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Hassan MSHINDA
Director General, COSTECH, Tanzania

Dr Hassan Mshinda is the Director General of Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology in Tanzania.

He completed his Master's of Science in Applied Parasitology and Medical Technology with University of Liverpool and PhD in Epidemiology with University of Basel in Switzerland.

Dr. Mshinda has led several research projects funded by Multilateral Initiative of Malaria in Africa, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Development Research Centre in Canada, European Union, Ireland Aid and Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development.

He has published several papers in communicable diseases and health system. He was the Director of Ifakara Health Institute for

Dr Mshinda has conducted several international and national consultancies assigned by Department of International Development, Danish Development Agency and World Health Organisation. Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Dr Mshinda is the Chairperson of the Board of Ifakara Health Institute was the Member and Chairman of INDEPTH Board, and now a Board member of several research and technology based institutions in Tanzania.

Currently, He is a Commissioner for the United Nations Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children and Honorary Professor of University of Liverpool.