ABOUT Stephen Maluka

Stephen Maluka is a lecturer at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His area of specialization is in teaching and research is Health Policy and Systems; Social Justice and Equity; and Democratic governance and community participation in public health policies. He has also been involved in a number of research projects on health policy and systems research including the following: Strengthening fairness and accountability in health systems priority setting at district level; Supporting decentralized management to improve health workforce performance; Understanding the effect of the takeover of informal sector health insurance scheme by a formal sector scheme on universal coverage (UC) in terms of risk pooling and purchasing in Tanzania; and evaluating community participation in the governance of public health system in Tanzania. Stephen has published over ten articles in the peer review international journals and has made several presentations in the international symposiums.