From Covid to HIV: John Nkengasong, the African hero of modern pandemics - The Africa Report


7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Olivier Holmey

At the helm of the Africa CDC, the Cameroonian-born scientist John Nkengasong coordinated the continent’s Covid-19 response. He has just taken over as head of the US AIDS programme, an organisation that is very active in Africa. According to him, whether it i…

“It is an extremely difficult decision,” Nkengasong says. At the end of May, as his colleagues were planning his farewell party, the virologist, his wife and their three children packed up their belo… [+397 chars]

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