Brian Ngwatu | Global Health Corps

Brian Ngwatu

Brian

Co-fellow

CJ

CJ Schellack

Placement Country: Uganda
Title: Access to Medicines Analyst
"I wish to share my experiences and learn from all the fellows and alumni that will contribute to the movement achieving health equity across borders."

Brian is from Uganda. He is a medical doctor by training with a degree in medicine and surgery from Mbarara University of Science and Technology. He performed a one-year medical internship at St. Mary's Hospital Lacor in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. He was a teaching assistant at Gulu University and has worked predominantly in the field of HIV/AIDS care with community-based programs such as The AIDS Support Organization in Uganda (TASO)-Uganda. There, he worked as a medical officer and medical coordinator before moving on to work as a care and treatment specialist at Baylor-Uganda in a health-systems-strengthening project in the West Nile region. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Planning and Management from the Uganda Management Institute. Brian has an immense passion for community-based work that developed after volunteering at a number of rural health facilities during school breaks and holidays with his friends from medical school.