EPIPHANIA A. NGOWI

Driven by a passion for community health and research, I excelled at Kandami Enterprises Limited, leveraging skills in qualitative and quantitative research and fostering teamwork to deliver actionable insights and innovative data collection methods. My adeptness at literature reviews and commitment to ethical considerations have significantly contributed to impactful health strategies and stakeholder collaboration.

• International Achievement Scholarship, Portland States University, 08/01/12 - 05/31/13
• First Church of God Scholarship, Portland, Oregon, 08/01/11 - 05/31/12

• Swahili, Native Speaker
• English, Professional Proficiency

• Analysis of Palliative Care Policies in Africa: Are Children Considered?, Ngowi, E., Meiring, M., Shung-King, M., Journal of Public Health in Africa (JPHIA), In Press, 01/01/24
• Tanzania Needs a Solid and Consistent Covid-19 Strategy, Ngowi, E., Sulle, E., The Citizen Newspaper, 04/14/21, https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/-tanzania-needs-a-solid-and-consistent-covid-19-strategy-3361672
• Policies and Lifestyles Need Update in Face of Covid-19, Ngowi, E., Sulle, E., Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of Western Cape, 04/18/20, https://www.plaas.org.za/policies-and-lifestyles-need-update-in-face-of-covid-19/
• Noise Pollution Is Affecting Our Health. Here’s How We Can Fix It., Ngowi, E., The Chanzo, 04/25/23, https://thechanzo.com/2023/04/25/noise-pollution-is-affecting-our-health-here’s-how-we-can-fix-it/

• Oregon Food Bank, 08/01/11 - 04/30/14, Packed foods for homeless people and poor families.
• Cascade AIDS Project Portland, 06/01/11 - 12/31/13, Volunteered during the AIDS Cascade walk.
• Red Cross Blood Drive at Portland State University, 04/01/13 - 09/30/13, Provided instructions to blood donors.
• Vancouver First Church of God, 09/14/12 - 10/25/12, Provided clothes and meals for poor families.
• Providence Child Center, 09/01/13 - 03/31/14, Assisted in day-to-day operations of volunteers.

• African Dialogue: Achieving a meningitis-Free Africa, 12/11/24
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative, 11/13/24
• International Water Forum, Portland, Oregon, USA, 11/01/13
• 6th Session of National Model UN General Assembly, 10/28/02 - 10/31/02, Karimjee Hall, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• African Diaspora, Washington DC, USA, 05/01/12
• 1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa, 12/14/21 - 12/16/21, South Africa
• Technology to Improve Maternal Outcomes, 01/18/22, USA
• Webinar: Girls’ sexuality and child early and forced marriages, 05/04/22
• Partnering to scale up inclusive family planning in Tanzania, 06/09/22
• Webinar: Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action 2023, 11/17/23
• CPHIA 2023 Visual Abstracts session, 11/22/23
• Webinar: Climate change, public health and the right to health, 02/20/24
• Webinar: Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). An update on the global effort to eradicate polio moving to 2025, 11/13/2024
• Webinar: Achieving a Meningitis-Free Africa, 12/11/2024

• Over eight years’ experience in Community Development, Community Health and Research.
• Participated in various HIV and AIDS awareness campaigns in Arusha Region.
• Worked as a community development officer at Moshi Municipality.
• Collaborated with NGOs and public health officials to provide quality health care.
• Currently a co-founder and board member at Kafika House.
• Research Director and consultant at Kandami Enterprises Limited

• Dr. Emmanuel Sulle, Aga Khan University. sulle.emmanuel@gmail.com +255 742 333 575
• Maylene Shung-King, University of Cape Town. maylene.shungking@uct.ac.za +27 21 406 6580