Paediatric Surgeon. Passion for global surgery, education & research. Speaker. Personal life and career coach. Founder @MedcoachC .Tweets - my own

Lusaka, Zambia
Joined April 2015
Successful “Intro to Global Surgery” course held in ZNZ 🇹🇿, thanks to collaboration of @operationsmile @GlobalUct @WomenSurgAfr @association_mat. Here’s to surgical systems strengthening, building surgical leaders and improving access to safe surgery in SubSahara #GlobalSurgery
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Enjoyed the engaging presentations at the just ended Surgical Society of 🇿🇲AGM. Glad to have moderated a discussion on “Surgery as missing link in universal healthcare coverage & decentralization”. Also great catching up with friends & seeing female numbers grow 👏🏼 #SSZ2026
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Happy Africa Freedom Day!!!
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Celebrating an All female surgical crew doing a thyroidectomy at UTH Lusaka 🇿🇲 Great symbol of growth, support & mentorship. #WomenInSurgeryZambia
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Partnerships like this will surely help us beat the Human Resource for Health crisis in Sub-Sahara. Kudos @operationsmile and @cosecsa We applaud you! 👏🏼
Through our #partnership with @COSECSA, we’re building local surgical capacity across Africa. Surgeons like Dr. Clovis Paulin Baramburiye in Burundi are making care more accessible through training, mentoring and leading locally-led solutions. Read more: bit.ly/48Kkwgm
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This is awesome! 👏🏼🎉 Thanks @KidsOperating for creating spaces for our little patients to receive safe surgeries. We salute you!
WE DID IT! 🎉💛 Fundraising target reached. Impact doubled. More kids getting the surgery they need. Thank you for making it happen. ✨
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A brilliant 25th @cosecsa annual scientific conference in 🇧🇮. Examining candidates; graduating fellows; meeting old & new friends. All whilst we push towards closing the human resource gap in Sub-Sahara to increase access to safe surgical care. Kudos local organizing Comm ABUC 🇧🇮
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Glad to be part of leadership steering @WomenSurgAfr through the 10yr mark and onward to create impact for women trainees & surgeons accross the continent, through leadership training, research mentorship & more.
We celebrated 10yrs at the just ended @cosecsa annual conference in Bujumbura 🇧🇮. It’s been an amazing 10yrs of sustained growth; here’s to another 10 ⭐️🎉🥳 Thanks to our partners @cosecsa @operationsmile & many others that have helped us get here 🤝 #WomenInSurgeryAfrica
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We had the second day of our Introduction to Global Surgery Workshop in Bujumbura as a COSECSA pre-conference workshop with the Burundi Surgical Society. A true collaboration to improve access to Surgert. With @MrsMaswime and @Spdpleroux @p_shins @mugishankoronko
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Another successful course held during @cosecsa 🇧🇮 pre-conference workshop introducing future surgical leaders to global surgery. Kudos @GlobalUct @MrsMaswime for this highly impactful collaboration 👏🏼 Glad to be a part of it 🤝
We had the first day of our Introduction to Global Surgery Workshop in Bujumbura as a COSECSA pre-conference workshop with the Burundi Surgical Society. Convened by @MrsMaswime with @Spdpleroux @p_shins @mugishankoronko
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As we draw close to our 10yr celebration we are pleased to announce the professional development series of webinars, co-facilitated with our partners @operationsmile The dynamic line and key areas to be covered are worth every minute. Save the dates
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Glad to have partnered with WhenFemalesLead on a health drive to Mwalukanga, Chongwe 🇿🇲in my role as director at Palisa Medical Centre. Collaborative efforts can help us achieve UHC. Kudos to all that came out to serve our community 🤝 facebook.com/share/p/17XYzea…
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Glad to partner with Institute of Directors 🇿🇲and give a corporate governance training to cohort 4 of “When Women Lead”
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Great time spent at surgical society annual conference 2025. Good deliberations & networking. Looking forward to continued growth of the SSZ. Congrats to incoming exec #SSZ2025
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Participated in successful multidisciplinary clinical skills workshop this week to enhance medical knowledge & skills in young med professionals from different parts of 🇿🇲 courtesy of ‘intercollegiate foundation’ Another win for medical Collaboration 👏🏼🤝
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One way to achieve #SurgicalEquity & #UniversalHealthCare? surgical camps taking specialized PaedSurg care closer to the families 🇿🇲. thanks to collaborations & multidisciplinary care. @AmCollSurgeons 🤝@zapsPSgy 🤝 Bonus? Friendships, local capacity building
Successful surgical camp in 🇿🇲 at chipata central Hsptl thanks to collaboration with @zapsPSgy @UMassSurgery @AmCollSurgeons Taking specialized PaedSurg care closer to the families. Thanks to all partners/sponsors. Kudos to local team in Chipata 👏🏼 #PaedSurgCollaboration
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Honoured to have been recognized among titans in healthcare at the @FNBZambia H.E.R banking women in health event today. And privileged to have been part of the panel discussion on barriers, challenges, accelerating action & mentorship. kudos @FNBZambia
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Was honored to moderate a panel discussion at a Symposium on Elevating Perioperative Care in🇿🇲. Key pts: -let’s highlight surgical safety -PeriOp meds are key -Senior med-collegues & surgeons must advocate & take part in decision making Kudos to @lupwesha & team for a 👌🏽 event
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The just ended PanAfrican Surgical Conference in 🇷🇼 was thoroughly engaging. What a well selected cohort of speakers & panelists. Kudos to @operationsmile for such fantastic organization. Glad to meet old friends and create new networks #PASC2025
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Today at #PASC2025, we focused on the importance of surgical training and leadership development to close the gap in access to care. A key highlight was the emphasis on investing in women in medicine through mentorship. Together, we can shape the future of care in Africa!
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