Cephas Ntulume Kyesswa

Cephas is a Clinician as well as a Public Health Specialist having a rich Clinical experience of over 12 years in HIV/AIDS, TB, Sexual and Reproductive Health and general health care. He is also the in-charge of the ART clinic which reports to the MoH- Uganda with Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) as the Implementing Partner and the activities funded by PEPFAR. He has had several trainings in HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health including Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Sexual and Reproductive Health Research. He has had two publications with one on Adolescents living with HIV as well as abstract presentations at International conferences in HIV/AIDS including International AIDS Society conference (IAS 2017) for HIV Science in Paris and he had an abstract accepted for presentation at the European AIDS Clinical Society conference (EACS 2017) in Milan Italy and at the International Conference for AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2017) in Cote d’voire. His last publication was on ASRH in schools in Uganda. He has so far co-authored in four research papers in HIV & TB and one was presented at EACS 2017 conference and the other three at ICASA 2017. He has also been organising and running camps and outreaches for Sim’s Medical Centre including SMC/HCT camps at the facility He successfully implemented Sim’s Medical Centre’s participation at the 6th UMA National Nutrition, Safety and Health Fair 3rd to 5th July 2014 at UMA Show Grounds where Sim’s Medical Centre participated under USAID Private Health Support carrying out free Safe Male Circumcision and HIV testing services. He has also successfully implemented Hepatitis B vaccination program for Nkuluze staff – Buganda Kingdom. He is currently at the implemention stage of a permanent Sim’s Medical Centre outreach program in Bukandula- Gomba District focusing of PLHA. He is also a member of the International AIDS Society. He is managing and coordinating a detoxification program for youth and adolescents who are abusing substances at Sim’s Medical Centre. He coordinates and manages programs of the free cleft surgeries under Plastic Surgery Foundation Uganda Limited sponsored by Smile train. He also manages the research activities of Plastic Surgery Foundation Uganda Limited and Sim’s Medical Centre.