Courage Uhunmwangho

West Africa Regional Secretary

Dr Courage Uhunmwangho joined CMDA in Nigeria as a student (then known as National Conference of Christian Medical and Dental Students - NCCMDS)  in 1995; four years later he was elected the national vice-president of the students.

As a doctor, he served as the student and junior graduates representative for ICMDA West Africa between 2006 and 2012, and has been in charge of professional development in CMDA Nigeria since 2020.

He is an elder in the Chapel of Faith, University of Jos where he leads the discipleship training committee, teaches young believers' classes, as well as overseeing the teenagers' church.

Courage is a senior lecturer in the University of Jos College of Health Sciences and a consultant rheumatologist with the Jos University Teaching Hospital. He is a fellow of both the West African College of Physicians and the Royal College of Physicians (London). He has a masters degree in clinical epidemiology and is pioneering postgraduate rheumatology training in North Central Nigeria.