This document provides a curriculum vitae for Notion Gombe, who has a Masters of Public Health degree from the University of Zimbabwe. It details his education background and qualifications, as well as his extensive work experience in epidemiology and public health in Zimbabwe over the past 15+ years. This includes roles coordinating MPH research projects and field placements, as well as positions as an environmental health officer and consultant for various public health programs and surveys. It also lists his publications, training, areas of expertise, and participation in scientific conferences both within and outside of Africa.

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Notion Tafara Gombe, MPH
Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program
Health Studies Office
Cnr. 4th Street/Central Avenue
Harare
Phone: +263 4 792157
Mobile: +263 773 447 539
Email: gombent@yahoo.com
Alternative email: ntgombe@gmail.com
Skype name: notion.gombe
Personal Information Date of Birth: 29 January 1970
Nationality: Zimbabwean
Languages: Fluent in English, Ndebele, and Shona
Education Masters of Public Health (MPH) – University of Zimbabwe – 2006-2007
B-Tech Environmental Health – Tshwane University of Technology (RSA) –1998-
1999
African Programme for Advanced Research Epidemiology Training Fellow
(APARET Fellow) 2012-2013
Current Employer UZ- MPH Project/African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET)
Working Experience
Keyresponsibilities
2008 – date Senior Assistant MPH Field Coordinator
• Coordinating and supervising MPH students’ research projects including
dissertations
• Supervising MPH students on field attachment
• Maintaining the MPH program database
• Preparation and submission of abstracts to scientific conferences, local,
regional and International
• Preparation and submission of abstracts to peer review journals
• Plan and design course modules
• Monitor progress of implementation of all AFENET Country activities
• Advocacy for the program including fund raising
• Lecturing on Epidemiology, Health Systems Research, Environmental and
Occupational Health, Scientific writing.
Experience 2004 – 2008 – Provincial Environmental Health Officer – MOH&CC
1
1995 – 2003 - District Environmental Health Officer- MOH&CC
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Ministry of Health and Child Care

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Scientific Conferences 1. Participated at the 64
rd
Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference,
Atlanta Georgia, USA- April 19-23
rd
May, 2015
2. Participated at the 63
rd
Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference,
Atlanta Georgia, USA- April 28-2
nd
May, 2014
3. Was a moderator at the 5
th
AFENET Scientific Conference held in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, 17
th
to 22
nd
November 2013
4. Participated at the 7
th
TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference in Amman,
Jordan, 10
th
to 15
th
November 2012
5. Participated at the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious
Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE) workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland, 24
th
to
26
th
October 2012
6. Participated at the 61
st
Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference,
Atlanta Georgia, USA- April 16-20, 2012
7. Participated at the 4
th
AFENET Scientific Conference in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania, 11-16 December 2011
8. Participated at the 6
th
TEPHINET
2
Global Scientific Conference in Cape Town,
South Africa, 13
th
to 17
th
December 2010
9. Presented a paper entitled ‘ Factors Associated with HIV Infection among
Children Born to Mothers Participating in the Prevention of Mother to Child
Transmission (PMTCT) Programme at Chitungwiza Hospital, Zimbabwe’ at the
15
th
Annual Maternal Child Health Epidemiology (MCH EPI) Conference in
Tampa Florida, USA, 9-11 December 2009
10. Participated at the Analysis of Equity in Health and Health Care in the WHO
African Region Workshop, Johannesburg, RSA, 28 September to 2
nd
October
2009.
a. The aim of the training workshop was to contribute to development of
capacity for generating and using information and evidence on health
equity for the purpose of improving health outcomes for the poor,
improving their access to essential health interventions and
minimizing catastrophic health care expenditures
11. Participated at the 58
th
Annual Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference,
Atlanta Georgia, USA- April 20-24, 2009
12. Participated at the Fifth African Regional TEPHINET and Third AFENET
Scientific Conference, Mombasa, Kenya, 30
th
August to 4 September 2009
13. Presented two papers at the 5
th
TEPHINET Global Scientific Conference in
Malaysia, 1-6 November 2008
a. Evaluation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
Strategy Implementation, Bulawayo City, Zimbabwe
b. Risk factors for Contracting Anthrax in Kuwirirana Ward, Gokwe
north, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe
14. Presented a paper entitled ‘Risk factors for Contracting Anthrax in Kuwirirana
Ward, Gokwe north, Midlands Province’ at the 4
th
TEPHINET African Regional
and Second AFENET Scientific Conference, Kampala Uganda – 3-7
December 2007
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Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network

