Dr Elichilia R. Shao

He is a born again Christian, Chair CMDA Tanzania Chapter, Church elder at Haggai Interdenominational English service at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Mentor, Father, Husband, and friend.

Physician and Microbiologist trained in Tanzania, USA, and UK working at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Kilimanjaro teaching hospital, Tanzania. He has experience of teaching and clinical work for more than 15years mainly infectious diseases. He has more than 40- publications in peer reviewed journals with five public health educational books. Currently doing his PhD on One Health titled “Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Reducing an Emerging Health Threat in Tanzania. “

He is very passionate about public health education through radio, books, television, social media and one on one to make sure that we reduce the load from physicians shoulder by educating people to be able to own their health. Through different platforms he has managed to mentor more than 1,000 medical professionals within and outside Tanzania to pass on the mantle.

He has received several awards: forgarty international fellowship award, Bill and Melinda travel award, THRiVE Msc awards, Prof Ben Hamel award best publication award, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University Award of outstanding publications, Hepatitis B Vaccination champion award, and COVID-19 vaccination ambassador.