Thecla Kohi
BScN (1990) MN (1992)
Internationally trained
Dr. Thecla Kohi’s initial professional education was obtained in Tanzania (Registered Nurse) and the United Kingdom (Registered Midwife). She was one of the group of Tanzanian nurses who participated in the Tanzania Project and she obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees from ±«Óãtv University School of Nursing in the early 1990s.
After returning to Muhimbili University of Health Sciences (MUHAS) in Dares Salaam, she undertook PhD studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and graduated in 2004. Currently she holds the position of Senior Lecturer at MUHAS where she is engaged in
Teaching, Research and Service and Consultancy.
Demonstrated leadership
Dr. Kohi has been a faculty member at MUHAS since 1990 and she served as Dean of the School Nursing from 1997 to 2004 and again from 2006 to 2008. She is a graduate supervisor for a number of nursing PhD and Masters students and has been the Principal Investigator and leader in various collaborative research and other projects that involve other Universities such as the University of California San Francisco and Winona State University in the USA, the International Health Alliance through the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Fund (PEPFAR), Five African Universities (Swaziland, Lesotho, Malawi, Kwazulu-Natal and Tanzania), and Uppsala and Umea Universities in Sweden.
Dr. Kohi also leads other aspects of the Tanzania Nursing Initiative Project, working with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) and with other project members to provide technical support to the MoHSWs Nursing Training Section. She works closely with the Tanzania Nursing and Midwives Council (TNMC), The Tanzania National Nurses Association (TANNA) and the Office of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to strengthen the capacity of the three organizations to support the ongoing development of the nursing profession in Tanzania. Dr. Kohi has served as a consultant to the Tanzanian (MoHSW) and other International organizations and she is the author of several peer reviewed publications in professional journals.