Tamara Hussein Hashim

A well educated Public health specialist with 13 years of experience working with communities on different aspects of health issues in order to improve human lives. Critical thinking skills and result oriented personality with less supervision needed when working together. listens and work well with teams and offering exemplary problem solving skills.

Fluent in English and Swahili

• 03/2016, Nutritional assessment, Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania
• 08/2016, Health providers and facility assessment on breastfeeding practices, Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
• 11/2015, Food Fortification assessment, 6 districts of Tanzania, Tanzania
• 10/2013, 06/2015, Assessment of infant feeding knowledge among pregnant women and factors influencing exclusive breastfeeding practices and complementary feeding in Moshi municipality, Moshi municipality, Tanzania

• Anaemia among pregnant women in northern Tanzania: prevalence, risk factors and effect on perinatal outcomes, Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 2011
• Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission at primary health care level in Moshi urban Tanzania: uptake challenges and transmission rate, GJMEDPH, 2014
• Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania, Science Journal of Public Health, 2014
• Exclusive Breastfeeding up to Six Months is Very Rare in Tanzania: A Cohort Study of Infant Feeding Practices in Kilimanjaro Area, Science Journal of Public Health, 2015
• Predictors of appropriate breastfeeding knowledge and its source among pregnant women in Moshi Urban, Tanzania: How is the health sector performing? A cross-sectional study design, BMC International breastfeeding journal, 2017
• Screening for Syphilis, HIV, haemoglobin during pregnancy in Moshi municipality, Tanzania. How is the health system performing (short communication), Science Journal of Public Health, 2015
• Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates and Factors Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Northern Tanzania: Measurement using Two Different Methodologies-24 Hours Recall and Recall Since Birth, Int J MCH AIDS, 2019
• Facilitators and Barriers to Breastfeeding and Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania: A Qualitative Study, Int J Pediatr, 2019
• We give water or porridge, but we don't really know what the child wants:" a qualitative study on women's perceptions and practises regarding exclusive breastfeeding in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania, BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 2019

• Prof. Sia Emmanuel Msuya, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Department of Community Medicine, +255 784 4056 19, siamsuya@hotmail.com
• Prof. Margareta Wandel, University of Oslo, Institute Basic Medical Science, 47 90792253, margareta.wandel@medisin.uio.no

• 05/2014, Population Association of America, Prevention of mother-to-child HIV Transmission at Primary Health Care Level in Moshi Urban Tanzania: Uptake Challenges and Transmission Rate
• 05/2015, Scaling up for nutrition in Tanzania

• April 2017 Attended qualitative course on health research, planning the study and analyzing qualitative data offered by KCMUCo
• October 2015 Ethics in Health Research offered by KCMUCo
• July 2014: Writing skills course offered by the University of Oslo.
• Feb-Mar 2013: Biostatistics course (Linear and Logistic regression) offered at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College.
• December 2012: Research Methods and Management offered at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College.
• June- August 2011: Summer school course in international community health at University of Oslo.