| Covid - 19 in Kenya, Africa |
  On Tuesday, May 26th York East Rotary welcomed two friends from Nairobi as speakers, Dr. David Githang’a and his wife Professor Jessie Githang’a. Although we are all painfully aware of the disastrous impact COVID 19 has on everyone’s life, this unprecedented pandemic has also given us the chance to venture into some new territories. Therefore we can even welcome speakers to our weekly meetings who do not necessarily have to live within an easy drive from us. So thanks to the invitation by our president Hunter Mink we were be able to hear about the effect ‘the virus’ has on a country in the very heart of the African continent. David Githang'a is a practicing pediatrician for the last 30 years and has been involved in public health and policy development. Highly accomplished in research areas for child welfare and survival,and medical and clinical governance. He has been in top leadership of Kenya Pediatric Association for the last 18 years and has been involved in numerous policy development initiatives as well as development of care guidelines for pediatricians in Kenya. Jessie Githang'a is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Pathology, University of Nairobi, Kenya and has an adjunct position as Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), USA. Her training background is in general pathology, hematology and blood transfusion. She holds a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, Masters of Medicine Degree in Pathology. |