Gilbert Mateshi
Summary
A health economist and pharmacist specializing in the management of sexual, reproductive, maternal, and child health and nutrition programs, health policy and strategies review, analysis, and development, and health supply chain with over 12 years of experience in public health, market shaping, and health supply chain systems focusing on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; HIV; and Non-communicable disease programs.
An expert in costing, economic evaluation, resource mobilization, resource tracking/mapping, review, and development of health-related strategies and data used for policy formulation and decision-making.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Program Officer
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
Kigali
10.2023 - Current
- Grants assessment and management
- Work with current and prospective grantees to scoop additional areas of investment to increase access to quality SRHR services in focus countries and emerging ones
- Stakeholders relationship and communication
Program Director and Country Manager
Results for Development
Dar Es Salaam
07.2022 - 09.2023
- Provides overall strategic leadership and technical direction for the market-shaping practice in health and nutrition to increase access to pneumonia treatment, assistive technologies, and maternal and child wasting products
- Monitored performance of teams and provide mentorship and coaching for team's professional growth and development.
- Leads internal and external partner engagements.
- Leads business development for new opportunities.
- Management of R4D Tanzania country office operations across health, nutrition and education sectors
- Supported the MoH's Department of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health to develop 2023/2024 annual operational plan
- Supported the MoH's Pharmaceutical Services Unit to develop health commodities quantification guideline
Program Manager-SRH and Cancer Programs
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Dar Es Salaam
07.2016 - 06.2022
- Successfully led the 2021/22 and 2019/20 resource mapping exercises for RMNCAH One Plan III and One Plan II operational plans and quantified the financing gap to inform planning and resource mobilization.
- Supported the development of adolescent health strategies and guidelines.
- Led the process of updating the Terms of References for the RMNCAH commodity security committee to accommodate functions related to best practices in product introduction.
- Led the development of Terms of References for the formulation of a cancer technical working group.
- Participated in the costing of cervical cancer elimination strategy (2019-2023) and Cost-saving analysis for anti-cancer medicines procurement in 2019 and 2021 to inform procurement decisions.
- Participated in the mapping of needs for radiotherapy services and support MoH explore strategic options for the procurement of radiotherapy equipment.
- Participated in the development, costing, and monitoring of the Implanon NXT introduction plan.
- Participated in the review of One Plan II (2015-2020) and the development of the health sector strategic plan V (2021-2025). Participated in the costing of the 2019-2023 family planning costed implementation plan.
- Led the development of the Tanzania Family planning dashboard and improvements of both train tracker and human resources for a health information system (HRHIS). Participated in the development of national FP2030 commitments
- Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of SRH, cancer and health financing programs.
- Generated and delivered reports, program review presentations and other program status updates.
Supply Chain Management Advisor
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Dar Es Salaam
09.2014 - 06.2016
- Development of yearly RMNCAH commodities supply plans, conducting financial gap analysis for RMNCAH commodities, and mobilization of financial resources for RMNCAH commodities procurement.
- Coordinated zonal supply chain management meetings to address last-mile commodities availability challenges.
- Participated in the development of One Plan II (2015-2020).
• Mentored the RCHS pharmacist in supply chain and reproductive health commodities management. - Managed the supply plan for reproductive health commodities.
- Supported improvements in data use for decision-making using
ILSGateway, electronic Logistics Management Information System
(eLMIS), and District Health Information Software.
Public Health Logistics Advisor
John Snow Inc.
Dar Es Salaam
11.2012 - 08.2014
- Led quantification of health commodities for the National Aids Control Program, National Malaria Control Program, Reproductive and Child Health Section, and TB program.
- Led financial gap analysis (for the national Aids Control program, National Malaria control program, reproductive and child health section, and TB program) and resource mobilization for commodities procurement.
- Responsible for the completion and submission of procurement planning and monitoring reports.
- Supervised the ILS training for health facilities and store managers in the lake zone.
- Trained MoH officials in the quantification of health commodities.
- Supported improvements in data visibility and use through the ILSGateway and electronic logistics management information system.
District Pharmacist
Kiteto District Council
Kibaya-Kiteto
12.2010 - 10.2012
- Successfully improved order submission rate to the Medical Stores
Department (MSD). - Trained health facilities in charge in integrated logistics system (ILS) to improve reporting of logistics data and requests of health commodities.
- Conducted yearly commodities quantification for all health facilities in the district for planning and submission to MSD.
- Participated in the preparation of a comprehensive council health plan
(CCHP). - Worked with the district health management team to provide mentorship and coaching to healthcare workers.
Education
Master of Science - Health Economics And Policy
Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Dar Es Salaam12.2022
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Dar Es Salaam12.2009
Skills
- Program Management
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving
- Health Economics (Health financing, costing, cost-effectiveness analysis)
- Communication skills
- Health supply chain management
- Team Building and Management
- Market shaping
- Planning & Organizing
Languages
Swahili
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Accomplishments
- Supported a successful transition from donor to domestic financing for procurement of amoxicillin dispersible tablets for treatment of pneumonia
- Managed Equipment Services (MES) (11/2021 - 06/2022):- Supported documentation of success and challenges for the implementation of MES for X-ray machines and conducted initial scooping, data collection, and analysis on the potential for MES in radiotherapy services for cancer treatment.
- Product transition (2015 - 2017):- Successfully assisted the reproductive and child health section to transition from implanon classic to Implanon NXT.
- Data visibility and analytics (2016 - 2018):- Successfully supported the reproductive and child health section of the ministry of health to design, develop, deploy, and transition the family planning dashboard, a programming and performance management tool for family planning managers.
- Data visibility and analytics (2018 - 2020):- Successfully supported the improvement of the human resources for a health information system to track in services training for vaccines and reproductive, maternal, new born and child health interventions.
- Forecasting of family planning commodities (2013 - 2014):- Improved forecasting of long and reversible contraceptives (LARC) through the use of the service update data.
- Improved coordination (07/2021 - 03/2022):-Successfully championed the development of the terms of references for formulation of the cancer technical working group.
Timeline
Program Officer
Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation
10.2023 - Current
Program Director and Country Manager
Results for Development
07.2022 - 09.2023
Program Manager-SRH and Cancer Programs
Clinton Health Access Initiative
07.2016 - 06.2022
Supply Chain Management Advisor
Clinton Health Access Initiative
09.2014 - 06.2016
Public Health Logistics Advisor
John Snow Inc.
11.2012 - 08.2014
District Pharmacist
Kiteto District Council
12.2010 - 10.2012
Master of Science - Health Economics And Policy
Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Muhimbili University of Health And Allied Sciences
Publications
- https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0001487
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