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Professional
development
1. Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) offered by The Research
Support Centre, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS),
14-16 March 2012
2. Project Management in Clinical and Epidemiological Research offered by
Vienna School of Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Uganda, Kampala,
11-13 January 2012. I successfully passed the final examination with a
distinction
3. Introduction to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and Good Epidemiological
Practice (GEP) offered by Vienna School of Clinical and Epidemiological
Research, Uganda, Kampala, 16 January 2012
4. Ethics in Epidemiology offered by Vienna School of Clinical and Epidemiological
Research, Uganda, Kampala, 17 January 2012
5. Participated in a Monitoring and Evaluation training workshop organized by CDC
Zimbabwe and held at Cresta Lodge in Harare from 23
rd
to 27
th
May 2011.
6. International training workshop on Environmental Health Hazard Mapping
using GIS software – Nairobi, Kenya from 14 – 17 April 2003.
7. The general objectives were:
a. To familiarize participants with the use of mapping in strategic
regional Planning and
b. To support and encourage development and assessment of strategic
planning and action programs to improve both environmental
conditions and public health based on relevant information.
8. Participated in an international malaria training course held in Nazareth,
Ethiopia from 17 September to 08 December 2000. The course was aimed at
updating and strengthening the technical skills and capacity of malaria control
managers and senior health officers from Anglophone African countries, on
planning, implementation and monitoring of malaria control. I managed to
complete the course and awarded a certificate of technical competence.
9. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) National University of Science and
Technology 26-30 March 2001.
10. Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) and Environmental Risk
Assessment, Pretoria (RSA).

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Consulting Experience
1. World Bank/Cordaid, June to August 2012. Consultant, Strengthening
supportive supervision with prioritized focus on the Results Based Financing
Programme in Zimbabwe
2. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, July to December 2011. National
Micronutrient Survey Coordinator working with partners including UNICEF and
WHO. Responsible for overall coordination of the survey including among
other tasks protocol development, training of enumerators, convening task
force meetings etc
3. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, October to December 2009. Was a Core-
Investigator in the National Malaria Case Management Audit. We developed
the protocol, collected and analyzed data and report writing.
Statistical and Research
Techniques
• Research protocol development, implementation, analysis and report writing
• Advanced data analysis skills
• Advanced scientific writing skills
Computer training • Microsoft-Office package
• Internet and E-mail
• Epi-Info 7 statistical software
Strengths • Good analytical skills
• Strong background in health programming
• Able to work under minimal supervision,
• Able to work under pressure
• Advanced computer skills
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills, oral and written
• Excellent documenting and presentation skills

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Publications 1. N T Gombe, B Mabaera, M Tshimanga, G Shambira, A Chadambuka,
Evaluation of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy
Implementation in Bulawayo City. South African Journal of Child Health:
SAJCH March 2010 VOL. 4 NO. 1
2. NT Gombe, BMM Nkomo, M Tshimanga, G Shambira, A Chadambuka. Risk
factors for Contracting Anthrax in Kuwirirana Ward, Gokwe North, Midlands
Province. African Health Sciences Vol 10 No 2 June 2010
3. Joseph Mberikunashe, Sarah Banda, Addmore Chadambuka, Notion Tafara
Gombe, Gerald Shambira, Mufuta Tshimanga, Reginald Matchaba-Hove.
Prevalence and risk factors for obstructive respiratory conditions among textile
industry workers in Zimbabwe, 2006. The Pan African Medical Journal.
2010;6:1
4. Tachiwenyika Emmanuel, Gombe Notion, Shambira Gerald, Chadambuka
Addmore Tshimanga Mufuta, Zizhou Simukai. Determinants of Perinatal
Mortality in Marondera District, Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe 2009:
a case control study. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2011;8:7
5. A Kone-Coulibally, M Tshimanga, G Shambira , N Gombe , A Chadambuka, P
Chonzi, S Mungofa. Risk factors associated with cholera in Harare City,2008.
East African Journal of Public Health Vol 7 No 4 (2010)
6. Pride Mucheto, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Mufuta Tshimanga,
Gombe Notion, Wenceslas Nyamayaro. Determinants of nondisclosure of
HIV status among women attending the prevention of mother to child
transmission programme, Makonde district, Zimbabwe, 2009. The Pan African
Medical Journal. 2011;8:51
7. A Chadambuka Chimusoro Anderson , Mabaera B, Gombe NT, Tshimanga M,
Shambira G , Low Tuberculosis Case Detection in Gokwe North and South,
Zimbabwe, 2006. African Health Sciences 2011; 11(2): 190 – 196
8. Regis Magauzi, Bigboy Mabaera, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Anderson
Chimusoro, Nqobile Ndlovu, Mufuta Tshimanga, Gerald Shambira, Addmore
Chadambuka, Notion Gombe. Health effects of agrochemicals among farm
workers in commercial farms of Kwekwe district, Zimbabwe, 2006.The Pan
African Medical Journal. 2011;9:26
9. Regis Choto, Addmore Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Notion Gombe,
Mufuta Tshimanga, Stanley Midzi, Joseph Mberikunashe. Trends in
Performance of the National Measles Case-Based Surveillance System,
Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Zimbabwe (1999 - 2008). The Pan
African Medical Journal. 2012;11:2
10. Mufuta Tshimanga, Notion Gombe, Gerald Shambira, Ndlovu Nqobile.
Strengthening field epidemiology in Africa: The Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology
Training Program. Pan Afr Med J. 2011;10(Supp 1):12
11. Chadambuka A, Chimusoro A, Maradzika JC, Tshimanga M, Gombe NT,
Shambira G. Factors associated with contracting sexually transmitted
infections among patients in Zvishavane urban, Zimbabwe;2007. African
Health Sciences 2011; 11(4): 535 – 542
12. G Gonese, M Tshimanga, J Chirenda, A Chadambuka, NT Gombe, G
Shambira. Factors Associated with Occupational injuries at a beverage
manufacturing company in Harare, Zimbabwe-2008. Cent Afr J Med
2011;57(5/8)

