Leo Haule
Dar es Salaam
Summary
Strategic and results-oriented Public Health Specialist with over 14 years of experience in managing complex donor-funded programmes in Tanzania, with demonstrated leadership in programme strategy, operations, team management, and high-level stakeholder engagement. Skilled in leading interventions across health systems strengthening, organizational and technical capacity strengthening, and institutional development. Proven success in managing integrated HIV/AIDS, TB, Family Planning and RMNCH projects through USAID, CDC and UNITAID funding, and delivering organizational transformation with local governments and CSOs. Adept in localization strategies, locally led programming, and fostering strong partnerships. Experienced in adaptive management, and performance-driven leadership across national and sub-national levels.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Management Specialist - HIV/AIDS
USAID Tanzania/ US Embassy
Dar es Salaam
09.2024 - 08.2025
- Provided project management expertise to PEPFAR (USAID) funded HIV/AIDS implementing partners ensuring effective program design, implementation, and reporting.
- Led planning and monitoring of the HIV clinical cascade, focusing on children, adolescents, and pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBFW).
- Worked closely with the HIV/TB Advisor, HIV testing service point of contacts, to oversee HIV testing services (HTS) modalities and approaches for Pediatrics and PBFW.
- Worked closely with community teams to support OVCs, DREAMS, and youth-focused programs.
- Provide guidance to the team on the new updates, recommendations and best practices emerging from the community of practices, implementation science for improving quality and effectiveness of Pediatric ART and PMTCT services.
- Served as USAID point of contact for Cervical Cancer Prevention (CECAP) under PEPFAR.
- Represented USAID in HIV Testing Services and PMCT Technical Interagency Meetings with CDC, DOD and Peace Corps.
- Represented USAID in Pediatric ART and PMCTC National technical working groups with MOH, donors, and implementing partners.
Country Team Lead / Chief of Party
Palladium International
Dar es Salaam
09.2021 - 10.2023
- Led the successful delivery of a USAID funded local capacity strengthening project (NPI EXPAND) with a country budget of $740K including $300K in sub-grants to local partners.
- Oversaw all aspects of programme implementation including strategy, operations, stakeholder relations, compliance, and reporting.
- Managed project operations, staffing and activities.
- Provided leadership in development and operationalization of several organizational policies including but not limited to; Gender Policy and Advocacy policy.
- Provided leadership in development of several organizational strategies including organizational strategic plans, resource mobilization strategies, organizational communication strategies.
- Provided technical leadership to local organizations to translate Family Planning strategies into practices.
- Provided technical leadership in supporting local organizations and Ministry of Health in developing several technical documents to improve integration of Family Planning Services at health facility and community level.
- Managed co-creation with local organizations as part of organizational capacity strengthening through identification of capacity needs and designing capacity-strengthening programs.
- Documented and disseminated project best practices, lesson learned and success stories.
Country Implementation Manager
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
Dar es Salaam
01.2020 - 08.2021
- Led a UNITAID-funded Childhood TB innovation project and local advocacy sub-grants with overall budget of $ 1.8M, engaging CSOs, regional governments, and global partners.
- As a Country Implementation Manager, provided overall leadership and Management of CaP TB project activities and operations in 12 councils of 2 regions of Tabora and Singida and engaging one local members network organization.
- Provided technical support in designing, implementing, and reporting of CaP TB project activities.
- Identified and trained Community Health Workers to conduct pediatric TB screening, identify presumptive cases, facilitate referrals, tracking and reporting.
- Supported trainings post training implementation of advanced pediatric TB sample collection using gastric aspiration.
- Managed to document significant changes in improved pediatric TB screening and notification through strengthened coordination between community health workers network and entry points at health facilities.
- Organized council, regional and national level engagement meetings to advocate for country adoption on new pediatric TB preventive therapy and diagnostic technologies as recommended by WHO.
- Through project efforts the government agreed to adopt the use advanced pediatric TB diagnostic technologies.
- Provided technical leadership in piloting and rolling out the adopted diagnostic technology in collation with National TB/Leprosy program.
- Designed a community level engagement sub-grant to one local community-based membership organization to advocate for increased resource allocation for pediatric TB service intervention at local government level.
- Used community health volunteers to influence local government budgeting process and advocate the agenda of prioritizing pediatric TB in local government planning and budgeting.
- Achieved to increase budget allocation and integration of pediatric TB priorities in more than half of the councils through Council Comprehensive Health Plans (CCHPs).
