Lightness Mlowola

Results-oriented professional, trained as a sociologist and public health specialist. Highly motivated and resourceful with a proven track record of successfully implementing and supporting public health-related donor-funded programs. Experienced in coordinating and enhancing stakeholders' meaningful engagement, bringing forth innovative ideas, analytical approaches, and strategies that foster positive change within the society.

1. Successfully mapped out, identified, formulated, and coordinated a coalition of 30

Civil Society Organizations from eight regions of Tanzania to meaningfully engage in the World Bank’s – RMNCAH Global Financing Facility (GFF) processes through advocacy and accountability.

2. Coordinated the acceleration of attainment of FP2020 and EWEC commitments through “The Motion Tracker” by tracking and analyzing FP2020 commitments key indicators to determine progress over 2 years. An initiative that led to enhanced accountability by CSOs and Government in attaining FP2020 and EWEC commitments.

3. Led an advocacy team that successfully advocated for TB visibility in Tanzania that

resulted to inclusion of TB in the HIV parliamentary committee terms of reference and the formation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for TB; (MAF – TB)

4. Co-led an in-depth analysis of the financial and programmatic positioning of Family

Planning in the GFF “Strengthening Primary Healthcare for Result”.

5. Led a team of advocates to campaign for debt relief for health amidst COVID-19. A campaign that provoked regional and global discussions on debt relief for developing

countries to support investment in health systems strengthening.

6. Successfully led Post-Partum Family Planning (PPFP) advocacy, through which Tabora region has accelerated CPR by scaling up health facilities providing PPFP services from 3 in 2019 to 11 in July 2020.

7. Advocated for eradication of malnutrition in Rukwa as one of the poorest performing regions in Tanzania. As a result, Regional Administrative Secretary (RAS) issued a policy directive calling upon Regional Medical Officer and Regional Health Management Team to budget for nutritional activities in their respective Council Comprehensive Health Plans (CCHPs)

• Advance Family Planning in Tanzania, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHU)
• Ending Diseases of poverty (TB, Malaria and HIV), Bill and Melinda Gates through RESULTS US
• AU’s 2022 Year of Nutrition: Realizing Greater Political Commitment and Investment in Nutrition, ACTION Global Health Advocacy
• Regional Tracker for FP2020 and EWEC Commitments for Africa, PAI Champions of Global Reproductive Rights
• Translating Evidence into Action for Maternal and Newborn Health, Options Consultancy Services Ltd
• Youth Leaders for Health Systems Strengthening, COMIC Relief
• CSO GFF Resource and Engagement Hub Capacity Building and Engagement, PAI Champions of Global Reproductive Rights
• USAID Afya Yangu Mama na Mtoto - RMNCAH

• Halima Shariff, Country Director, Advance Family Planning (AFP), Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Programs Tanzania, +255 786 505003, +255 788 249091, hsharif2@jhu.edu, halima.shariff, 153 Haile Selassie Road, Oyster Bay, 1st Floor
• Rutasha Dadi, PhD, Development & Health System Consultant, Embassy of Canada (GAC), EQUITAN-Centre for Health and Population Development, drrutashadadi@gmail.com, Dr. Rutasha Dadi, Diamond Plaza, 5th Floor, Corner of Milambo St & Samora Avenue
• Chelsea Mertz, chelsjaye@gmail.com, +1 (312) 983-0206, 1300 19th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, 20036-1624