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Chikwe Ihekweazu

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Tribute to John Nkengasong, Recipient of First Virchow Prize for Global Health

I first met Dr. John Nkengasong in 2016 at a meeting organised by the International Association of National Public Health Institutes…

Oct 15, 2022

Tribute to John Nkengasong, Recipient of First Virchow Prize for Global Health

Oct 15, 2022

Chikwe Ihekweazu

One 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, 2020

One Year After The Lassa Fever Conference: Are we rising to the challenge?

Jan 19, 2020

Chikwe Ihekweazu

CRITICAL ROLE OF HEALTH SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S HEALTH SYSTEM IN 2019

In 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, 2019

CRITICAL ROLE OF HEALTH SECURITY IN NIGERIA’S HEALTH SYSTEM IN 2019

Dec 27, 2019

Chikwe Ihekweazu

A home coming: My visit to Liberia’s new National Public Health Institute

In 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, 2018

A home coming: My visit to Liberia’s new National Public Health Institute

Sep 30, 2018

Chikwe Ihekweazu

After 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 Obama

Aug 18, 2018

After two years, building the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is work in progress

Aug 18, 2018

Chikwe Ihekweazu

When 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, 2018

When the Director General of World Health Organization visited the Nigeria Centre for Disease…

Jun 18, 2018

Chikwe Ihekweazu

HOW 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, 2018

HOW PREPARED IS NIGERIA FOR ANOTHER EBOLA OUTBREAK?

May 29, 2018

Chikwe Ihekweazu

2017: A year like never before for Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Nigeria

In the year 2017, like never before, Nigeria was faced with several outbreaks — Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Lassa fever, Yellow fever…

Jan 4, 2018

2017: A year like never before for Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Nigeria

Jan 4, 2018

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Out of the Blue- AN OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX

On 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, 2017

Out of the Blue- AN OUTBREAK OF MONKEYPOX

Dec 21, 2017

Chikwe Ihekweazu

MARKING ONE YEAR AT NCDC

About 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, 2017

MARKING ONE YEAR AT NCDC

Nov 12, 2017

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Chikwe Ihekweazu

Assistant Director-General, WHO Division of Health Emergency Intelligence & Surveillance Systems. Opinions mine

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