Biography:

Fareena Ahamed did her undergraduate and master’s degree in Paediatrics and Child Health in University of Nairobi Kenya. She works as a consultant general paediatrician for the past two years in a private hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. She hopes to specialise in paediatric cardiology and to join the faculty at the University of Nairobi in the near future. She is a member of the Kenya Paediatric Association and the Kenya Breastfeeding Society. She is an instructor on the European Paediatric Advanced Life support (EPALS) course, the Paediatric Epilepsy Training Course and the Paediatric Disaster Management Course.