Angelique C. Karambizi

Angelique KarambiziAngelique C. Karambizi has been a clinician since 15 years and has always dreamt of being a pediatrician since her childhood. She grew up in Rwanda, and went to medical school and did her residency in pediatrics at the University of Rwanda. Thereafter, she had worked in a teaching hospital, where she mainly focused on clinical care delivery in the pediatric emergency and critical care departments, quality improvement projects, clinical teaching and research and guideline development. She is a clinical instructor for the ETAT+ and IMCI course, and enjoys coaching and mentoring doctors, medical interns and nurses on the wards. She actively participated in developing and updating clinical guidelines at national level such as the Neonatal Protocol, ETAT+ protocol, COVID-19 management in children and she is a member of the newborn sub-Technical working group in Rwanda. She is currently working with Partners in Health (PIH) in Rwanda, as a pediatrician but more specifically as the Pediatric Clinical Instructor. She is based in Kirehe District, one of the PIH sites in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Angelique believes that the more you are closer to the community, the more you understand the challenges and have the opportunity to deliver early treatment and advocate for the most vulnerable people. She is very excited to be part of a community that is dedicated to health equity and social justice.

 

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