Dorcas Masha

Dorcas Masha

Health Insurance Officer

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  • About me

    Community & Health Project Management Personnel | Public Health Devotee| Social Welfare Expertise. With a pinch of interests in Branding and Enterprenuership

  • Education

    • University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)

      2016 - 2019
      Bachelor's degree Sociology Upper Second

      Activities and Societies: Debate Team.

    • University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)

      2019 - 2021
      Master's degree Public Health Upper Second
  • Experience

    • NSSF

      Jun 2018 - Sept 2018
      Health Insurance Officer

      Worked as Social Health Insurance Benefit (SHIB) Administrator. With main tasks of coordinating health insurance beneficiaries, filing reports and dispatching patients referral letter.

    • Freelance

      May 2019 - now
      Freelance Community & Public Health Researcher
    • CAPIP ( Care for People Initiative Project)

      Aug 2019 - Nov 2019
      Assistant Project Manager

      I handled data collection tasks of the HIV outreaches, TB and Family Planning interventions. I created awareness through outreaches and workshops concerning family planning.

    • NLPS (New Lukuwade Petrol Station)

      Sept 2019 - Oct 2023
      Human Resource and Interrelation Manager

      Assisting in building strong employee relationships by encouraging social interaction and conducting team building activities.

    • ASUTA (Asasi ya Uwezeshaji Tanzania)

      Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
      Case Management & SBCC Officer

      Coordinated the health providers in implementation of HIV testing intervention. I assisted further field work duties.

    • SIKIKA

      Sept 2020 - Feb 2021
      Field facilitator

      Assisted in the implementation of Community Score Card as means of collecting community ideas and achieving collective engagement of community leaders, health providers, and community health system in matters concerning HIV, MALARIA, TB, EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS.

    • TMDA

      Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
      Evaluator
    • ICAP at Columbia University

      Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

      Currently implementing a bio behavioral survey (BBS) with a team of qualitative researchers, counsellors and laboratory technicians with the aim of improving data quality and representativeness of the collected HIV data among KP’s ( key population) under the CDC- funded project comprehensive community based HIV prevention, linkage and retention services for KP’s. As a coupon manager, i have a duty of screening the eligibility of the participants ie; High Risk Women(HRW) and People Injecting Drugs (PWID) to participate in the study/ survey. But also tracking and managing the participants coupons together with coordinating and ensuring that client have gone through all stages of the study ie: pre counseling, Tests for HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Syphilis, Post counseling and many other services provided by the team with in Mwanza, Mbeya, and Dodoma regions. Show less

      • Research Assistant- BBS Formative Assessment

        Jul 2022 - Oct 2022
      • Data Quality Assuarance Officer

        May 2022 - Aug 2022
      • Coupon Manager- Qualitative Researcher

        Feb 2022 - May 2022
    • CI-GROUP

      Oct 2022 - Oct 2023
      Project Manager
    • ICAP at Columbia University

      Jun 2023 - now
      Qualitative Consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Monitoring, Evaluation and Evidence based reporting

      Institute of Project Management and Evaluation
      Jun 2020
    • Project write-up and Fundraising

      Institute of Project Management and Evaluation
      May 2020
    • Brand building DIY for Digital Economy

      HEBO Consult
      Jun 2021
    • Data analyst

      University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)
      Jun 2018
    • Sustainable Development Goals Champion

      United Nations Volunteers
      Aug 2018
    • Human Research: Human Subject Protection

      Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
      Feb 2022
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Dorcas Masha
      Contemporary Sociological Theories University of Dar es salaam Sep 2019
    • Awarded to Dorcas Masha
      Sociological Dimension of Population Studies University of Dar es salaam Sep 2019
    • Awarded to Dorcas Masha
      Sociology of Sexuality University of Dar es salaam Sep 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Community Volunteer

      Issued by ASUTA on Aug 2019
      ASUTAAssociated with Dorcas Masha