Manal Hamdy El-Sayed
MD, PhD
Ain Shams University, Egypt
8th Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (COLDA) 2025
Organizing Committee
Mark Nelson
MA, MBBS, FRCP
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital / Imperial College Medical School, United Kingdom
Wendy Spearman
MBChB, FCP, FRCP, MMed, PhD
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Danjuma K. Adda
MPH, FIMS, Dip-IMS
World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), Nigeria
Adwoa Agyei-Nkansah
MBCHB, FWACP, FRCP, MPH
University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen
MD, PhD
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
Nabil Debzi
MD
Algerian Society of Hepatogastroenterology and Endoscopy / Mustapha Hospital Algiers, Algeria
Geoffrey Dusheiko
MBBS, FCP(SA), FRCS
King's College Hospital / University College London Medical School, United Kingdom
Anna Kramvis
BSc Hons, PhD
Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit / ICE-HBV, South Africa
Jeffrey V. Lazarus
PhD, MIH, MA
Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain / CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, United States
Gibril Ndow
MD, PhD
MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM, The Gambia
Edith Okeke
BMBCH, FWACP, FRCP
University of Jos /Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
Kenneth Tachi
MBChB, MSc, FWACP, FGCP
University of Ghana, Ghana
John Ward
MD
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination, Task Force for Global Health / Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States
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 workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Scientific Committee
To augment the organizing committee, the following are scientific committee members
- Mary Afihene, MBChB, FWACP – Kwame Nkrumah University / Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana
- Kosh Agarwal, MD - King’s College Hospital, United Kingdom
- Bisi Bright, BPharm(Hons), MPH, FPCPharm, FPSN, C.Psych - LiveWell Initiative (LWI), Nigeria
- Maria Buti, MD, PhD - Hospital General Universitari Valle Hebron, Spain
- Alice Guingané, MD, PhD - Bogodogo University Hospital Center / University of Montpellier, Burkina Faso / France
- Jessica Hicks - The World Hepatitis Alliance, United Kingdom
- Kenneth Kabagambe - National Organization for People Living with Hepatitis B, Uganda
- Olufunmilayo Lesi, MD, MBA, FWACP, FMCP - World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Casimir Manzengo, MD, MPH - World Health Organization, Gabon
- René-Hubert Mendo'o Medjo, MD, MPH - Africa CDC, Gabon
- Emmanuel Musabeyezu, MD, FCP(SA) - King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda
- Yvonne Nartey, MBChB, MSc, MPhil - Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana
- John Rwegasha, MBChB, MMed, FRCP(Lond), MSc - Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania
- Edford Sinkala, MD, PhD - University Teaching Hospital / University of Zambia, Zambia
- Sonjelle Shilton, MPH - Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland
- Mark Sonderup, BPharm, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Elijah Songok, MD, PhD - Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
- Christian Tzeuton, MD - Douala Medical School / Société Camerounaise de Gastro-Enterologie, Cameroon
- Lewis Roberts, MBChB, PhD - Mayo Clinic, USA
The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the conference secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee 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 workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.