NCDC Boss, Ihekweazu Appointed As Assistant Director General Of WHO
The current director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed as assistant director-general of the global health body- World Health Organisation (WHO).
His appointment was made official in a letter by the WHO’s director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday.
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According to the letter, Mr Chikwe Ihekweazu is to head WHO’s pandemic and epidemic response hub in Berlin, Germany and his appointment takes effect from November 1, 2021.
“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,” the letter reads in part.
Mr Ihekweazu, who currently heads the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, was trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist with more than 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.
