2023 Leadership Journey Project: Empowering councils’ managers to take leadership in data review and decision making
Stella Nyamtondo Mujaya, has over 20 years of experience working in public health. She has worked with the government and international organisations, led and managed programs, and conducted research and evaluation activities in nutrition, dietetics, gender, and sexual and reproductive health, particularly family planning, HIV, and gender-based violence.
Stella is currently the Country Director for Data.FI Tanzania and is the Palladium Country Representative. She previously worked with the MoH Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre as Dietician, Fhi360 as a program officer, research and research utilization Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science as a Project coordinator.
She holds a bachelor of science degree in nutrition and dietetics from Adventist University of the Philippines and a master’s degree in public health from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.
Fun Fact: Stella loves singing, if it wasn’t her dad she would have probably ended up as a musician! And her wildest travel experience (Japan) was when she sat on a heated toilet for the first time, something she never experienced before.