Dr. Delphin Phanzu Mavinga

Kimpese Health Research Centre, Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract Title:

Mortality in children and adolescents in Western Democratic Republic of Congo – Retrospective analysis of verbal autopsy- and demographic data from the Kimpese Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Biography:

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University President Joseph Kasa-Vubu (UKV), DR Congo Specialist in Public Health-Control of Tropical Diseases, Buruli ulcer expert involved in control and research for more than two decades. As Executive Secretary of the Kimpese Health Research Center (KRHC), He played a leading role in the establishment of the first Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in DR Congo.

Research Interests:

Public Health-Control of Tropical Diseases