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Name: Dickson Ally Mkoka
Position : Senior Lecturer, School, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Training
BSc. Nursing ,University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1999- 2003
MSc. Nursing, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania, 2007-2009
PhD- Health System Governance, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2012-2016
Personal Statement
I am a Lecturer in Critical Care Nursing, Advanced Nursing Practice and Health System Governance at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania since 2006. Apart from teaching and providing service in critical care and emergency care at clinical settings, also I have been involved in research since 2010 and my research has focused in Critical Care, Emergence Care, Advanced Nursing Practice, Respectful Compassionate Care, Health Systems and Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal, and Child Health. Specifically, I have been involved in research focused on the development and implementation of policy related to reproductive, maternal, and child health and issues related to decentralised health system governance. Some of the research that I have conducted has focused on exploring governance related issues influencing implementation of maternal and reproductive health related policies in rural Tanzania as well as governance related factors affecting working conditions for health workers delivering maternal and reproductive health care in central part of Tanzania. I am an experienced qualitative research methodologist as well as health system research focusing on informing health policy with regard to nursing practice, health system leadership, clinical governance, sexual and reproductive health.
Research Projects:
1. Treatment of Health Complications due to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Tanzania: Curriculum Build, Implementation and Evaluation
NHI Funded Project: NICHD 1R01HD115567-01;
Duration : 10/01/24-09/30/29
Role: Co-investigator
2. Evaluating the Effects of Reproductive Health Training on Provider Behavior (THP-2)
NIH Funded Project: Grant Number: 2R01 HD092655
Role: Country Principal investigator
Duration: 10/01/2023-09/30/28
3. Training Healthcare Professionals to Address Reproductive Health for Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania
NIH Funded Project: Grant Number: R01HD1100999
Role: Country Principal investigator
Duration:03/01/2023-03/31/2028
4. Action Leveraging to reduce Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity in Sub-Saharan- ALERT.
EU Funded Project
Role: Researcher
Duration: 2020-2024
B. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honors
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2026 – Senior Lecturer
2024- Present- Appointed Member, MUHAS-Senate for Continuous Education and Professional
Development
2024 – Present- Appointed Member, MUHAS committee for effective implementation of research
Projects- Directorate of Research, Publication and Innovation
2020 – 2024 - Dean- School of Nursing, MUHAS
2020 – 2022 -President, Tanzania Critical Care Nurse Association
2015 – June 2020 -Head, Department of Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing, MUHAS
2018 – Present - Director, Paediatric Oncology Nursing Short course
2018 – Present -Director, Basic Critical Care and Basic Emergency Care Short Course
2016 - 2018 -Head, Department of Clinical Nursing, MUHAS Academic Medical Centre
2012 - 2015 -Head, Internal Students Exchange and Elective Committee- School of Nursing
2010 - 2014 -Programme Coordinator - Master of Science (Critical Care and Trauma).
1. Critical Care and Emergence Care
2. Advanced Nursing Practice
3. Sexual Health and Sexuality
4. Health system governance
5. Nursing education and training
6. Health Literacy, respctiful commpasinate care
7. Elderly Health Care and Management
1. Co-Investigator: Healthy Ageing: Strengthening Geriatric Healthcare in Tanzania through Research, Education and Intervention (The HeART Project), DANIDA funded project, 2026-303.
2. Country Principal Investigator: Training Healthcare Professionals to Address Sexual and Reproductive Health for Persons with Disabilities in Tanzania (Tanzabilities Project): NIH Funded Project: Grant Number: R01HD1100999 (2023- 2028)
3. Country Principal Investigator: Training for Healthcare Professionals to Address sexual and Reproductive Health Care (THP Project Phase 2): NIH Funded Project: Grant Number: 2R01 HD092655. (2023- 2028)
4. Co-Investigator : Treatment of Health Compilcations due to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Tanzania: Curriculum Build, Implementation and Evaluation (ReWOSH Project):NHIFunded Project: NICHD 1R01HD115567-01 : (2024- 2029)
5. Country Principal Investigator: Training for Healthcare Professionals to Address sexual and Reproductive Health Care (THP Project Phase 1): NIH Funded Project: Grant Number: 1R01 HD092655-01A1 (2018- 2023)
1. Mkoka, D. A., & Mdangu, H. (2026). Nurses’ Practices and Perceived Challenges of Meeting Nutrition Needs of Critically Ill Patients Through Enteral Feeding: A Qualitative Study at Tertiary Hospitals, Tanzania. International Journal of Critical Care, 20(1), 14–26. https://doi.org/10.29173/ijcc60
2. Mkoka, D. A., Ross, M. W., Mkonyi, E., Trent, M., Lukumay, G. G., Kohli, N., Mgopa, L. R., Rohloff, C. T., Mwakawanga, D. L., Mohammed, I., Mushy, S. E., Massae, A. F., Zhang, Z., & Rosser, B. R. S. (2025). Evaluation of an Afrocentric Sexual Health Education Curriculum for Medical, Nursing and Midwifery Students in Tanzania. East African Journal of Health and Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/https ://doi.o rg/10.37284/2707-3920
3. Mkoka, DA & Andwilile, R. Nurses’ perceptions on barriers for implementing pressure ulcers preventive measures among critically ill patients at a tertiary teaching hospital, Tanzania. International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences,Volume 20,2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2024.100676
4. Mkoka DA, Nkingi R, 2022, Lived Experiences of Adults with Sickle Cell Disease: A Qualitative Study, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. East African Health Research Journal,6(2):189–195. https://doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v6i2.699
5. Rosser BRS, Mkoka DA, Trent M, Kohli N, Mgopa LR, Rohloff CT, Mkonyi E, Ross MW, Mushy SE, Mohammed I, Massae AF, Zhang Z, Mwakawanga DL, Lukumay GG. Effects of an Afrocentric Sexual Health Education Curriculum for Medical, Nursing, and Midwifery Students in Tanzania: A Single-Blinded Randomized Controlled Phase 3 Trial. Arch Sex Behav. 2025 Jul;54(7):2727-2738. doi:10.1007/s10508-025-03207-1
