Dr. Juliana Chizo Agwu

Chizo is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Wye Valley NHS Trust Hereford, where she works as a member of the executive board of the directors to ensure the provision of good health services for the residents of Herefordshire and Powys. She is a  Consultant Paediatrician in Diabetes and Endocrinology. She has previously held many national and International leadership roles including being Vice Chair of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Diabetes Update Committee (NICE), a member of the advisory council and chair of the Education committee of International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD),  President of the Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians UK.  In those roles she led in developing national guidelines, influencing policy that have contributed to improving the care of children and young people with diabetes. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health  and  has  represented the Royal College as external MRCPCH examiner in several countries including Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. She is passionate about giving back and capacity development. 

 In her spare time, she is contributing to improving care of children with diabetes living in sub-Saharan Africa; Using her expertise, Chizo   conceived the course (Allied Healthcare Paediatric Diabetes Educator course for Africa (ADECA) about 4 years ago. The emphasis is on capacity building and knowledge transfer. She has led a team of other international volunteers to develop the curriculum and deliver the course . ADECA is a 1 year hybrid course and is the first certified course for training Paediaric Diabetes Nurse Educators in sub-Saharan Africa. Nurses from 7 sub-Saharan African counties have completed the course and contributing to improving care in their  countries. She has also championed and supported postgraduate training in Paediatric Endocrinology in sub-Saharan Africa as the ISPAD joint coordinator for the Paediatric Endocrinology Training programs (PETCA &PETCWA) for Africa based in Nairobi and Lagos.