Chikwe IhekweazuTribute to John Nkengasong, Recipient of First Virchow Prize for Global HealthI first met Dr. John Nkengasong in 2016 at a meeting organised by the International Association of National Public Health Institutes…Oct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022
Chikwe IhekweazuOne Year After The Lassa Fever Conference: Are we rising to the challenge?About a year ago, nearly 700 people from 15 countries across the world gathered in Abuja, Nigeria for the first Lassa Fever International…Jan 19, 2020Jan 19, 2020
Chikwe IhekweazuCRITICAL ROLE OF HEALTH SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S HEALTH SYSTEM IN 2019In 2016, when I took over the leadership of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as Director General, our vision at the time was…Dec 27, 2019Dec 27, 2019
Chikwe IhekweazuA home coming: My visit to Liberia’s new National Public Health InstituteIn May 2015, a few months after my experience as part of the Ebola outbreak response team in Liberia, I shared my reflections on what was a…Sep 30, 2018Sep 30, 2018
Chikwe IhekweazuAfter two years, building the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is work in progress“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” — Barack ObamaAug 18, 2018Aug 18, 2018
Chikwe IhekweazuWhen the Director General of World Health Organization visited the Nigeria Centre for Disease…On the 11th April 2018, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This was his first visit to…Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
Chikwe IhekweazuHOW PREPARED IS NIGERIA FOR ANOTHER EBOLA OUTBREAK?Events in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have caught the attention of the global health community once again. An outbreak of Ebola…May 29, 20181May 29, 20181
Chikwe Ihekweazu2017: A year like never before for Infectious Disease Outbreaks in NigeriaIn the year 2017, like never before, Nigeria was faced with several outbreaks — Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Lassa fever, Yellow fever…Jan 4, 20181Jan 4, 20181
Chikwe IhekweazuOut of the Blue- AN OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOXOn the 22nd of September 2017, we received a report from the Bayelsa State Ministry of Health of a suspected case of Monkeypox. This was a…Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Chikwe IhekweazuMARKING ONE YEAR AT NCDCAbout a year ago, precisely on the 15th of August 2016, I started as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control…Nov 12, 2017Nov 12, 2017