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Bio

Dr. Marx Itabelo Lwabanya is the Medical Director at Nundu Deaconess Hospital and the Executive Director & Co-founder of JALI AFYA, a non-profit in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Marx is passionate about empowering healthcare workers to address mental health and trauma to provide holistic care for patients. His interest focuses on improving maternal and newborn health in limited resource settings. His time serving poor communities in Nundu, D. R. Congo, a post conflict zone, reshaped his interest towards a holistic approach to a mother’s health that includes both mental and physical health.

Previously, he has served with Hope Africa University in Burundi. He holds an MA in Healthcare Leadership from Brown University and a Bachelor of Medicine from UOB, Bukavu. He recently attended a course on Managing Innovation for Sustainable Health offered by Karolinska Institute in collaboration with the School of Public Health Kinshasa, Makerere and Benadir University.

Professional Interests & Expertise

Coaching and Mentoring,Community Health,Community Organizing,Disaster and Crisis Management,Disease Control and Prevention,Education,Gender Equity,Health Systems,Leadership,Maternal and Child Health,Medical Education,Mental and Behavioral Health,Non-profit Leadership/Management,Outreach and Education,Policy/Advocacy,Primary Care,Public Health,Quality Improvement,Research,Rural Health,Universal Health

Organization

Nundu Deaconess Hospital

Learn more about Marx's work:

Opinion Piece

Efforts to Slow Climate Change Could Inadvertently Create Humanitarian Crises

Opinion Piece

Let’s extend the spirit of Thanksgiving to the world’s refugees equally

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