NCDC DG, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Bags WHO Job

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, has been appointed as the Assistant Director General of Health Emergency Intelligence by World Health Organisation (WHO).

This was contained in a letter signed by the WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus and addressed to all staff members of the organisation.

Ihekweazu is expected to resume his new position by November 1.

The letter reads in part, “I am pleased to welcome Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu as an Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence from November 1, 2021.

“He will lead the work on strengthening pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally, including heading the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin.

“Dr Ihekweazu is currently the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

“He was trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist, has over 20 years of experience working in senior public health and leadership positions in several National Public Health Institutes, including the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency, and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute.

“He has led several short-term engagements for WHO, mainly in response to major infectious disease outbreaks around the world”.

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