Her Story
About Glory
I started my career in 2012 as a health administrator at the district level in Tanzania, where I was dealing with community initiatives, helping communities with their planning and prioritizing their health needs. After nine years of working at the district level and completing my Master's in Monitoring and Evaluation, I was promoted to the national level at the Ministry of Health of Tanzania. I worked in the immunization vaccination program during COVID-19, which was a very tough time, and stayed there for about two years. I was then transferred to the curative department where I currently work, supporting specialized hospitals across my country. My day-to-day responsibilities include making sure that the hospitals we oversee are doing the right planning by identifying key problems and health disparities, guiding them to prioritize what they need to plan given our scarce resources, helping them during execution to ensure they follow national priorities and guidelines, and conducting monitoring and evaluation to see if health problems are being reduced or if we need to take next steps. One of my biggest achievements is being part of the team that developed a system for guiding district-level health workers to develop their plans, which is still in use today. Through this work, we've achieved significant results, including reducing maternal deaths in Tanzania by almost 200 women, making it one of the countries everyone is proud of for this achievement.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Glory
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to two main things: self-discipline and resilience. First, self-discipline has been crucial throughout my journey. Since I was studying, I disciplined myself to make sure I was doing my best in class. When I started my career as a public health specialist at the community level, I kept that self-discipline in managing my time and in whatever work I was given by my boss, making sure I did my best. The second thing is resilience. Working in public health requires a lot of resilience because sometimes you need to make tough decisions. We are dealing with people's lives, so I have to be resilient enough to make sure I'm making rational decisions. These two qualities, self-discipline and resilience, have been the foundation of everything I've achieved in my career.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I ever received came from my father when I was starting my career. He told me that since I was still new, wherever I was going, I should just be a good listener. I've taken that advice throughout my entire career. Whenever I go somewhere, whether I'm with subordinates or seniors, I make sure I'm good at listening. I've learned that when you're a good listener, you learn a lot from others. Also, the moment people realize you're a good listener, they become comfortable and open with you, so you receive a lot of feedback about whatever you're doing. We don't know everything, so being a good listener has helped me tremendously. I used this advice when I started my career, when I moved to the ministry, and I'm even using it here in the U.S. I'm always listening, listening, listening. If you want to learn new stuff, make sure you're a good listener.
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