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13. Mary Muchekeza , Anderson Chimusoro, Notion T. Gombe, Mufuta
Tshimanga and Gerald Shambira: District health executives in Midlands
province, Zimbabwe: are they performing as expected?. BMC Health Services
Research 2012 12:335.
14. Kufakwanguzvarova W Pomerai, Robert F Mudyiradima and Notion T.
Gombe. Measles outbreak investigation in Zaka, Masvingo Province,
Zimbabwe,2010. BMC Research Notes 2012 5:687
15. Chipo Chimamise, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Addmore
Chadambuka, Gerald Shambira, Anderson Chimusoro. Factors associated
with severe occupational injuries at mining company in Zimbabwe, 2010: a
cross-sectional study. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2013;14:5
16. Bangure D, Chirundu D, Tshimanga M, Takundwa L, Gombe N and Ndondo
H. Food Poisoning amongst Census Enumerators, Gokwe South, Zimbabwe,
August 2012. International Journal of Epidemiology & Infection (2013) 25-32
17. Brian A Maponga, Daniel Chirundu, Notion T Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga,
Gerald Shambira and Lucia Takundwa. Risk factors for contracting watery
diarrhoea in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe, 2011: a case control study. BMC
Infectious Diseases 2013, 13:567
18. Donewell Bangure, Daniel Chirundu, Humphrey Ndondo, Mufuta Tshimanga,
Notion Gombe and Lucia Takundwa. Evaluation of the Acute Flaccid
Paralysis Surveillance System in Sanyati District, Zimbabwe, 2013.
International Journal of Epidemiology & Infection (2014) 36-42
19. Bangure Donewell, Daniel Chirundu, Lucia Takundwa, Mufuta Tshimanga,
Notion Gombe. Trends in Martenity Delivery Outcomes at Kadoma General
Hospital, Zimbabwe, 2007-2011. International Journal of Martenal and Child
Health (2013) 27-31
20. Stella Ngwende Notion Tafara Gombe, Stanley Midzi, Mufuta Tshimanga,
Gerald Shambira and Addmore Chadambuka.: Factors associated with HIV
infection among children born to mothers on the prevention of mother to child
transmission programme at Chitungwiza Hospital, Zimbabwe, 2008. BMC
Public Health 2013 13:1181.
21. Pugie Tawanda Chimberengwa, Notion Tafara Gombe, Nyasha Masuka,
Donewell Bangure, Mufuta Tshimanga and Lucia Takundwa. Schistosomiasis
Outbreak Investigation Empandeni Ward Mangwe District Matabeleland South
Province Zimbabwe June 2012; A case control study. BMC Research Notes
2014:
22. Monica Muti, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Lucia Takundwa, Donewell
Bangure, Stanley Mungofa, Prosper Chonzi .Typhoid outbreak investigation in
Dzivaresekwa, suburb of Harare City, Zimbabwe, 2011. Pan African Medical
Journal 18, 309, 18/08/2014
23. Mungati More, Manangazira Portia, Takundwa Lucia, Gombe T Notion,
Rusakaniko Simbarashe, Tshimanga Mufuta. Factors affecting diagnosis and
management of hypertension in Mazowe District of Mashonaland Central
Province in Zimbabwe: 2012. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
24. Jakopo Zorodzai, Daniel Chirundu, Mufuta Tshimanga, Notion Gombe, Lucia
Takundwa and Donewell Bangure. Factors Associated with Contracting
Typhoid Fever among Residents of Bluegrass Resettlement Area, Sanyati
District, Zimbabwe, 2013. International Journal of Epidemiology & Infection
(2014) 63-70

