James Hellar

Dr Hellar is self-motivated, energetic and willing to work hard without supervision, usually accept challenges and believes in team work, dedicated and polite, utilizing the ability developed through academic knowledge. Trusty [Job Title] with experience in various care settings. Strong background in providing quality care to patients of wide range of ages and backgrounds. Proven track record of successfully diagnosing and treating variety of chronic and acute medical conditions. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

• Collaborated with team of responders in the development of COVID-19, Marburg Virus Disease and Cholera response plans
• Achieve containment of Marburg virus disease by facilitating coordination with accuracy and efficiency.
• Supervised team of 10 staff members in responding to Marburg virus disease
• Used Microsoft Excel to develop disease dashboards
• Used GIS to develop mapps and track disease hotspot sites
• Investigation of Anthrax disease outbreak in Songwe region (2019)

• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)- (Basic and advanced life support training) for 4 weeks (October 2018) at Muhimbili National Hospital.
• Public Health Emergency Management Fellowship program. Attended a four months' comprehensive program by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta Georgia (August -November 2019).
• Disaster risk profile workshop in Tanzania. Attended a one-week workshop for developing Tanzania Disaster risk profile (December 2019).
• Epidemic Intelligence on open sources (EIOS) - ( September 2022)
• Africa Volunteer Health Corps-Strengthening and Utilizing Response Groups for Effective Response (AvoC-SURGE) ( February 2023)

Tanzania being World Health Organization (WHO) category risk number two Country on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in 2018 on the 10th EVD outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces, worked in collaboration with Supporting partners (WHO, CDC, MSF,) in supporting identified 10 high risk regions of Tanzania in preparing against and preventing EVD outbreak through;

 1. EVD case management trainings

 2. EVD Rapid Response Teams Trainings

 3. Simulation and table top exercises

 4. SOPs and guideline development

 5. Ongoing EVD Country Risk assessments and supportive supervisions to Regional teams. 

Effective investigation, management and response of Anthrax outbreak in Songwe Region (2019), Cholera Outbreak in Tanga and Dar es salaam (2019), Morogoro Fire accident (August 2019) and Marburg (March 2023). 

1. Member of the National Task Force Team on Anthrax and Cholera outbreaks Effective Management of ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic in Tanzania, through continued;

1. Data and situational analysis 

2. Contact tracing and follow up 

3. Rapid response team's trainings and deployments 

4. Alert desk management Member of COVID-19 National Task Force Committee (March -November 2020) Worked under the operations section under the COVID-19 Incident Management System structure (IMS) as part of Data management team, also worked in supporting Regional Rapid Response teams conduct effective contact tracing at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic to control transmission (April 2020)., Emergency Management by objectives by utilizing basic Incident Management System (IMS) concepts., Data Management (Complex Data analysis using STATA 15, EPI Info, Excel & GIS software's, and formulation of information products)., Complex Surveys and research proposal development, Emergency management skills (Basic and Advanced life support skills), Event Based Surveillance (Media scanning and related watch functions), IPC and Case-Management (COVID-19, EVD)

• Place of Birth: Mbeya
• Date of Birth: 05/28/90
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Tanzanian
• Marital Status: Married

+255 716 960 846, james.hellar@afya.go.tz, hellarjay@gmail.com

Patterns and trends of antibacterial resistance before and during the COVID 19 era (2019-2021) at Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital (MZRH). James Hellar

• Dr Elias Masau Kwesi, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Unit (DEPRU), MoH, P.O.BOX 743, Dodoma, Tanzania, 0769541122, elias.kwesi@afya.go.tz
• Dr Angela Samwel, PHEOC Manager, MoH, P.O.BOX 743, Dodoma, Tanzania, 0766819726, samwel.angela@yahoo.com
• Dr Candida Moshiro, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O.BOX 65015, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, 0784 950 071, cmoshiro@muhas.ac.tz

• Reading Health related journals
• Developing health related proposals
• Teaching Health related topics
• Watching news, football and documentaries

• Ministry of Health Tanzania

1. Public Health Emergency Management

2. Disaster management

3. Africa Volunteer Health Corps - Strengthening and Utilizing Response Groups for Effective response (AVoC-SURGE)

4. Epidemic Intelligence by open sources

5. Basic Life Support