A special evening for me at @CPHIA_AfricaCDC in Kigali, addressing fellows of the Kofi Annan Fellowship in Public Health Leadership. If we want a brighter future in #Africa, we have to be intentional in developing future African leaders to transform our continent.

At #CPHIA2022. The Africa CDC led by 𝔻𝕣. 𝔸𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕆𝕘𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 - 𝔽𝔸ℙℍ gives out the first Africa CDC - DRASA (Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh) Health Trust award for emergency health workers as a posthumous recognition of the sacrifice of Dr. Adadevoh Ameyo during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. We applaud the her team members for their sacrifice.

#CPHIA2022 Plenary Session: The COVID-19 Pandemic – Lessons Learned for Future Health Threats, Prevention, Preparedness and Response. Christian T. Happi thanks for talking about how #African can benefit from #data we share globally, accelerating #translational research.

A good leader needs to listen to Women and girls if they are to be inclusive #CPHIA2022 Ida Hakizinka Aidspan

Powerful all-female plenary at #CPHIA2022 discussing how we should invest in the capacity training & leadership development of women in global health The potential of Africa cannot be realised without the strong positioning of women Inspired today & everyday by Vivianne Ihekweazu

Global health initiatives such as PEPFAR & The Global Fund have done incredible good for the world In this EID journal commentary, I reflect on how they supported Nigeria’s #COVID19 response, obstacles faced & how they could do much more, if they choose to wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…

🚨📢Next week we will launch the 1st ever #Youth4Biosec Fellowship If you want to apply and are asking yourself: - What is the Fellowship❓ - Who is it for❓ - How to apply❓ Join us online Friday 3 March | 13h - 14h CET for the Launch Event Register👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

APPLY NOW‼️ 📢The call for applications to the #Youth4Biosec Fellowship 2⃣0⃣2⃣3⃣ is now open 🗓️Deadline - 2⃣9⃣ March More information on the programme, eligibility criteria & how to apply here 👉un.org/disarmament/yo…

Kudos to all women contributing in every little way to Nigeria's health security.👏🏽 Every day, the work you do positively shapes the narrative of public health in Nigeria. Happy #InternationalWomensDay!

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Thought-provoking evening hosting 2nd edition of Celebrating Motherhood Art Gala. Part of advocacy Nigeria Health Watch for quality maternal healthcare, highlighting need to elevate women’s voices & experiences for better quality maternal health. #GivingBirthInNigeria #HealthMeetsArt

An absolute pleasure training these young minds considering a career in science on nucleic acid detection techniques and sharing my experience as a public health officer. Hope I've been able to convince them to take the next step in their journey of un…lnkd.in/gCfdmCix

A hugely significant moment in leadership👇

Hepatitis symptoms mostly only appear once the disease is advanced. The result? Over a million lives lost to hepatitis every year. That’s why liver health is fundamental to human health. And why, together, we must expand access to testing and treatment, to end viral hepatitis

Last week, the Technical Working Group (legal) on the implementation of #InternationalHealthRegulations held their 3rd quarter meeting to discuss the #IHR implementation status in Nigeria, providing updates on legal developments in public health security. Discussions also

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Thank you for the support #Youth4Biosec.

The distribution of the #biosafety & #biosecurity Handbook for Students in 🇳🇬 by the #Youth4Biosec Nigerian alumni continues! Dr Dantanko & Ms Okolo were in the North Central region of 🇳🇬 raising awareness in 3 schools & the National Biotech Development Agency 👏Congrats!

Outreach and knowledge dissemination continue in 🇳🇬 with the distribution of the Biosafety and Biosecurity Handbook to secondary schools in the South West and North Central regions. We are proud of the Nigerian #Youth4Biosecurity alumni for such a great education initiative !