Dr Patrick Ndase, has a Medical Degree from Makerere University in Uganda & an MPH from Harvard School of Public Health. He began his career as an educator/advocate for adolescent reproductive health in Uganda. Before moving to Botswana, Ndase worked at the Mildmay Center-Uganda, a pioneer HIV specialist care and training center, where he was in charge of one of the first physician-oriented home based care program for AIDS patients.

In Botswana, he was instrumental in implementation of the MASHI PMTCT and HIV discordant couple studies whose findings have been published in major journals. During his time directing the HIV discordant couple’s prevention research, he spearheaded a national initiative for integration Couple HIV Testing into mainstream HIV prevention efforts. Dr Ndase now works as a Research Associate with University of Washington’s Department of Global Health and as an African Regional Physician the Microbicide Trials Network.