Organizing Committee Member
Edison Arwanire Mworozi
Pediatrician
Mulago National referral Hospital/College of Health Sciences Makerere University
Uganda
Biography
A Ugandan Pediatrician with keen interest in infectious diseases and childhood immunization. Currently a senior consultant Pediatrician at Mulago National Referral Hospital , Honorary lecturer at the College of Health Sciences Makerere University &Professor of Pediatrics St Augustine Internal University Actively involved in the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization and introduction of New Vaccines into routine immunization. Has published widely and a peer reviewer for several journals.
Research Area
A member of several professional and technical bodies including : the Uganda Medical association, Uganda Pediatric Association, International Society for Infectious diseases, International Pediatric Association, Vienna Vaccine safety Initiative, East African Rotavirus Advisory Board (GSK)& Institutional Biosafety committees for the Makerere University and Walter Reed Collaborative HIV Vaccine Trials; East African Centre for Vaccines and Immunization , External Expert Advisory group on Stronger Systems for Routine Immunization Project in Uganda and a Member of the East African Meningococcal Advisory Board