- Advocated for increased pediatric TB funding through Global Fund allocation as well adoption of innovations implemented by the project to all global fund supported regions in the country.
- Selected project interventions were successfully extended to Global Fund supported regions.
- Represented the project and organization to several donor and government engagement meetings.
Senior Technical Advisor for Integrated Service Delivery Models (STA-SDM)
EGPAF
Dar es Salaam
02.2019 - 12.2019
- Provided project leadership on the development and implementation of HIV/AIDS integrated services delivery models that aim at establishing client centered services.
- Coordinated USAID efforts to establish strong partnerships between facility level and community level partners USAID funded implementing partners.
- Managed to design and document effective community and facility-based implementing partners collaborative partnership strategy that helped to create effective collaboration between USAID community and facility-based partners in crosscutting interventions.
- Supported capacity building of project staff and local stakeholders and health care providers in designing and operationalization of client centered HIV/AIDS service delivery models.
Senior Project Manager
EGPAF
Arusha
11.2016 - 01.2019
- Provided overall project management and technical guidance of the project office implementing USAID funded integrated HIV/AIDS, TB, FP and GBV (USAID Boresha Afya) Project.
- Managed a project office with 36 multidisciplinary staff to implement the project in 21 councils within three regions of Manyara, Kilimanjaro and Arusha.
- Managed a project budget of US$2.5Million in Grants to local government and faith-based organizations.
- Managed project planning, implementation and reporting.
- Provided technical support to Regional Health Management Teams (RHMTs) and Council Health Management Teams (CHMTs) in implementing integrated HIV/AIDS, TB, FP and Gender interventions.
- Joint with CHMTs and RHMs provided capacity strengthening support to health care providers and community health workers through joint supportive supervision, mentorships and on the job training on integrated HIV/AIDS services.
- Conducted financial and programmatic performance monitoring and reporting as per organizational and donor requirements.
- Managed facility based integrated service provision through networks of care and treatment clinics, laboratory hubs and spoke and existing referral mechanism.
- Managed community based integrated service provision through networks of community health workers (CHWs), outreach and mobile clinics.
- Managed stakeholder’s expectations and relationships including local government authorities (Regional Administrative Secretaries and District Executive Directors), co-located implementing partners, Faith Based Organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Represented the project in high level regional, zonal, and national meetings.
Program Coordinator Training and Capacity Building
EGPAF
Dar es Salaam
08.2014 - 10.2016
- Provided technical coordination of the health system strengthening function of the organization through managing training and capacity building activities to partners and local government while implementing integrated HIV/AIDS, TB and RMNCH programs.
- Conducted training needs assessments for the organization staff and government partners (Community Health Workers, Health Care Providers, RHMTs and CHMTs) related with HIV/AIDS, TB and RMNCH services and designed trainings, supervisions and mentorships based on identified training needs.
- Coordinated inclusion of training and capacity building needs as well as health system strengthening needs in organizational proposals, annual and quarterly work plans.
- Coordinated joint health system strengthening activities with MOH, RHMTs and CHMTs through joint supportive supervision and mentorship.
- Participated in National training curriculums review and development.
Regional Program Coordinator
EGPAF
Mtwara
01.2012 - 07.2014
- Provided a technical leadership role to about 15 multidisciplinary technical team staff support project implementations in two regions (Lindi and Mtwara).
- Designed innovative approaches that resulted into increased and sustained technical performance through an integrated program (HIV/TB, RMNCH, SCM and Laboratory services).
- Managed regional project planning, monitoring, and report.
- Managed implementation, monitoring and reporting of sub-grants to government and FBOs.
- Managed to engage influential local leaders and community health volunteers to improve and sustained male partners involvement in RCH services.
- Played a leading role in designing and rolling out of National Option B+ campaign in Lindi and Mtwara regions through engagement of Local Government Authorities and other Regional Implementing Partners.
- With MOH and Local Government Authorities (RHMTs and CHMTs) coordinated the roll out national multi-channel safe motherhood social and behavioral change campaign in Lindi and Mtwara regions.
Program Officer
EGPAF
Mtwara
09.2010 - 12.2011
- Worked as a frontline project implementer and provided direct technical support on HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment to health care providers and council health management teams in assigned councils of Mtwara and Lindi regions.
- With CHMTs, organized and conducted joint direct site level technical supportive supervision and mentorship to health facilities implementing HIV/AIDS, TB and PMTCT programs.
- Designed, implemented and monitoring quality improvement initiatives to all supported health facilities and councils.
