Chikwe Ihekweazu
Chikwe Ihekweazu is a Nigerian epidemiologist, public health physician and the World Health Organization's Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems.Ihekweazu previously served as Director General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the agency responsible for protecting public health and safety through the control and prevention of communicable diseases in Nigeria. He was appointed to head the agency in August 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ihekweazu trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist and has worked in senior public health and leadership positions in several National Public Health Institutes, including The National Institute for Communicable Diseases South Africa (NICD), the UK's Health Protection Agency, and Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI). He has led several short-term engagements for the World Health Organization (WHO), mainly in response to major infectious disease outbreaks around the world. He was part of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Moise Chi Ngwa, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Tochi Okwor, Sebastian Yennan, Nanpring Williams, Kelly Elimian, Nura Yahaya Karaye, Imam Wada Bello, David A SackGet access
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2by Elise Farley, Cono Ariti, Mohana Amirtharajah, Charity Kamu, Bukola Oluyide, Muhammad Shoaib, Shafiu Isah, Adeniyi Semiyu Adetunji, Fatima Saleh, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Monique Pereboom, Mark SherlockGet access
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3Genomic characterization of invasive typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella in southwestern Nigeria.by Odion O Ikhimiukor, Anderson O Oaikhena, Ayorinde O Afolayan, Abayomi Fadeyi, Aderemi Kehinde, Veronica O Ogunleye, Aaron O Aboderin, Oyinlola O Oduyebo, Charles J Elikwu, Erkison Ewomazino Odih, Ifeoluwa Komolafe, Silvia Argimón, Abiodun Egwuenu, Ini Adebiyi, Oluwadamilola A Sadare, Tochi Okwor, Mihir Kekre, Anthony Underwood, Chikwe Ihekweazu, David M Aanensen, Iruka N OkekeGet access
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4by Adebola Tolulope Olayinka, Josephine Bourner, George O Akpede, Joseph Okoeguale, Chukwuyem Abejegah, Nnennaya A Ajayi, Christian Akude, Oluwafemi Ayodeji, Daniel G Bausch, Hilde de Clerck, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Jake Dunning, Cyril Erameh, Justus Ndulue Eze, Pierre Formenty, Annelies Gillesen, Sulaiman Jalloh, Marie Jaspard, Tolulope Jegede, Jacob Maikere, Denis Malvy, Ephraim Ogbaini-Emovon, Olalekan Ezekial Ojo, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Kwame O'Neill, Maria-Lauretta Orji, Sampson Omagbemi Owhin, Michael Ramharter, Robert J Samuels, Nathan Shehu, Laura Merson, Alex Paddy Salam, Nzelle Delphine Kayem, Peter Horby, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Piero OlliaroGet access
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