Dr Pierre Claver NIYONZIMA

MD Cardiothoracic Surgery

Former Deputy Force Medical officer for African Peace keeping Mission in Somalia (AMISON) from 2010-2011, he is currently the Country coordinator of COSECSA in Burundi Chapter and HOD surgery at Military Hospital of Kamenge from 2017 up to now.

He is an active member of Burundi Association of Surgery (ABUC) and Burundi Society of Cardiology (SBC)

Danial Tesfaye

He is a country Coordinator for Ethiopia COSECSA office. He is a Senior Media and Communication Expert who has been engaged in the field of communication sector for more than twelve years. He holds a Master of Arts with Journalism and Communication from Addis Ababa University and BA in English Language from Dilla University.

He is responsible for facilitating and coordinating COSECSA activities such as; Registration for FCS & MCS, reporting financial transactions, organizing trainings both for fellows and candidates, following up and facilitating accredited institutions' progress and also facilitating COSECSA written exams in  Ethiopia.

For further information please contact Mr. Tesfaye at cc_ethiopia@cosecsa.org/ danieltesfaye2435@yahoo.com

Patrick Mwai

Mr. Patrick Mwai is a public health communication and advocacy specialist with 15 years’ experience. He is currently the Country coordinator COSECSA Kenya Chapter and Country Director-International Collaboration for Essential Surgery (ICES) where he is supporting efforts to eradicate Neglected surgical Diseases (NSDs) in Kenya. He has worked with both local and International organizations namely; Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO), Pathfinder International, The Global Campaign for Microbicides at PATH International and also as a HIV prevention Advocacy fellow with the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC). His major advocacy work has focused on HIV/TB prevention, care and treatment, sexual reproductive health and rights, water and sanitation, maternal and child health, public health communication and working with key populations at risk of HIV infection.

Prior to joining the International Collaboration for Essential Surgery, Patrick was the Regional Advocacy Officer-East, Central and Southern Africa with the Global Alliance for Surgical Obstetric, Trauma and Anaesthesia Care (G4 Alliance) where he had extensive experience working in collaboration with the Governments of Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia.

He has also been an advocacy consultant with the Kenya Medical Women’s Association (KMWA) and later on a communications consultant for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA-Africenter). Patrick is a MPH candidate at the University of Nairobi. He holds a BA in Sociology and Communication from the same university and a Diploma in Management of Information Systems from Strathmore University.

He can be reached at cc_kenya@coseca.org

Fausto Bernardo Domingos Muzila(MD)

He has nine years experience as Medical Doctor in Mozambique, Since February 2020 he became COSECSA COUNTRY COORDINATOR.

He is currently a Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery in Maputo Central Hospital.

He coordinates COSECSA activities at national level and reports to COSECSA Secretariat.

He can be reached at cc_mozambique@cosecsa.org

Salma Amia

Works for the University of Namibia (School of Medicine)

LLB student at the University of Namibia 

Can be reached at cc_namibia@cosecsa.org

Ms. MERCY KAMUKAMA                 

Mercy Kamukama holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Arts with Education from the University of Rwanda, ICT training at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology. She previously worked at Wagtech International and at the Rwanda Organization for Community Health Development. Currently an employee of the Rwanda Surgical Society (2012-2020) and serves as the Rwanda Country Coordinator for the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) (2015-2020).

Ms. Christine Jimmy Jada holds a Bachelor degree in Applied and industrial Science from the Juba University currently pursuing MBA – Human resource management at the same university. She has eight years’ experience in the field of administration. She served as an office manager and coordinator with South Sudan Diabetes Control and later as an administrator in Juba Air Cargo LTD.

She joined the College of Physicians and Surgeons of South Sudan coordinating the training of interns, MMED candidates and promotes the activities of the Association of Surgeons of South Sudan

She is the current Executive Secretary at the College of physicians and surgeons of South Sudan and joined COSECSA in 2019 as a Country Coordinator for South Sudan.

As a country Coordinator for COSECSA in South Sudan, Christine is responsible for the management of the COSECSA activists and coordination in South Sudan.

For more information on COSECSA administrative issues please contact Ms. Christine at cc_southsudan@cosecsa.org

Ronny Mollel

Ms. Mollel holds a Diploma in Office Administration from the University of Arusha. She previously worked at GIMCO African in Arusha Tanzania.

She serves as the Tanzania Country Coordinator for the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).

She can be reached at cc_tanzania@cosecsa.org

Immaculate Kizza

Immaculate is a coordinator of COSECSA activities in Uganda.

She is the Administrative Assistant, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University. She also works as the Administrative Secretary, Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU).

She can be contacted at cc_uganda@cosecsa.org

Mrs Hamalabbi - Roydah Mundubi 

BSc.HRM(UNILUS), Dip.HRM(TVTC), Dip.CCITS (ARC), Cert.ITCAS (ISTEC)

She works as a Secretary in the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine at the University of Zambia (UNZA). She obtained her First Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Lusaka (UNILUS) in 2017. She also holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Technical & Vocational Teachers’ College (TVTC) in 2007, a Diploma in Customer Care and Information Technology Skills from the African Renaissance Centre (ARC)Swaziland in 2005 and a Certificate in Information Technology & Computer Applications for Secretaries from the In-Service Training & Education Centre (ISTEC) in 2001.  She is responsible for planning & work organization, Secretarial services and Operational performance review.

She is a Member of the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management since 2017.

In addition, Mrs Hamalabbi -  Roydah Mundubi is COSECSA Country Coordinator for Zambia since 2017.  She coordinates COSECSA activities in Country and reports to the Country Representative.   For all information regarding COSECSA issues contact her at cc_zambia@cosecsa.org

Neriser Sibanda

She is a COSECSA Country Coordinator for Zimbabwe. She is also an Administrator for Surgical Society of Zimbabwe and a Board Secretary for Love without Reason Trust.  She also runs an Events company in Zimbabwe.  Ms. Sibanda has a background in Quality Assurance and offers consultancy in different companies. She has vast experience in Administrative work, Credit Control and also Quality Assurance which she has attained for the past 15 years.