Curriculum Vitae:

Name: Werner Meinrad Maokola

Qualification: MD, MSc (Infectious Diseases) and PhD (Epidemiology) Current Address: Dodoma, Tanzania

Email:adj3gm@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile phone: +255*********

A. Education:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)-Epidemiology. Institute of Public Health-Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Tanzania 2016-2020. Research: Impact Evaluation of interventions to reduce TB incidence in routine HIV care and treatment settings among People Living with HIV-Tanzania.

Master of Science (MSc) -Tropical and Infectious Diseases. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom 2007- 2008. Research: Improving Tuberculosis diagnosis in developing countries. Doctor of Medicine Degree (MD). Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Tanzania 1995-2000 B. Fellowships:

Visiting scholar Fellowship-Impact Evaluation: Centre of Effective for Global Action (CEGA) University of California Berkeley, USA. August-December 2018

HIV Research Trust Fellowship-Public Health Interventions Evaluation; University College of London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, HIV Research Trust, UK. April -June 2018 Sustainable Evaluation through Analysis of Routinely Collected HIV data (SEARCH) fellowship- Analysis of Longitudinal HIV data, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College Tanzania & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK. December 2014-December 2016

C. Relevant short courses:

Advanced Epidemiological Analysis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, September - October 2016 Advanced Survival Analysis, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Tanzania, January 2016 Epidemiology of Communicable diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, February-April 2015 HIV surveillance course, International Centre for AIDS Program, Tanzania/Columbia University, USA, September- December 2009

D. Employment history

July 2019 to date. Research Coordinator, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender. Elderly and Children/National AIDS Control Program, Tanzania

January 2019 to June 2019. Acting Head, Strategic Information Unit, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender. Elderly and Children/National AIDS Control Program, Tanzania January 2013 to December 2018. National Coordinator-TBHIV, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children/National AIDS Control Program, Tanzania November 2010-December 2012. Senior Technical Advisor-TBHIV, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children/National AIDS Control Program, Tanzania seconded by Family Health International Tanzania. February 2010 to October 2010. Program Manager-Comprehensive HIV services. Deloitte and Touché, Dodoma Tanzania

December 2009 to January 2010. Project Director-Community Malaria Project Organization: Christian Social Service Commission, Tanzania

July 2009 to November 2009. Senior Evaluation Advisor-HIV intervention, International Centre for AIDS Programs

(ICAP), Tanzania

December 2004 to June 2009. Field Office Lead and Senior Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Mtwara February 2002- November 2004. Medical Officer in charge, North Mara Gold Mining Project Mara, Tanzania December 2000 to January 2002.Intern Doctor, Bugando Medical Centre Mwanza, Tanzania E. Grant management:

Principal Investigator (PI): Feasibility of implementing interventions to improve uptake of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Tanzania (National Institute of Health, USA)-ongoing PI: Improving Tuberculosis Case Finding among People Living with HIV in Tanzania (Global Fund)-ongoing PI: Causes of attrition among People Living with HIV in Tanzania (Measure Evaluation Tanzania)-completed. F. Computer knowledge:

Basic knowledge in Microsoft Office and Internet

Basic knowledge on quantitative data analysis using Epi Info and STATA G. Languages:

Fluent in both written and spoken English

H. Publications:

Werner Maokola, Mwajuma Chemba, Yuna Hamisi, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Kizito Shirima, Fatuma Manzi, Mary Masanja, Barbara Willey, Pedro Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner, Joanna R.M. Armstrong Schellenberg, David Schellenberg. Safety of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants: evidence from large-scale operational research in southern Tanzania. International Health September 2011 (Vol. 3 No. 3 Pages 154-159). W Maokola, B A Willey, K Shirima, M Chemba, J R M Armstrong Schellenberg, H Mshinda, P Alonso, M Tanner, D Schellenberg. Enhancing the routine health information system in rural southern Tanzania: successes, challenges and lessons learned. Tropical medicine international health TM IH (2011) Volume: 16, Issue: 6, Pages: 721-730 Barbara A Willey, Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Werner Maokola, Kizito Shirima, Mwajuma Chemba, Hassan Mshinda, Pedro Alonso, Marcel Tanner and David Schellenberg. Evaluating the effectiveness of IPTi on malaria using routine health information from sentinel health centres in southern Tanzania. Malaria journal 10:41 (2011) Joanna R. M. Armstrong Schellenberg, * Kizito Shirima, Werner Maokola, Fatuma Manzi, Mwifadhi Mrisho,Adiel Mushi, Hassan Mshinda, Pedro Alonso, Marcel Tanner, and David M. Schellenberg. Community Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Infants (IPTi) in Rural Southern Tanzania. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 82(5), 2010, pp. 772 V781 Joanna RM Armstrong Schellenberg, Werner Maokola, Kizito Shirima, Fatuma Manzi, Mwifadhi Mrisho, Adiel Mushi, Pedro Alonso, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner & David M Schellenberg. Cluster-randomized study of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants (IPTi) in southern Tanzania: evaluation of impact on survival. Malar J 10, 387 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/147*-****-**-***

