Prof. Japhet Killewo

Japhet Killewo (JK) is a professor emeritus at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Tanzania where he has been teaching epidemiology. He does research in communicable and non-communicable diseases and has continued to do so to date. He also worked for 4 years with the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDRB) in Bangladesh monitoring and evaluating reproductive health interventions in a health and demographic surveillance system.

JK initiated an urban based health and demographic surveillance platform in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2010 where more than 100,000 residents of all ages are being researched and followed up for in- and out-migration, vital events, socio-economic status, NCDs, food insecurity and HIV Drug Resistance. This unique cohort is the site for accurate and reliable data for policy makers and scientists.

JK was party to launching the One Health agenda in Tanzania. JK is currently the Country Manager of Africa One Health University Network (AFROHUN) in Tanzania. In this position JK carries out One Health activities in collaboration with human and animal health institutions and government agencies in Tanzania and as coordinated by the Prime Minister’s Office.

JK has critically reviewed a considerable number of research proposals and manuscripts for various peer reviewed international journals and has published widely in local as well as international journals, having written chapters in books and edited a section in the International Encyclopaedia of Public Health. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the derivative volume on Epidemiology and Demography in Public Health and edited and contributed to a chapter in the book, “Primary Health Care in Tanzania through a Health Systems Lens: A History of the Struggle for Universal Health Coverage” September 2023.

JK has more than 130 published articles in journals to his credit as of June 2024.

Link to my publications:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=killewo