Dr Kaushik Ramaiya

Dr Kaushik Ramaiya is Consultant Physician and Assistant Medical Administrator at Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Hon. Lecturer at the Department of Medicine of Muhimbili University of Health Sciences, Dar es Salaam. He is also Vice-Chair of the International Diabetes Federation Africa Region and member of the Board of National Health Insurance Fund, Ministry of Health, Govt. of United Republic of Tanzania.

Dr Ramaiya received his basic medical training at the University of Bombay, India, and completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at the University of Dar es Salaam.

Dr Ramaiya has been actively involved in research on diabetes for many years. He specialised, among other topics, on glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease risk factors and mainly focused on Hindu communities living in Africa. Dr Ramaiya greatly contributed to a better understanding of diabetes in the African region. His research on the role of ethnic differences are of great value. Dr Ramaiya has also investigated on the status of diabetes care in Africa, the economic costs of diabetes and its consequences. He has held many oral presentations and published several articles on the above topics. At present, Dr. Ramaiya is working with children who have type 1 diabetes. Special clinics for these children have been established at five referral hospitals in the country.

Dr . Ramaiya is Honorary General Secretary for the Association of Private Hospitals in Tanzania and Honorary General Secretary of the Tanzania Diabetes Association. Previous appointments include Secretary of the Organising Committee for the 6th Pan African Diabetes Study Group Congress, held in Dar es Salaam in 1998 and Chair of the IDF Africa Region 2000 -2006.