Dr Angela Mushavi

Dr Angela Mushavi is the National PMTCT and Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment Coordinator in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, providing technical leadership and guidance for the expansion of PMTCT and Pediatric HIV care and treatment programs in Zimbabwe. She is involved in policy formulation and guideline development at national and international levels. She provides technical expertise to the WHO HIV guidelines development process since 2010; in 2010 as an external reviewer to the PMTCT guidelines, and in subsequent WHO guideline revisions as a member of the WHO Guideline Development Group.

Dr Angela Mushavi leads the work on elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Zimbabwe and is the current chair of the WHO Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC).

Prior to joining the MOHCC in 2010, Dr Angela Mushavi worked with CDC Namibia as a PMTCT Technical Advisor to the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services; and managed a large pediatric ART clinic in Windhoek, providing care and treatment to children and adolescents with HIV. Dr Angela Mushavi sits on the Steering committee of the African Network for the Care of Children Affected by HIV (ANECCA).