultimate family healthcare based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I have been involved in quantitative data analysis for more than 40 years in Tanzania and beyond. My experience in quantitative data analysis involved application of different software as well as model building and validation processes. I trained in quantitative methods at the University of Manchester, UK. I am currently in-charge of data science unit within the trust. I am also responsible for capacity building in COFFEESHOP research & scientific writing workshops, targeting resident medical doctors in training, junior researchers in their early and mid-careers, PhD students working on their research design, analysis and scientific writing processes as well as other professionals dealing with data in their daily activities (e.g. auditors, accountants & HR-directors).
Our current milestone includes establishment of the 1st data based centre for biological, clinical demographic and epidemiological data centre. We wish to create a platform that guarantees data sharing for all health scientists and applied social scientists with interest in health.
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Phone: +255 222 151 900 (ext.2) [Office] | +255 692 436 813 [mobile]<br
Email: faustine.mayunga@ufht.or.tz | mayungafaustine@gmail.com
I am a public health specialist currently focusing on family health practices. I trained in medicine and public health with concentration on health system strengthening. I have been responsible for health system design and system strengthening in countries like Zimbabwe, Eswatini (previous Swaziland), South Sudan and Tanzania. Part of my success stories is the DESIGN THINKING approach towards formulation and current testing of FAMILY HEALTH concept as part of the solution towards solving most critical challenges facing African health systems. To this end, we have established a family health-based concept that incorporate six different health domains under DESIGN THINKING approach. I am also part of the facilitators and investigators on COFFEESHOP research & scientific writing workshops, focusing more on RESEARCH CONCEPT DESIGN as well as interpretation of public health data.
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Phone: +255 222 151 900 (ext. 3) [office] | +255 754 395 533 [mobile]
Email: godfrey.swai@ufht.or.tz | gruben.swai@gmail.com
I am a practicing lawyer in civil and constitutional laws, especially on legal theory and applications associated with investment and immigration laws. I did an LLB and LLM degrees and later admitted to the Bar society equivalent in Tanzania. I am the official legal advisor and secretary to the board of trustees at Ultimate Family Healthcare Trust. I am also part of facilitators and consultants on bioethics and research ethics components at COFFEESHOP research & scientific writing workshops. Otherwise, I am a father of two beautiful daughters and a son, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Phone: +255 222 151 900 (ext. 5) [office] | +255 765 168 771 [mobile] Email: jamal.kaoneka@ufht.or.tz | kaonekajamal@gmail.com
I am a biogerontologist currently serving as among founder trustees at the Ultimate Family Healthcare Trust. I mainly concentrate on the aspect of SUCCESSFUL AGEING programme within our FAMILY HEALTH concept. At present, I spend around 30% of my work time on design and executive functions (e.g. design thinking, verification & reaction monitoring) within the trust. I also spend another 40% of the time in clinical research (e.g. our Ageing Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (AISA)). Part of the success stories on this agenda has been establishment of a proof of concept for a demographic transition in Africa (link: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/77806 ) as well as opportunities and challenges associated with the demographic transition process in Tanzania (Link: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/QAOA-09-2016-0035/full/html ) Besides, together with some of our research group colleagues in obstetrics & gynaecology within the trust, we have been able to provide a proof of concept for the application of ‘antagonistic pleiotropy’ theory in humans. Specifically, we have been the first to identify that female humans have survival advantages after menopause (a marker of reproductive senescence) from immunological perspectives. Details of the work can be found here – https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/80935
The remaining 30%-40% of the efforts spent on practicing old age medicine in general geriatrics, geriatric endocrinology (mainly diabetes, thyroid and metabolism) as well as Parkinson’s & movement disorders clinics; where I have accrued about 100000 persons-years and nearly 50000 persons-years of contacts respectively in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. My success story out of this agenda has been the establishment of a VITALITY CLUB for senior residents of Ubungo ward in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Data are underway to showcase (in a prospective fashion!) successful ageing in local African environment.
Phone: +255 222 151 900 (ext. 4) [office] | +255 688 151 480 [mobile] Email: kelvin.leshabari@ufht.or.tz | celsius_lx@yahoo.co.uk