Sylvia Basil Imalike is a Nutrition Specialist and public health leader with over 16 years of experience in maternal, infant, and young child nutrition, school feeding, and integrated community health systems in Tanzania. She currently serves as the Feeding Technical Expert and Partners Liaison at Blue Care Foundation. Before that, she served as Technical Lead for School Programs at Global Communities under the Pamoja Tuwalishe Program, overseeing nutrition and health implementation across 367 schools. Previously, she spent ten years with Feed the Children as Food, Nutrition, Health, and Water Programs Manager, leading integrated nutrition and WASH initiatives. Her earlier roles as Programs Officer and Nutrition and Behavior Change Counsellor laid a strong foundation in community-level health systems strengthening.
Sylvia holds a Master of Public Administration from Mzumbe University and a BSc in Human Nutrition and Home Economics from Sokoine University of Agriculture, complemented by a seven-month Impact Leadership Course in strategic management.
She is inspired by the transformative power of women leading change in health systems, passionate about creating safe spaces for women’s voices and advancing gender-responsive solutions rooted in real lived experiences.
Fun fact: Sylvia enjoys initiating dialogues and interactions and like to stay in the live atmosphere.