“WHEREBY, YOU HAVE TAUGHT OVER 3,500 MEDICAL STUDENTS, PRODUCED SIXTY (60) SPECIALISTS IN PAEDIATRICS AND NEONATOLOGY, CONTRIBUTED TO THE PEADIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, HIV/AIDS AND FAMILY HEALTH CURRICULUM DURING 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA. YOU ARE CURRENTLY THE FULL PROFESSOR OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA, SERVING ON THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (NIPA) AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL AT THE LUSAKA APEX MEDICAL UNIVERSITY (LAMU). BORN ON 25TH OF OCTOBER, 1955, YOU WERE APPOINTED TO THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A DOCTOR ON 1ST APRIL, 1987. WHEREBY, AT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION – AFRICAN REGIONAL OFFICE (AFRO) YOU PROVIDED OVERSIGHT TO FIFTY-TWO (52) COUNTRIES IN AFRICA FOR ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION IN THE VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES UNIT. AT NATIONAL LEVEL, YOU LED FUNDRAISING PROGRAM FOR SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($70,000,000) FROM VARIOUS BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL PARTNERS FOR THE MOTHER, ADOLESCENT AND CHILD HEALTH NATIONAL PROGRAM. YOUR COMMITMENT TO PAEDIATRICS AND NEONATOLOGY HAS ASSISTED THE COUNTRY IN RECEIVING SUPPORT THROUGH THE GEORGE MERCK VACCINE NETWORK PROJECT AND THE EXPANSION OF THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE MOUNT VIEW NEWS (MVNZ) PROJECT. YOUR VAST EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY IN THE COUNTRY AND BEYOND DESERVES SPECIAL COMMENDATION.”
| Gender | Male |
| Province | — |
| District | — |
| Gazette No. | 1546 |
| Gazette Vol. | — |
| Gazette Date | 2022-10-25 00:00:00 |
| Posthumous | No |
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