Neema Sirima is a Tanzanian public health leader with over 15 years of experience strengthening health systems across RMNCAH, nutrition, SRHR, WASH, and school health. She recently served as Technical Lead for Health at Global Communities under the USDA-funded Pamoja Tuwalishe program, and has previously held leadership roles at Plan International, Willows International, and RFSU Tanzania. Her career reflects steady progression from field-level implementation to strategic oversight, including leading the development of Tanzania’s National School Health Guidelines and guiding national policy processes with government ministries.
Neema’s expertise spans multi-sector program leadership, quality assurance, sub-national partnership management, and translating policy into practice through gender-responsive governance and accountability frameworks.
She holds a Master of Public Health, is a member of the PMI Tanzania Chapter, and is currently preparing for her PMP certification to further strengthen her program governance leadership.
She is inspired by women leaders who bring accountability, resilience, and community-centered perspective to health governance, and by the growing presence of women influencing policy spaces that have historically excluded their voices.
Fun fact: Neema’s stress relief is reorganizing spaces, by the time every shelf is sorted and every drawer is cleared, her thoughts usually are too.