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Mr. Manase Kilonzi is a trained pharmacist working as an assistant lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. He received his Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) and Master of Science in Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 2014 and 2020, respectively, from Muhimbili University. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Malaria and Sickle Cell Disease at the University of Cape Town (UCT). For years, Mr. Kilonzi has been working on different research projects focusing on the safety and efficacy/effectiveness of various medications as well as strengthening health service delivery through community empowerment.
1. Medication Safety and Effectiveness: Evaluation of the safety, effectiveness, and optimal use of medicines, particularly antimalarials, antiretrovirals, anthelmintics, and anticancer therapies.
2. Neglected Tropical Diseases and Neglected Health Conditions: Prevention, treatment, and health-system responses to neglected tropical diseases and conditions, with particular interest in snakebite envenoming, rabies and dog-bite injuries, and schistosomiasis.
3. Pharmacogenomics and Precision Medicine: Investigation of genetic determinants of variability in drug pharmacokinetics, treatment response, toxicity, and therapeutic outcomes.
4. Public Health and Implementation Research: Development, implementation, and evaluation of context-appropriate interventions that actively engage communities, healthcare providers, and other end users to improve equitable and timely access to essential medicines and healthcare services.
1. Susceptibility Profile of Antibacterial Reserved Use at Zonal Referral, National and
special hospitals in Tanzania, and the project was granted 15 million Tanzanian shillings. - completed
2. Health Literacy among hypertensive patients on medication for at least one month.- Completed
3. Factors influencing underutilization of Hydroxyurea among sickle cell disease patients in Tanzania. - Completed
4. Factors influencing utilization of praziquantel in the management of schistosomiasis in pregnant women in Tanzania - completed
5. Factors influencing access to life-saving medicines for victims of insect and animal
envenomation in Mkinga District of Tanzania - Finalizing manuscript submission, expected to complete in December 2026.
6. The Village model for the management of snakebite envenoming in rural settings: A
cocreation model in Mkinga District, Tanzania - ongoing, expected to end in December 2027.
