Sumaiyya Thawer is a PhD student of the Analytics and Intervention Modelling Group at the Swiss TPH. Her project aims to explore the utility of routine health facility data for malaria risk stratification and surveillance.

Sumaiyya has over 6 years’ experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation in Tanzania. She currently provides technical support to the National Malaria Control Program of mainland Tanzania for various malaria surveillance activities under the Towards Elimination of Malaria in Tanzania (TEMT) Project of Swiss TPH.