About me
Nesia Mahenge - Country Director – CBM International and MUHAS SCD Adviser
Tanzania
Nesia is the Country Director at CBM International with over 20 years of expertise in International Development, Public Health Management, Health Education, Climate Change and Resilience, Disability Inclusion, Governance, Economic Development, and NGOs Management.
She serves as Hub Adviser for Sickle-Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCO) for Sickle-Cell-Disease-(SCD) program. She worked at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences to support SCD-Program as a Project Manager where she focused on systems strengthening.
She received a Fellowship for Master’s Degree in Business Administration-(MBA) Economic Policy and Corporate Strategy from Maastricht-University, Netherlands; Swedish Institute Diploma in Sustainable Business and Responsible Leadership; Scholarship on International Eye-Health Management from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK; Scholarship from Harvard University in Boston, USA, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute for Science-Eradicating Malaria and Public Health Supply Chain Management.
Nesia was appointed by the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Women as one of the Stakeholders to lead the National Taskforce to develop a National Strategy for NGOs Sustainability in Tanzania as part of implementing one of the directives provided during the 2021 Annual NGOs Forum by the President of Tanzania, Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Nesia worked as Senior Programme Manager and Acting Programmes Director, PSI Tanzania, on Maternal and Child Health (HIV/AIDS-Malaria-Diarrhea-Pneumonia, Nutrition). She developed a strategic plan for the Essential Medicine Initiative and represented Tanzania at United Nations-(UN) Life-Saving Commodities steering committees and partnership networks in New York and Washington DC. She worked at British Council as Director of Programmes and Business Development, Acting Country Director. She successfully established a flagship youth program and launched it in Tanzania and Chatham-House Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK.
Nesia was appointed by the UN Women-African-Women-Leaders-Network-(AWLN) supported by the Africa Union, the Federal Republic of German, Finland, and Sweden for the realization of Africa Agenda-2063. She served as a Chairperson for the Young African Leadership Initiative-(YALI) and established a Tanzania Chapter.