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Ms. Onike Mcharo | Reproductive Health | Best Researcher Award

The University of Dodoma | Tanzania

Ms. Onike Mcharo has built a strong profile as a social scientist contributing extensively to public health, economics, sociology, and community-based research in Tanzania. Her work spans critical areas such as NTDs, WASH, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, nutrition, behavior change communication, adolescent health, inclusive education, women’s empowerment, and gender-based violence. She has played integral roles in major national and international research initiatives, including hand hygiene intervention trials, helminth infection control studies, menstrual health and well-being programs, and non-communicable disease peer-counseling interventions. Her expertise includes project management, stakeholder engagement, qualitative research, capacity building, financial management, and monitoring and evaluation, supported by strong analytical and communication skills. She has collaborated widely with multidisciplinary teams and led diverse community engagement activities that enhance research translation and policy relevance. Although the CV provides bibliometric indicators, the h-index 4, total 10 documents, and 57 citation counts  within the provided record. Her academic background in public health, financial management, economics, and sociology complements her practical experience, enabling her to support rigorous data collection, analysis, and reporting across complex public health projects.

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Featured Publications

Makata, K., Kinung’hi, S., Hansen, C., Ayieko, P., Sichalwe, S., Mcharo, O., Ensink, J., Dreibelbis, R., Rockowitz, S., Okello, E., Grosskurth, H., & Kapiga, S. Hand hygiene intervention to optimize helminthic infection control among school-aged children in NW Tanzania: Design and results of Mikono Safi—An ongoing school-based cluster-randomised controlled trial in NW Tanzania.

Okello, E., Mcharo, O., Makata, K., Kinung’hi, S., Grosskurth, H., Kapiga, S., & Dreibelbis, R. Engaging parents to support hand hygiene for reduction of helminth infection: Practical experience from an on-going trial in North West Tanzania.

Okello, E., Kapiga, S., Grosskurth, H., Makata, K., Mcharo, O., Kinung’hi, S., & Dreibelbis, R. Factors perceived to facilitate or hinder handwashing among primary students: A qualitative assessment of the Mikono Safi intervention schools in NW Tanzania.

Barrington, D. J., Sindall, R. C., Chinyama, A., Morse, T., Sule, M. N., Beale, J., Kativhu, T., Krishnan, S., Luwe, K., Malolo, R. D., Mcharo, O., Odili, A., Ravndal, K. T., Rose, J., Shaylor, E., & Wozei, E. Amplifying local voices to reduce failure in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector [Research brief]. WASH Failures Team, Royal Academy of Engineering, Global Challenges Research Fund.

Kisigo, G. A., Mcharo, O. C., Robert, J. L., Peck, R. N., Sundararajan, R., & Okello, E. S. (n.d.). Understanding barriers and facilitators to clinic attendance and medication adherence among adults with hypertensive urgency in Tanzania. Manuscript in preparation.

Onike Mcharo | Reproductive Health | Best Researcher Award

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