Dr. Mackfallen Anasel

Dr. Mackfallen Anasel is the Principal Investigator of the Making Women’s Options for HIV Prevention in Tanzania Accessible and Joining the Implementation Science Capacity Building project commonly known as (MWOTAJI). The project is implemented by five institutions including University; University of California, San Francisco; the University of California Berkeley; Health for a Prosperous Nation, and the National AIDS Control Program. The project is Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services – National Institutes of Health. He has been a Senior Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Health Systems Management at Mzumbe University, Tanzania for more than fifteen (15) years. He holds a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration-Health Systems Management (Tanzania) as well as a Master of Science in Population Studies and and a PhD in Demography – Family Planning Programme Implementation from Groningen University, the Netherlands. He is currently the Senior Technical Lead for the project, which seeks to provide Technical Assistance to the Government of Tanzania (GOT) and Public Health Institutions (PHIs) toward Sustained Health System Strengthening in Tanzania through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Previously, he served as Technical Lead for a project that aimed at Supporting the Government of Tanzania to Strengthen the Leadership and Management System as a subgrantee from the Benjamin Mkapa Foundation. He was the Project Coordinator for the Data Use Partnership project – a collaboration under the Capacity Building Consortium (CBC). He is also the Co-PI of the NISHATI project that aims at building capacities in water, renewable energy, and agriculture to enhance local resilience to climate change in Africa project, partnering with eight institutions, University of Rome, Mzumbe University, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Gulu University, Kabale University, University of Technology & Arts Byumba and Catholic University of Rwanda. The project is funded by the European Commission Erasmus+ Programme (ERASMUS+). His research interests included M&E, policy implementation and analysis, and reproductive and child health. He has authored and co-authored more than 20 articles in internationally accredited journals ( Google citation index).