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Doctor by training ๐Ÿฉบ, Science Journalist โœ๏ธ @SciDevNet Chevening Scholar ๐ŸŽ“ University of Sheffield #ScienceCommunication(MSc) ๐Ÿ“š, Co-founder, @ResearchC0M

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Joined March 2012
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20 Years. One Enduring Vision. In this special segment, our CEO, Dr. Ellen Mkondya Senkoro, reflects on the Foundation's 20-year journey and the milestones we have achieved together. ๐ŸŽฅ Watch the message๐Ÿ”ฝ @mohznz1 @wizara_afyatz #mkapafoundationat20
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#HEPRRPUpdates ๐Ÿ“Mombasa, Kenya ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช The technical working forum on local manufacturing of Health Products & Technologies (HPTs) has #concluded ahead of the Regional Community of Practice (CoP) under the Health Emergency Preparedness Response and Resilience Programme (HEPRRP) 1/
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๐Ÿ“˜Quotes That Defined the 4th Mkapa Legacy Summit The future of healthcare depends not only on stronger systems, but on a workforce that is equipped to serve. @hiltonfound @UNFPATanzania @WHO_Tanzania @Irish_Aid @wizara_afyatz @mohznz1 #mkapafoundationat20
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โšฝ Three goals can win a match. Three goals can strengthen healthcare. This July 14โ€“15, we are chasing the latter at JNICC. Ready to be part of the winning team? ๐Ÿ”— Register now by clicking the link on BIO. #Mkapafoundationat20 #4thmkapalegacysummit
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20 Years of Bringing Hope to the Underserved. For two decades, we have remained committed to strengthening health systems, and expanding access to quality healthcare for millions across Tanzania. @NBCTanzania @UNFPATanzania @WHO_Tanzania @Irish_Aid @hiltonfound
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Day One is here! ๐ŸŒ Today marks the beginning of the Human Resource for Health Conference, a platform bringing together health professionals, policymakers, , academia, development partners, and the private sector to discuss the future of Africa's health workforce. 1/3
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Reimagining Africa's Health Workforce Through Innovation & Youth. Hon. Dr. Florence Samizi Deputy Minister @wizara_afyatz officially opened the 3rd Human Resources for Health Conference, calling for greater investment in the health workforce, equitable deployment, 1/2
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Dr. Ellen Mkondya Senkoro, emphasized the importance of working together to build stronger and more resilient health systems, noting that lasting solutions for healthcare can only be achieved through collaboration, innovation, and investing in people. 2/3
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@MinofHealthUG โ€™s Dr. Pamela Achii, a specialist in health products management, says Uganda is expecting another consignment of LEN later this year to strengthen access for high-risk populations besides 19,000 doses already being used across the country.
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During the Surveillance Directors Forum, I moderated a session on IMPROVING PUBLIC HEALTH INTELLIGENCE PRACTICES IN AFRICA, focusing on how Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance (WES) can strengthen early detection of public health threats across the continent.
