Biography
Ms. Rufina Boba Khumbe is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Social Work at the Institute of Social Work in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has a Master’s Degree in Social Work from The Open University of Tanzania, Bachelor Degree of Social Work and Social Administration from Kampala International University, Uganda and Certificate of HIV and AIDS Voluntary Counseling and Testing from the Institute of Advanced Leadership, Kampala-Uganda. She has vast experiences in working with diverse populations including youth in the face of HIV and AIDS in higher learning Institutions from 2011 to-date, HIV and AIDS Counseling and Testing. Furthermore, she is coordinating the Information, Education and Counseling Centre of the Institute of Social Work. She also worked as a consultant on reviewing Facilitators Guide and Training Manual for HIV/AIDS and Non Communicable Disease at work place with Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children (MoHCDEC)–Tanzania in 2019. She conducted a research on Children on Antiretroviral therapy and their challenges to drug adherence, 2023. She is also a National Facilitator on Mental health and psychosocial Support Services.
