Local Organising Committee

Dr Somwe wa Somwe

Head, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health

School of Medicine

University of Zambia

Qualifications

- Medical Doctor (MD), University of Lubumbashi, DRC

- Master of Medicine (MMed) in Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Zambia

- Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Welfare Management , Sheffield Hallam

University, UK

- Diploma in Child Health (DCH), London, UK

- Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK

Teaching on the following courses

Undergraduate

PED 510 Paediatrics and Child Health

PED 710 Paediatrics and Child Health

Postgraduate

PED 8010 Master of Medicine in Paediatrics and Child Health, Part 1

PED 8040 Master of Medicine in Paediatrics and Child Health, Part 2

Research Interests

Respiratory paediatrics

Childhood asthma: Prevalence, risk factors, exercise-induced bronchospasm

Pulmonary tuberculosis: the role of tuberculin skin tests

Acute respiratory infections: the burden of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus,

para-influenza virus and streptococcus pneumoniae

Unpublished works

Management of neonatal group B streptococcus infection (West Bromwich, UK)

A paediatrics asthma clinic for Themba Hospital in Kabokweni, South Africa

Diagnosis and management of childhood nephrotic syndrome (Birmingham, UK)

Diagnosis of urinary tract infections in children under 2 years (Walsall, UK)

Incidence and epidemiology of rotavirus infantile diarrhoea at the UTH in Lusaka