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Today was a wonderful day to have covered the event of youth sexual & reproductive health drive.google.com/drive/foldeโ€ฆ
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Be Part of Transforming Health in Africa! Join us at the 16th ECSAโ€“HC Best Practices Forum & 32nd DJCC Meeting in the Kingdom of Eswatini ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ ๐Ÿ“… 3โ€“7 August 2026 | Ezulwini, Eswatini This premier regional platform brings together leaders, policymakers, and innovators to advance Health Security, Innovation & Sustainability across the ECSA region. ๐Ÿค Partner with us and showcase your impact through our sponsorship packages: ๐Ÿ”น Platinum Partner โ€“ $10,000 (Top-tier visibility & speaking opportunity) ๐Ÿ”น Diamond Partner โ€“ $5,000 (High-level brand exposure) ๐Ÿ”น Gold Partner โ€“ $3,000 (Strategic visibility & networking) ๐Ÿ”น Silver Partner โ€“ $2,000 (Entry-level partnership) ๐Ÿ”น Exhibitor โ€“ $1,000 (Showcase your products & services) Elevate your brand, expand your reach, and contribute to shaping the future of health in Africa. ๐Ÿ”— View full details & register here: events.ecsahc.org ๐Ÿ“ฉ Secure your slot today and be part of the change! #ECSAHC #AfricaHealth #GlobalHealth #Partnerships #HealthInnovation #Eswatini2026
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Shukrani sana kwa mahojiano haya, yamegusa upande wa maisha halisi ๐Ÿ™
JUZI: Nikiwa na Mama mdogo wa (the late)Mkapa, Rose(aged 95). Hapa akinipa story za Mkapa alipokuwa mtoto, kijana etc; kijijini huko Lupaso, Masasi. Tazama Video Mwananchi Digital: youtube.com/watch?v=Qaz185b6โ€ฆ
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JUZI: Nikiwa na Mama mdogo wa (the late)Mkapa, Rose(aged 95). Hapa akinipa story za Mkapa alipokuwa mtoto, kijana etc; kijijini huko Lupaso, Masasi. Tazama Video Mwananchi Digital: youtube.com/watch?v=Qaz185b6โ€ฆ
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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„? Africaโ€™s health leaders meet at the ECSA-HC Best Practices Forum to drive innovation and stronger health systems. Join us at the 16th Best Practices Forum & 32nd DJCC Meeting and be part of advancing: โœ”๏ธ Health Security โœ”๏ธ Innovation โœ”๏ธ Sustainability ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€: ๐Ÿ”น Health Security & Pandemic Preparedness ๐Ÿ”น Digital Health & AI ๐Ÿ”น Youth & Demographic Dividend ๐Ÿ”น Global Health Diplomacy ๐Ÿ”น Financing & Partnerships ๐Ÿ”น Research & Innovation ๐Ÿ”น Quality of Care & Patient Safety ๐Ÿ“ Ezulwini, Eswatini | ๐Ÿ“… 3rdโ€“7th August 2026 ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ: ๐Ÿ”— events.ecsahc.org #BPF2026 #CallForAbstracts #ECSAHC
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๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€! ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป! Join the ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐—–๐—ฆ๐—”-๐—›๐—– ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ & ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—๐—–๐—– ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and connect with top health leaders driving innovation across the region. ๐Ÿ“ Ezulwini, Eswatini | ๐Ÿ“… 3โ€“7 August 2026 ๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ’ผ Registration Fees โ€ข๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: $300 โ€ข๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข: $350 โ€ข๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข: $450 โ€ข๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด: $200 โ€ข๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด: $100 ๐Ÿ”— Register: events.ecsahc.org #ECSAHC #AfricaHealth #HealthInnovation #ECSAHCBPF #ECSAHC2026 #BPF2026
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๐Ÿ“ขDay 2 of the National Workshop with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in Djibouti The engagement aims at strengthening partnerships and addressing skills gaps, developing a partnership framework and establishing coordination mechanisms among stakeholders Participants are focusing on improving coordination among stakeholders, aligning training programmes with labour market needs, and promoting public-private partnerships. The overall objective is to develop a joint roadmap for inclusive skills development. Discussions are expected to result in operational recommendations and a joint action plan aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of TVET systems in Djibouti and across the IGAD region. #IGADEducation
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„. Join us at the ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐—–๐—ฆ๐—”-๐—›๐—– ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ & ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—๐—–๐—– ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, where policymakers, experts, and innovators come together to advance health security, innovation, and sustainability across the region. ๐Ÿ“ Ezulwini, Kingdom of Eswatini ๐Ÿ“… 3โ€“7 August 2026 ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ? ๐Ÿ”˜ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿ”˜ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐Ÿ”˜ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐Ÿ”˜ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.
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โšง๏ธ GENPAR Training Day 2: Applying Gender and Equity in Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Today's sessions explored; ๐Ÿ”น Integrating gender and equity in Human Resources for Health (HRH) ๐Ÿ”น Strengthening gender-responsive Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programs (FELTPs) ๐Ÿ”น Identifying gender and equity gaps in disease surveillance systems The @WorldBankGroup funded Health Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response Programme (HEPRRP) for East and Southern Africa aims to strengthen the preparedness and resilience of national and regional health systems to detect early and manage health emergencies. #HEPRRPUpdates
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