World Health Innovation Summit Podcast

WHIS Talks UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health & Wellbeing in Africa

April 08, 2021 World Health Innovation Summit Season 2 Episode 3
World Health Innovation Summit Podcast
WHIS Talks UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health & Wellbeing in Africa
Show Notes

Moderator: Gareth Presch, CEO, World Health Innovation Summit

Dacquin M. Kasumba, Associate Professor, University of Kinshasa, DRC
Dacquin M. Kasumba is an Associate Professor at Université de Kinshasa, and a Fellow at Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale (INRB) both in D.R.Congo. He started his professional career in the pharma/biotech industry (South Africa) before obtaining his Master's degree in Pharmacology (Pretoria, South Africa). He earned his Ph.D. from Kyoto University, Japan, studying how viruses interact with mammalian hosts to cause diseases. These basic understandings of viral immunology and virology allows the development of treatments and preventive measures against viral diseases. 

Dr Nasibu Mwande, Interim Vice Chair, TUEDA 

Dr Mwande MD is from Bagamoyo, Tanzania. Graduating in Medicine from Istanbul University in Turkey. With 13 years experience in Emergency Medicine, he currently works as Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine based at North Cumbria University Hospitals at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

Zainab Jama, Final Year Biomedical Science Student, Co-Foundation of iSHA