Nicola Zetola MD, MPH, MBBS

Dr. Nicola Mario Zetola is a Physician Specialist and Consultant at Princess Marina Hospital in Botswana. He is an infectious disease/critical care physician and public health specialist who has dedicated his entire career to the understanding and implementation of better ways to care for HIV and TB-infected people. He is a scientist who has extensive clinical, programmatic and research experience in HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STI), cervical cancer, Covid-19, and TB in both the USA and Botswana.

Dr. Zetola has a mixed academic and implementation background, as well as expertise in mixed-method research approaches. This has allowed him to design and implement highly innovative and successful programmes for client-centered care delivery, data systems integration through the immediate translation of research findings into actionable activities, and the use of strict (‘research level’) data management and continuous monitoring and evaluation. In addition, he has led the design and implementation of multiple influential large-scale research and implementation programmes.

Dr. Zetola earned his medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru. Subsequently, he obtained an internal medical degree from John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA; a public health degree at the University of California, Berkeley; an infectious diseases fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco; and a critical care fellowship at the University of Maryland.