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Declined by Timtrent 2 months ago. Last edited by Daudi Peter Manyanga 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Daudi Peter Manyanga (born 9 November 1969) is a Tanzanian public health physician and epidemiologist specialising in immunization, vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) surveillance, and polio eradication in Africa. He works as a Technical Officer for VPD Surveillance with the World Health Organization (WHO) Inter-Country Support Team for East and Southern Africa, based in Harare, Zimbabwe.^[1]

Education

Manyanga holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Dar es Salaam (1997), a Master of Public Health from the University of Leeds (2004), a Master of Business Administration from Mzumbe University (2010), a Master of Arts in Monitoring and Evaluation from the Open University of Tanzania (2017), and a PhD in Monitoring and Evaluation from the Open University of Tanzania (2019).^[2]

Career

Ministry of Health, Tanzania

Manyanga joined Tanzania's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare as an EPI Surveillance Officer in 1999. He served as Acting National Immunization Programme Manager from 2002 to 2003, and later as National EPI Monitoring and Evaluation Officer from 2004 to 2016.^[2]

World Health Organization

Since 2016, Manyanga has served in surveillance roles with the WHO's Inter-Country Support Team for East and Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe.^[2] In 2024, he was a featured speaker at a South African government-hosted webinar on polio surveillance.^[3]

In 2026, Manyanga was deployed by the WHO Regional Office for Africa to Lesotho to conduct a comprehensive review and optimisation of the country's environmental surveillance sites for polio detection, to enhance detection sensitivity for poliovirus.^[1]

Research

Manyanga's research focuses on vaccine-preventable disease surveillance, polio eradication, acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) detection, and the integration of environmental surveillance for infectious diseases. He has published extensively on polio surveillance in East and Southern Africa, including studies on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on AFP surveillance,^[4] the use of outbreak simulation exercises to strengthen preparedness,^[5] and the implementation of environmental surveillance for poliovirus detection.^[6]

He has also contributed to the documentation of fifty years of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in East and Southern Africa, co-authoring several articles in a 2025 supplement of the Pan African Medical Journal commemorating the programme's anniversary.

Selected publications

Manyanga D, Maseti E, Mokoena K, Buthelezi T, Mthetwa S, Mokoena S, Khosa-Lesola E, Wanyoike S (2025). "Assessment of environmental surveillance for the detection of poliovirus implementation in the metropolitan districts of South Africa, 2020–2023". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 58. doi:10.11604/pamj.2025.51.58.45463.
Manyanga D, Byabamazima C, Teboh C, Weldegebriel G, Muitherero C, Masvikeni B, Ochieng M, Wanyoike S (2025). "Five decades of progress in vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and immunization coverage in East and Southern Africa: focus on polio and measles". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 19.
Manyanga D, Byabamazima C, Masvikeni B, Ochieng M, Wanyoike S (2025). "A decade of progress and challenges in government support for routine immunization in East and Southern Africa (2015–2024)". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 22.
Manyanga D, Nyaki H, Mujuni D, Joachim G, Saleh AA, Masvikeni B, Makelemo B, Byabamazima C, Wanyoike S (2025). "The evolution of Tanzania's poliomyelitis surveillance system since the introduction of the expanded program on immunization in 1975". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 25.
Ochieng M, Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Byabamazima C, Wanyoike S (2025). "Trends and insights of data quality in the Expanded Programme on immunization East and Southern Africa sub region: (1974–2024)". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 27.
Manyanga D, Ochieng M, Wanyoike S (2025). "Integrated delivery of health services with routine immunization: a fifty-year perspective towards strengthening primary health care in ESA countries". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 36.
Manyanga D, Byabamazima C, Masvikeni B, Wanyoike S (2025). "Updates on the polio surveillance action plan's key performance indicators: East and Southern African countries (January 2022 to December 2023)". Pan African Medical Journal. 50: 85. doi:10.11604/pamj.2025.50.85.43108.
Sangeda RZ, James D, Mariki H, Mbwambo ME, Mwenesi ME, Nyaki H, Tinuga F, Manyanga DP (2024). "Childhood vaccination trends during 2019 to 2022 in Tanzania and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic". Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 20 (1): 2356342. doi:10.1080/21645515.2024.2356342.
Byabamazima C, Masvikeni B, Katsande R, Manyanga D (2024). "Monitoring the evolution of vaccine-derived poliovirus in East and Southern African countries, 2010–2021". Pan African Medical Journal. 47: 31. doi:10.11604/pamj.2024.47.31.39945.
Tegegne AA, Maleghemi S, Bakata E, Anyuon AN, Legge GA, Kibrak AL, Ticha JM, Manyanga DP, Bello IM, Berta KK, Ndenzako F, Pascal M, Olu OO (2022). "Contribution of Auto-Visual AFP Detection and Reporting (AVADAR) on polio surveillance in South Sudan". Pan African Medical Journal. 42 (Suppl 1): 14. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2022.42.1.33788.
Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Kuloba M, Byabamazima C, Daniel F (2021). "Early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acute flaccid paralysis Surveillance in East and Southern African countries". Pan African Medical Journal. 39: 147. doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.39.147.28884.
Manyanga D, Byabamazima C, Masvikeni B, Daniel F (2020). "Assessment of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance performance in East and Southern African countries 2012–2019". Pan African Medical Journal. 36: 71. doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.71.23173.
Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Daniel F (2020). "The experiences of using polio outbreak simulation exercises to strengthen national outbreak preparedness and response plans in sub-Saharan Africa". Pan African Medical Journal. 36: 340. doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.340.23824.

