Meba Msuya (He / Him)

I have over 17 years of practice as a Program Management, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Practitioner which include Project Management, Result-based Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (including the development of a program/project Theory of Change, Logical framework, Result framework, Measurement Performance Plan, Key Performance Indicator– KPIs and tracking system, Data collection tool, and different donor Reports monthly, quarterly, semi/annual reports. Promote accountability, learning, and knowledge management. Establish Visualization reporting systems such as GIS, and PowerBi to promote data utilization. Conduct different Research (Qualitative and quantitative research including protocol writing, data collection, analysis, and report writing. Also managing internal and external baseline, mid-term and end-line studies including Clinical trials). Conduct Program/Projects Impact Measurement including Impact messages and stories. Conduct Data Quality Assurance (DQA – Including SIMS for PEPFAR-funded projects), and Quality Improvement (QI – including problem identification, root cause analysis, prioritization, and implementation of the change ideas using PDSA cycle – Plan-Do-Study-Act), Application of the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) as a set of systematic and intentional practices to improve development effectiveness, and ensure that the programs are coordinated with others, grounded in a strong evidence base, and iteratively adapted to remain relevant throughout implementation. Development of the Data Management System and SOPs including data flows and databases. Promote Monitoring and Evaluation culture with the team. Develop and roll out robust client responsiveness and feedback systems, and community engagement throughout the project. I have experience working in the consortium environment and providing strategic and technical support to both program and M&E staff of consortium partners. Build Capacity of the government entities and other implementing partners - IPs, Support Advocacy, and policy development and implementation. Grants management, and compliance. I have been participating in various proposal writings I have experience working on large-scale, complex, multi-sector programs such as Public health including Health system strengthening and Health Reform to achieve Universal Health Coverage (support Ministry of Health, Regional, and District health management teams in Planning, Budgeting, quantification, and forecasting of the health commodities, Monitoring, and Evaluation). Adult and Pediatric TB/HIV including Multi-Drug TB Resistance - MDR-TB. Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC). Maternal and child health including PMTCT, family planning, Reproductive health, Immunization, and child growth monitoring. Nutrition and Food Security to address malnutrition, Anemia, and stunting (such as nutrition activities for under-five children example Seven (7) Essential Nutrition Actions - ENA, promote utilization of the micronutrients – such as food fortifications programs, Agriculture and home/household gardening, Horticulture, and Vitamin A supplementations). Village health workers program for supporting health services at the community level such as conducting Direct observed therapy (DOT) for TB and HIV patients, Accompaniment of pregnant mothers for antenatal and post-natal care, and child growth monitoring including immunization, contact tracing, and other community activity. Health commodities supply chain, Non-communicable diseases, and mental health services. Also, I have experience in Community Development Programs/Projects to promote equity such as Women and Youth Empowerment including OVC, Adolescent girls, child protection, Gender Based Violence – GBV including Police gender desk, Economic empowerment for women including Village Loans and Associations model - VSLA model as a platform to reach women, and equip them with financial literacy training and link them in the formal financial institutions. Promoting women’s land right and political leadership positions. Working with women entrepreneurs and supporting them on the value addition of their products such as packaging, branding skills, and linkage to the markets. Promote participatory governance, social participation, and accountability such as engaging the population, civil society, and communities in policy-and decision-making, voting, and elections, Inclusive and accountable community land management Planning, budgeting process (bottom-up approach), and tracking public expenditure example uses of Score Cards and Social Audits. Promote the utilization of renewable energy products at the community level (Solar lamps and cooking stoves). I have experience in implementing humanitarian Aid such as disaster relief, shelter, food security, and medical care. Also, experience in the advocacy projects such as advocating for policy change/amendment and implementation of the policy at different levels including the development of advocacy strategy. I have vast experience in working with data management systems and dashboards including Health Management Informatics Systems such as PEPFAR systems DATIM and PIIRS, DHIS2, OpenMRS, and PowerBi. Furthermore, I have other skills in conducting analysis (using SPSS, R, and STATA). Experience in Information Technology especially the development of online systems for data management, reporting, Visualization, and development of mobile applications for survey data collection such as CommCare, ODK, or Kobo tool. For over a 17-year period, I largely concentrated on working with various International Non-Profit organizations including Partners in Health Lesotho as a Health Strategic Information Director (Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, Impact measurement, Med-Info Systems, Quality assurance, and Quality Improvement - Currently). Baylor College of Medicine as Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director. USAID Global Health Supply Chain Consortium - JSI as a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director. CARE International as a Program Director of Monitoring and Evaluation. Helen Keller International as a Program Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead. ICAP as a Monitoring and Evaluation officer and Karolinska Institute in collaboration with Zanzibar Malaria Control Program as a project study officer Meba has experience working with different programs funded by different donors such as PEPFAR through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United State Agency for International Development (USAID), The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Department for International Development – Gov.UK (DFID), UNICEF, Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSDT), Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, Global Fund, Irish Aid Department of Foreign Affairs Trade, Millennium Challenge (MCC), Australian Government, different government institutions such as Ministry of Health and Local Government Authorities (LGAs), Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDEC) and other governments institutions. Meba holds a Master’s degree in Public Health (Texila American University), a Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Management (University of Pretoria), a Master’s in Project management (Open University of Tanzania), a Master’s degree of Science in Health Informatics (University of Dar es Salaam), Post Graduate Diploma in Monitoring and Evaluation (Tanzania Institute of Project Management), and a Bachelor in Computer Science (Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology) and several short courses related to project management, public health, Epidemiology, Social Medicine, Data analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation from Washington University, Harvard Medical School, Karolinska Institute Sweden, and Oslo University Norway.