Dr Omary Chillo

Dr Chillo is a physiology lecturer from the Department of Physiology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Muhas). He is also the President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Tanzania Health Summit (THS) and a Board member of Public Private Health Forum in Tanzania.

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Tanzania: What future holds for healthcare in a middle income country

On Wednesday July 1st last year, we woke up to the news that Tanzania had become a lower-middle-income country. The World Bank (WB) announced...

Gaps we can bridge with strong public-private partnership in healthcare

Globally, 400 million people lack access to basic health services and millions of others are increasingly getting impoverished because of high out-of-pocket healthcare costs....

Time for universities to wake up, save students from risk of lifestyle diseases

Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have long been associated with the elderly population; however, preliminary findings of my study on this aspect in Tanzania have...

On pregnancy and physical fitness, here’s what I would tell every woman

During pregnancy, women develop several changes in their body functioning (physiology) due to the significant amount of hormones they release to their unborn offspring...