References

1 2 "WHO AFRO deploys expert to Lesotho for environmental surveillance optimization". World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa. 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
1 2 3 "WHO – Daudi Manyanga". World Health Organization. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
↑ "Polio surveillance webinar: South Africa hosts WHO expert". South African Department of Health. 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
↑ Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Kuloba M, Byabamazima C, Daniel F (2021). "Early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in East and Southern African countries". Pan African Medical Journal. 39: 147. doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.39.147.28884. PMC 8418164. PMID 34527146.
↑ Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Daniel F (2020). "The experiences of using polio outbreak simulation exercises to strengthen national outbreak preparedness and response plans in sub-Saharan Africa". Pan African Medical Journal. 36: 340. doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.340.23824. PMC 7548144. PMID 33193993.
↑ Manyanga D, Maseti E, Mokoena K, Buthelezi T, Mthetwa S, Mokoena S, Khosa-Lesola E, Wanyoike S (2025). "Assessment of environmental surveillance for the detection of poliovirus implementation in the metropolitan districts of South Africa, 2020–2023". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 58. doi:10.11604/pamj.2025.51.58.45463. PMC 11927653. PMID 40950827.

External links

Daudi Manyanga publications on PubMed

[Lesotho2026-1] 1 2 "WHO AFRO deploys expert to Lesotho for environmental surveillance optimization". World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa. 2026. Retrieved 28 May 2026.

[WHOprofile-2] 1 2 3 "WHO – Daudi Manyanga". World Health Organization. Retrieved 28 May 2026.

[3] "Polio surveillance webinar: South Africa hosts WHO expert". South African Department of Health. 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2026.

[COVID19-4] Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Kuloba M, Byabamazima C, Daniel F (2021). "Early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acute flaccid paralysis surveillance in East and Southern African countries". Pan African Medical Journal. 39: 147. doi:10.11604/pamj.2021.39.147.28884. PMC 8418164. PMID 34527146.

[simulation-5] Manyanga D, Masvikeni B, Daniel F (2020). "The experiences of using polio outbreak simulation exercises to strengthen national outbreak preparedness and response plans in sub-Saharan Africa". Pan African Medical Journal. 36: 340. doi:10.11604/pamj.2020.36.340.23824. PMC 7548144. PMID 33193993.

[envSA-6] Manyanga D, Maseti E, Mokoena K, Buthelezi T, Mthetwa S, Mokoena S, Khosa-Lesola E, Wanyoike S (2025). "Assessment of environmental surveillance for the detection of poliovirus implementation in the metropolitan districts of South Africa, 2020–2023". Pan African Medical Journal. 51: 58. doi:10.11604/pamj.2025.51.58.45463. PMC 11927653. PMID 40950827.

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