I am currently an Afrique One-ASPIRE PhD student registered at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha -Tanzania. I work in the Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute as a research scientist. My research interests are on Epidemiology and control of zoonotic Infectious Diseases, focusing on Rabies.

I am current piloting an Integrated Bite Case Management (IBCM), a tool for rabies control to assess  whether IBCM could be implemented in Tanzania and what potential impacts it could have towards eliminating rabies.  I am also investigating the transmission dynamics of rabies in sparsely populated areas of south-eastern Tanzania where both domestic dogs and wildlife, especially jackals appear to play a role in maintaining rabies. In addition, my research has gone further into tracking the extinction dynamics of rabies on Pemba Island as the infection is driven to elimination.  

My current work is on a public engagement component where I am looking to understand how the people of Pemba or bite victims have been impacted by 2016 rabies outbreak. I  work closely with community members, health and veterinary workers and the policy makers to get their views and share stories on how they have been impacted rabies and what lessons could be learnt from the successes of Pemba Island in controlling rabies

I am currently an Afrique One-ASPIRE PhD student registered at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha -Tanzania. I work in the Department of Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences, Ifakara Health Institute as a research scientist. My research interests are on Epidemiology and control of zoonotic Infectious Diseases, focusing on Rabies.

I am current piloting an Integrated Bite Case Management (IBCM), a tool for rabies control to assess  whether IBCM could be implemented in Tanzania and what potential impacts it could have towards eliminating rabies.  I am also investigating the transmission dynamics of rabies in sparsely populated areas of south-eastern Tanzania where both domestic dogs and wildlife, especially jackals appear to play a role in maintaining rabies. In addition, my research has gone further into tracking the extinction dynamics of rabies on Pemba Island as the infection is driven to elimination.  

My current work is on a public engagement component where I am looking to understand how the people of Pemba or bite victims have been impacted by 2016 rabies outbreak. I work closely with community members, health and veterinary workers and the policy makers to get their views and share stories on how they have been impacted rabies and what lessons could be learnt from the successes of Pemba Island in controlling rabies