Elizabeth Shekalaghe

Elizabeth Shekalaghe is a Public Health Pharmacist working with the Pharmacy Council of Tanzania as the Registrar since April 2014. Within two (2) years of the assignment of regulating practice in the country including training, she spearheaded and succeeded to develop a harmonized curriculum that has set standards for the admission of lower cadre in the pharmacy training in the country currently in use. Prior joining the Pharmacy Council, she worked with Tanzania Food & Drugs Authority (TFDA) for the past 13 years as a Principal Pharmacist and Drug Inspector. Since 2008, she was a lead to the Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets Program (ADDO) as the Program Manager responsible for the National rollout coordination until when the program was handled over to the Pharmacy Council in August 2013. Elizabeth has also worked with TFDA as Drug Evaluation Officer and a Drug Registration Officer. During establishment of the Pharmacy Council, She was seconded from TFDA to support the initial set up of the Council where she initiated the development of the Pharmacy Act, 2002 and other relevant documents needed to establish the Council. Elizabeth has a vast experience in working at pharmaceutical regulatory environment, working with development partners in health during which was the top agenda during the time of ADDO implementation and recently where she implements the projects under the support of donor funding agents within the Council. Elizabeth career encompasses a range of technical and managerial activities in the areas of professional regulatory issues, project management as well as community pharmacy practices. During internship training she worked under the Drug Information Department and involved in producing publications on various public health issues. Prior to join Pharmacy carrier, she provided teaching practice at Al Muntazir Junior School in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. She holds a Diploma in Education (1996), Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (2000), Master of Public Health (2005), Msc. In Leadership, Management and Change in Health Care (2009) and have extensive working knowledge of MS Office and much other productivity enhancing computer software.