Angela Migowa
Dr. Angela Migowa is a Kenyan paediatric rheumatologist blazing new trails for children living with autoimmune and musculoskeletal diseases across Africa. After earning her MBChB from Moi University and an MMed in Paediatrics & Child Health at Aga Khan University Hospital, she completed a highly competitive fellowship in paediatric rheumatology at McGill University—the first Black woman from sub-Saharan Africa to do so.
Returning home in 2019, she established Kenya’s inaugural paediatric rheumatology service at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, cutting referral times for suspected juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) from 18 months to under eight weeks. To broaden impact, she founded the Hope Arthritis Foundation in 2022, which has since trained 600 primary-care clinicians, run country-wide screening camps that have reached 4,300 children, and launched an SMS-based symptom tracker in partnership with Safaricom.
As founding president of the Paediatric Society of the African League Against Rheumatism (PAFLAR), Dr. Migowa coordinates guidelines, tele-mentorship and drug-access campaigns in 16 African countries.
A sought-after speaker at EULAR and ACR congresses and recipient of the 2024 Aspen New Voices Fellowship, she combines clinical excellence, cutting-edge research and grassroots advocacy to ensure that African children with rheumatic diseases receive timely, compassionate and evidence-based care.