Principal investigator
BSc.HB, MBChB, MMed.Chir., Dr John Kachimba is senior medical superintendent and consultant urologist at Livingstone Central Hospital. Dr Kachimba is also vice chair of the National Science and Technology Council. His professional career outside of academia includes advocating for the advancement of the art and science of Surgery in Zambia through the Surgical Society of Zambia. He has played a pivotal role in the resurgence of the Medical Journal of Zambia as editor-in-chief and has served on the Editorial Board of International Urology and Nephrology from 2004. He has encouraged writing among the medical fraternity through his role in the African Journal Partnership Project, running medical writing workshops in Zambia. Dr Kachimba is active in a variety of civic programmes and serves as a board member of the Lusaka Health Institute, a not-for-profit organisation that provides nursing training to bolster the numbers of healthcare workers in Zambia. Dr Kachimba leads the SURG-Africa project in Zambia.
BSc.HB, MBChB, MMed.Chir., Dr John Kachimba is senior medical superintendent and consultant urologist at Livingstone Central Hospital. Dr Kachimba is also vice chair of the National Science and Technology Council. His professional career outside of academia includes advocating for the advancement of the art and science of Surgery in Zambia through the Surgical Society of Zambia. He has played a pivotal role in the resurgence of the Medical Journal of Zambia as editor-in-chief and has served on the Editorial Board of International Urology and Nephrology from 2004. He has encouraged writing among the medical fraternity through his role in the African Journal Partnership Project, running medical writing workshops in Zambia. Dr Kachimba is active in a variety of civic programmes and serves as a board member of the Lusaka Health Institute, a not-for-profit organisation that provides nursing training to bolster the numbers of healthcare workers in Zambia. Dr Kachimba leads the SURG-Africa project in Zambia.