CDC Project Implementation Team

Prof. Henry A. Mollel, PhD

Prof. Henry A. Mollel, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Systems Management and Local Governance, School of Public Administration and Management, Mzumbe University.

Prof. Mollel, has obtained his Health Administration training at Mzumbe University the then Institute of Development Management (IDM) Mzumbe, and later pursued a Master of Science in Public Services Management specializing in Health Systems Management at Aston University-Aston Business School in the United Kingdom (UK), and a PhD in Governance of Health Systems and Primary Education Systems from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is a specialist in Public Services Management specialized in Health Systems Management. For over 20 years, he has developed expertise through formal education and hands-on training in Health Systems Management; Health Monitoring and Evaluation; Policy Design, Development and Analysis; Strategic Planning and Management; and Local Governance. He has led a number of consultancies and research work for the health sector and Local Government.
Currently, Prof. Mollel is a Principal Investigator in four projects:-
1) Health Systems strengthening Project that focuses on providing “Technical Assistance to Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Public Health Institutions (PHIs) toward Sustained Health Systems Strengthening in Tanzania under PEPFAR”;.
2) USAID Afya Endelevu Project that focuses on “Supporting the Tanzania’s Human Resources for Health (HRH) strategies and accelerating national response to HIV/AID, RMNCH and Health Services delivery.
3) RCE-VIHSCM project that focuses on “Assessment of the Use of Technologies and Innovations for VIHSCM and Its Effect on Access and Utilization of Vaccines and Immunization Services in Mainland Tanzania for Strengthening VIHSCM System through Integration and Translation into Policies.
4) COVID-19 project that focuses on investigating the “Ongoing Adaptations to COVID-19 Containment in Africa: Lessons from Tanzania”.
He also works with the Data Systems and Data Use Capacity Building Project implemented by the Capacity Building Consortium (CBC) in collaboration with PATH as a technical expert. He is a member of Human Resources for Health Technical Working Group of the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC), and a member of the National Monitoring and Evaluation Sub-committee on HIV and AIDS under the National AIDS Control Program (NACP).

Dr. Mackfallen Giliadi Anasel,

Dr. Mackfallen Giliadi Anasel,

PhD on Demography – Family Planning Programme Implementation, Groningen University - Netherlands Lecturer and Researcher, Department of Health Systems Management, Mzumbe University, Tanzania.

Dr. Mackfallen has more than ten (10) years of experience in teaching Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methodology in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E); Biostatistics; Research Methods in Health Systems Management; and Public Policy Research and Analysis. He is also a key facilitator in several short courses organized by the Centre of Excellence in Health Monitoring and Evaluation, including M&E and Health Information Systems (includes DHIS2, FFARS and HRHIS/TIIS). He posses a Diploma in Clinical medicine from Mtwara Clinical Training Centre; Bachelor degree on Public Administration-Health Systems Management from Mzumbe University; a Master of Science in Population Studies from Groningen University, the Netherlands.

He has successfully organized the Health Monitoring and Evaluation Best Practices Conference for three consecutive years (2017-2019) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDGEC), President’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Current he is a Project Coordinator and Technical Lead of the following projects under Mzumbe University:
1. Data Use Partnership project – a collaboration under the Capacity Building Consortium (CBC) that includes the University of Dodoma, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute, and the Tanzania Training Centre of International Health.
2. Senior Technical Lead for CDC Project which provides “Technical Assistance (TA) to Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Public Health Institutions (PHIs) toward Sustained Health Systems Strengthening in Tanzania under PEPFAR” and “Support the Government of Tanzania to Strengthen Leadership and Management System” under sub-award mechanism from Benjamin Mkapa Foundation, project called USAID-Afya Endelevu.

Dr. Mackfallen is also the Head of Department and head of the Centre of Excellence in Health M&E (COEHME) at Mzumbe University, with 20 special assignments; research and Consultancies.