3rd Conference on Innovations in Tuberculosis 2026

The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the conference, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.

Scientific Committee

The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee (OC) and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the OC by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the conference as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.

• Amsalu Bekele Binegdie, MD, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
• John Bimba, PhD, Bingham University, Nigeria
• Maryline Bonnet, MD, PhD, The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), the University of Montpellier and the National Institute of Health and Medical Research, Montpellier, France, Mbarara University of Science and Technology in MBarara, Uganda
• Jeremiah Chakaya Muhwa, MBChB, MMeD, DThM, Kenyatta University, Respiratory Society of Kenya, Kenya
• Novel Chegou, BMLS (Hons), BSc. Hons., PhD, Stellenbosch University, South African Medical Research Council Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Joel Fleury Djoba Siawaya, PhD, HDR, Mother and Child University Hospital, Gabon
• Thandi J.N Dlamini-Miti, MBBCh, Msc, Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit, Nakekelwa Medical Institute, South Africa
• Alberto García-Basteiro, MD, PhD, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain, Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça (CISM), Mozambique
• Norbert Heinrich, MD, LMU University Hospital, Germany
• Bouke de Jong, MD, PhD, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium
• Celso Khosa, MD, PhD, Instituto Nacional de Saúde, Mozambique
• Andre Loxton, PhD, SAMRC and Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Sayoki G Mfinanga, MD,PhD, Liverpool School Tropical Medicine, University Collage London, England, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
• Lloyd Mulenga, BScHb, MBChB, MSc, MMed, PhD, Ministry of Health, Zambia
• Esther Stanslaus Ngadaya, MD, PGDHE, PhD, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Kampala National University, Tanzania
• Abel Nkolo, MBChB, MPH, PhD, Africa and LAC Region, Uganda
• Issa Sabi, MD, MMed, PhD, Mbeya Medical Research Center, National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania
• Simon Walusimbi, MD, MSc, PhD, Makerere University School of Public Health and Lung Institute, Uganda