Dr Kabila received his MD degree from the University of Kinshasa, DRC in 1989. After a short medical practice in Kinshasa, he immigrated to South Africa in 1991 and went on to practice as a hospitalist and ER physician before attending a Master’s program with the University of Pretoria. He qualified as a Fellow of the College of Family Practitioners of South Africa in 1999 and moved to Canada in 2000 where he obtained certification as a family physician with the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2003 and practised as a family physician, ER physician and hospitalist for several years. In 2014, he completed training as an Occupational Physician with the University of Alberta, Canada and later in 2015 obtained certification as an Associate of the Canadian Board of Occupational Medicine. He has also held certification as an Independent Medical Examiner with the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners and practiced for several years as an Independent Medical Examiner for Insurance companies, legal firms, fitness to work assessment institutions.

 

Dr Kabila relocated to the DRC and has been working on UHC policy making. He was for a short time appointed as the interim Chief of Staff to the Minister of Health, before being appointed in the President’s office as the Coordinator of the National Council of Universal Health Coverage in June 2023. Shortly after his appointment, the National Council of Universal Coverage launched the country’s free maternity and newborn care benefit package, under the President’s leadership. For the past 18 months has been an active member of the FGHI process and of the Lusaka Agenda Working Group.