DR. BABATUNDE O. OGUNBOSI

Dr Babatunde Ogunbosi is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Ibadan and a Consultant Paediatric Infectious Diseases Sub-specialist at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained his medical degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (1990–1998), and completed postgraduate training in Paediatrics at UCH Ibadan (2002–2008). He later earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Investigation (2011–2012) as a Fogarty Fellow at Northwestern University, Chicago, where he also completed a one-year observership in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital under Professor Helen Chadwick. He subsequently completed sub-specialty training in Paediatric Infectious Diseases (2016–2018) through the African Paediatric Fellowship Programme in Cape Town, South Africa, and obtained an MPhil with distinction from the University of Cape Town in 2020.
His clinical and academic work focuses on paediatric infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), with extensive involvement in the care of children with HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, vaccine-preventable diseases, and multidrug-resistant infections. He plays key roles in training and mentorship of medical trainees and allied health professionals and has contributed significantly to national AMS development in Nigeria through the National AMR Technical Working Group at the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC). He has led development of national AMR training modules, supported AWaRe classification of essential medicines lists, and strengthened AMS implementation under the Fleming Fund Country Grants. He also leads the Antimicrobial Stewardship Network of the Nigerian Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases, supporting AMS activities across more than 22 tertiary hospitals, while contributing to national policy, training, and advocacy on HIV, TB, malaria, and AMR.