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Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, African Union Commission, Science Office |
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Professor Nicaise Ndembi is Principal Advisor to the Africa CDC’s Director General and Deputy Incident Manager Mpox – Marburg Continental Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa. He is currently Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention at the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. Dr. Ndembi is a graduate of Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Department of Viral Infection and International Public Health, Japan and a Research Professor within the same Institution. He is a Principal Investigator on numerous grants including US National Health Institute/NIAID. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Health in Africa, AIDS Research and Therapy, and serves on various World Health Organization and US National Institute of Health study sections. Through his leadership, a framework for Africa vaccine manufacturing was established. He has authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in professional journals. |
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