Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (COLDA) 2022

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, Ghana
• Kosh Agarwal, MD - King’s College Hospital, United Kingdom
• Nabil Debzi, MD - Algerian Society of Hepatogastroenterology and Endoscopy / Mustapha Hospital Algiers, Algeria
• Alice Guingané, MD, MPH - Bogodogo University Hospital Center / University of Montpellier, Burkina Faso / France
• Kenneth Kabagambe - National Organization for People Living with Hepatitis B, Uganda
• Emmanuel Musabeyezu, MD, FCP – King Faisal Hospital, Rwanda
• Yvonne Nartey, MBChB, MSc, MPhil – Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana
• Gibril Ndow, MD – Imperial College London / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, The Gambia
• John Rwegasha, MBChB, M.MED, FRCP, 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
• Elijah Songok, MD, PhD - Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
• Christian Tzeuton, MD – Douala Medical School / Société Camerounaise de Gastro-Enterologie, Cameroon

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.