Claudia Hanson, Carine Ronsmans, Suzanne Penfold, Werner Maokola, Fatuma Manzi, Jenny Jaribu, Godfrey Mbaruku, Hassan Mshinda, Marcel Tanner & Joanna Schellenberg. Health system support for childbirth care in Southern Tanzania: results from a health facility census. BMC Res Notes 6, 435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/175*-****-*-*** Diana Faini, Werner Maokola, Hansjakob Furrer, Christoph Hatz, Manuel Battegay, Marcel Tanner, David W. Denning and Emilio Letang. Burden of Fungal Infections in Tanzania. Mycoses Volume 58(S5), 2015 pp 70-79 Marya Plotkin, Catherine Kahabuka, Alice Christensen, Denice Ochola, Myra Betron, Mustafa Njozi, Werner Maokola, Renatus Kisendi, Erick Mlanga, Kelly Curran, Mary Drake, Eusebi Kessy & Vincent Wong. Outcomes and Experiences of Men and Women with Partner Notification for HIV Testing in Tanzania: Results from a Mixed Method Study. AIDS Behav 22, 102–116 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1936-x

Catherine Kahabuka, Marya Plotkin, Alice Christensen, Charlene Brown, Mustafa Njozi, Renatus Kisendi, Werner Maokola, Erick Mlanga, Ruth Lemwayi, Kelly Curran & Vincent Wong. Addressing the First 90: A Highly Effective Partner Notification Approach Reaches Previously Undiagnosed Sexual Partners in Tanzania. AIDS Behav 21, 2551–2560 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-017-1750-5

Nicole Kelly, Werner Maokola, Omobola Mudasiru & Sandra I. McCoy. Interventions to Improve Linkage to HIV Care in the Era of “Treat All” in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Systematic Review. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 16, 292–303 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11904-019-00451-8

Edson W. Mollel, Werner Maokola, Jim Todd, Sia E. Msuya and Michael J. Mahande. Incidence Rates for Tuberculosis Among HIV Infected Patients in Northern Tanzania. Front. Public Health, 24 October 2019 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00306 Masanja Robert, Jim Todd, Bernard J. Ngowi, Sia E. Msuya, Angela Ramadhani, Veryeh Sambu, Isaya Jerry, Martin R. Mujuni, Michael J. Mahande, James S. Ngocho and Werner Maokola. Determinants of isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV attending care and treatment clinics from 2013 to 2017 in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional analytical study. BMC Infectious Diseases (2020) 20:276. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-04997-6 Werner Maokola, Bernard Ngowi Lovetti Lawson, Michael Mahande, Jim Todd and Sia E. Msuya. Performance of and Factors Associated with Tuberculosis Screening and Diagnosis Among People Living with HIV: Analysis of 2012–2016 Routine HIV Data in Tanzania. Front. Public Health, 06 February 2020 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00404 Werner Maokola, Bernard Ngowi, Lovetti Lawson, Masanja Robert, Michael Mahande, Jim Todd and Sia Msuya. Coverage of isoniazid preventive therapy among people living with HIV; A retrospective cohort study in Tanzania (2012-2016). International Journal of Infectious Diseases 103 (2021) 562-567 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.11.192 Chad Hazlett, Werner Maokola and David Ami Wulf. Inference without randomization or ignorability: A stability controlled quasi experiment on the prevention of tuberculosis. Statistics in Medicine 39 (28) (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8717 Caroline E Boeke, Jessica Joseph, Charles Atem, Clement Banda, Khady Diatou Coulibaly, Naoko Do,i Andrews Gunda, James Kandulu, Brianán Kiernan, Leonard Kingwara, Werner Maokola, Tatenda Maparo, Rose Nadege Mbaye, Esther Mtumbuka, Joseph Mziray, Catherine Ngugi, Jeanine Nkakulu, Divine Nzuobontane, Marie Claire Okomo Assoumo, Trevor Peter, Maria R Rioja, Jilian A Sacks, Raiva Simbi, Lara Vojnov and Shaukat A Khan. Evaluation of near point of care viral load implementation in public health facilities across seven countries in sub Saharan Africa. Journal of the International AIDS Society 24 (1) (2021) https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25663

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