The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), College of Health Sciences (CHS), Makerere University invites you to this week's Virtual Research Forum.
Topic: Opportunities for Academic Institutions to Engage with Africa CDC to Prevent, Detect and Respond to Public Health Threats on The Continent.
Date and Time: Thursday 22nd February, 2024 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM EAT.
Presenter: Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Chief of Staff and Head of the Executive Office, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
To join this discussion through Zoom, please follow the link below;
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82544207055?pwd=LCYclU5e2lOl1LvvKtR6aGHPUWSHIO.1
Meeting ID: 870 3797 2560
Passcode: 114737
Presenter’s Bio-sketch:
Dr. Ngashi Ngongo is a Public Health Physician with 33 years of national and international experience. He currently serves as Chief of Staff and Head of the Executive Office at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Ngongo is the founder of the International Centre for Health Systems Strengthening (ICHESS), USA.
Before that, he served as Team Leader of the UNICEF Global Malaria Program, New York, USA from 2010 to 2012, Head of UNICEF PMTCT and Pediatric HIV Care Programs, New York, USA from 2003 to 2006; Head of the UNICEF Health System Strengthening department, New York, USA from 2013 to 2016; Team Leader, UNICEF Ebola Health Response, Liberia from 2014 to 2015 and DRC in 2018; Head of UNICEF Child Survival and Development Program for West and Central Africa from 2016 to 2019; Regional Polio Team Lead for West and Central Africa from 2016 to 2019 and Head of UNICEF Health and Nutrition Program in South Africa from 2006 to 2009.
Dr. Ngashi Ngongo serves on several International boards including, PROSAMI, Virginia, USA from 2010 to date; Medicines for Malaria Venture, Switzerland from 2022 to date, Observer Board Member of Gavi (2023). He is a Lecturer at the School of Public Health, University of Lubumbashi, DRC.