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25. Brian Abel Maponga, Daniel Chirundu, Gerald Shambira, Notion Tafara
Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Donewell Bangure; Evaluation of the notifiable
diseases surveillance system in Sanyati district, Zimbabwe, 2010-2011 ; The
Pan African Medical Journal. 11/2014; 19:278.
26. Celestino Dhege, Simukai Tirivanhu Zizhou, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta
Tshimanga, Lucia Takundwa, Donewell Bangure; Maternal Mortality
Notification Trends in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe, 2002-2011;
International Journal of Maternal and Child Health. 11/2014; 2(4):115-121.
27. Maxwell Rupfutse, Cremence Tshuma, Mufuta Tshimanga, Notion Gombe,
Donewell Bangure, Maureen Wellington; Factors associated with uptake of
voluntary medical male circumcision, Mazowe District, Zimbabwe, 2014; The
Pan African Medical Journal. 11/2014; 19:337
28. Tafadzwa Priscilla Goverwa, Nyasha Masuka, Mufuta Tshimanga, Notion
Tafara Gombe, Lucia Takundwa, Donewell Bangure, Maureen Wellington;
Uncontrolled hypertension among hypertensive patients on treatment in
Lupane District, Zimbabwe, 2012; BMC Research Notes 10/2014; 7:703.
29. More Mungati, Portia Manangazira, Lucia Takundwa, Notion T
Gombe, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Mufuta Tshimanga; Factors affecting
diagnosis and management of hypertension in Mazowe district of
Mashonaland central province in Zimbabwe: 2012. BMC Cardiovascular
Disorders 08/2014, 14:102
30. Pugie Tawanda Chimberengwa, Nyasha Masuka, Notion Tafara
Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga, Lucia Takundwa, Donewell Bangure; The Indoor
household residual spraying program performance in Matabeleland South
province, Zimbabwe: 2011 to 2012; a descriptive cross-sectional study; Pan
African Medical Journal. 01/2015; 20(27):4721
31. Donewell Bangure, Daniel Chirundu, Notion Gombe, Tawanda
Marufu, Gibson Mandozana, Mufuta Tshimanga, Lucia Takundwa;
Effectiveness of short message services reminder on childhood immunization
programme in Kadoma, Zimbabwe - a randomized controlled trial, 2013; BMC
Public Health 2015, 15:137
32. Matare T, Shambira G, Gombe NT, Tshimanga MT, Bangure D, Mungati M;
Factors Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus First Line Treatment
Failure in Zvishavane District, Zimbabwe, 2014. Austin J HIV/AIDS Res. 2015;
2(1): 1010.
33. Makurumidze Richard, Tshimanga Mufuta, Bangure Donewell, Notion
Gombe, Chinamasa Camillo Fungai, Takundwa Lucia, Magure Tapiwa;
Factors Associated with Occupational Injuries at a Mine. Journal of Applied
Sciences in Southern Africa· JASSA. 02/2015; 19(2)
34. Brian Abel Maponga, Daniel Chirundu, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta
Tshimanga, Donewell Bangure, Lucia Takundwa; Cholera: a comparison of
the 2008-9 and 2010 Outbreaks in Kadoma City, Zimbabwe; The Pan African
Medical Journal. 03/2015; 20:221.
35. Meggie Gabida, Milton Chemhuru, Mufuta Tshimanga, Notion T Gombe,
Lucia Takundwa, Donewell Bangure; Effect of distribution of educational
material to mothers on duration and severity of diarrhoea and pneumonia,
Midlands Province, Zimbabwe: a cluster randomized controlled trial;
International Breastfeeding Journal 03/2015; 10(13).

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36. Chimberengwa PT, Masuka N, Gombe NT, Tshimanga M and Bangure D.
Procurement Processes at Gwanda Provincial Hospital, Matebeleland South
Province, Zimbabwe, 2012; a Descriptive Cross Sectional Study. Austin J
Public Health Epidemiol. 2015;2(1): 1018
37. Saravoye T, Nyandoro M, Bangure D, Gombe NT and Tshimanga M. An
Evaluation of the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) Surveillance System in
Zvimba District, Mashonaland West Province; a Descriptive Cross Sectional
Study. Austin J Public Health Epidemiol. 2015;2(1): 1017
38. Brian Abel Maponga, Daniel Chirundu, Notion Tafara Gombe, Mufuta
Tshimanga, Donewell Bangure, Lucia Takundwa . Delayed initiation of anti-
retroviral therapy in TB/HIV co-infected patients, Sanyati District, Zimbabwe,
2011-2012; The Pan African Medical Journal 2015; 21:28

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Referees Professor Mufuta Tshimanga, MD, MPH
Program Director
Zimbabwe Field Epidemiology Training Program
University of Zimbabwe
tshimangamufuta@gmail.com
+263 775 762 259
Dr. Gibson Mhlanga, MBChB, MPH, MBA
Principal Director Preventive Services
Ministry of Health and Child Care
mhlanga.gibson@gmail.com
+263 712 862 600