- Organized and conducted facility level and district level experience sharing and improvement action planning.
Medical Officer (Intern Doctor)
Muhimbili National Hospital
Dar es Salaam
09.2009 - 09.2010
- Provided clinical care for admitted and outpatients in all departments (RCH, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, gynecology, surgery, and psychiatry).
- Performed minor surgical procedures/operations and assisted on major operative procedures.
Education
Executive Diploma - Development Policies and Practices
Geneva Graduate Institute
Switzerland01.2024
Master of Public of Health -
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Tanzania01.2019
Master of Arts - Project Planning and Management
University of Dar es Salaam
Tanzania01.2017
Doctor of Medicine -
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Tanzania01.2009
Skills
- Project management
- Program design
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data reporting
- Capacity building
- Health systems strengthening
Certification
- Full registration as a Medical Practitioner with active license to practice, Medical Council of Tanganyika (MCT), 4482, 03/01/14
- Certified in Project Management for Development Professionals level 1 (PMD Pro1), PMD/561085, 09/01/15
- Certified in Project Management for Development Professionals level 2 (PMD Pro 2), 03/01/19
Language Proficiency
Professional Proficiency, Native Speaker
Current Address
P.O. Box 55166, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01/29/82
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Tanzanian
References
- Roland Van De Ven, MD, MPH, Technical Director, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), P.O.BOX 1628, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, roland@pedaids.org
- Carolyn Mbelwa, Facility Base Team Lead, USAID Tanzania, +255 767840716, cmbelwa@usaid.gov
- Dr. Thomas John, Public Health Specialist – Senior Implementation Sciences Advisor, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tanzania, Department of Health and Human Services, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, zts9@cdc.gov
Training
- 02/01/25, Agreement/Contracting Officers Representative (A/COR) level 1 Training, Federal Acquisition Institute
- 11/01/24, Introduction to Project Cycle Management, USAID
- 07/01/22, Organizational Behavior: How to Manage People, Coursera, University of Navarra, Business School
- 06/01/21, Organizational Documentation and Reporting, MSTCDC/Arusha, Tanzania
- 08/01/15, Certificate training on Leadership and Management through 5S-KAIZEN-TQM Approach, Ministry of Health/Tabora, Tanzania
- 07/01/15, Certificate training on Training of Trainers (TOT), ESAMI/ Arusha, Tanzania
- 06/01/11, Certificate training on 3Is (TB infection control, Intensified case finding and Isoniazid preventive therapy), National Aids Control Program (NACP)/ Lindi, Tanzania
- 03/01/11, Certificate training on HIV Care and Treatment Mentorship, prepared by University of Saint Francisco California/ Moshi, Tanzania
- 07/01/09, Certificate training on National Program of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), Ministry of Health/ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
School Education
- Executive Diploma in Development Policies and Practices (ED DPP), 2024, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland
- Master of Public of Health (MPH), 2019, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania
- Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management (MA PPM), 2017, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania
- Doctor of Medicine (MD), 2009, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Tanzania
Research
- 2024, Improving TB detection among children in routine clinical care through intensified case finding in facility-based child health entry points and decentralized management: A before-and-after study in Nine Sub-Saharan African Countries, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38315700/
- 2019, Dissertation (MPH); Role of Youth Clubs in retention into Care and Treatment Services among Youth living with HIV/AIDS in Arusha City, Tanzania
- 2017, Dissertation (MA PPM); Role of HIV prevention Projects in reducing Youth Vulnerability to HIV infections in Masasi District Council, Mtwara region
Timeline
Project Management Specialist - HIV/AIDS
USAID Tanzania/ US Embassy
09.2024 - 08.2025
Country Team Lead / Chief of Party
Palladium International
09.2021 - 10.2023
Country Implementation Manager
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF)
01.2020 - 08.2021
Senior Technical Advisor for Integrated Service Delivery Models (STA-SDM)
EGPAF
02.2019 - 12.2019
Senior Project Manager
EGPAF
11.2016 - 01.2019
Program Coordinator Training and Capacity Building
EGPAF
08.2014 - 10.2016
Regional Program Coordinator
EGPAF
01.2012 - 07.2014
Program Officer
EGPAF
09.2010 - 12.2011
Medical Officer (Intern Doctor)
Muhimbili National Hospital
09.2009 - 09.2010
Executive Diploma - Development Policies and Practices
Geneva Graduate Institute
Master of Public of Health -
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Master of Arts - Project Planning and Management
University of Dar es Salaam
Doctor of Medicine -
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences