
Paul Adepoju, PhD
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The World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa to reopen nominations for a regional director. This follows the unexpected passing of director-elect Dr Faustine Ndugulile in Nov 2024. ✍️Kerry C & Paul Adepoju, PhD World Health Organization (WHO) healthpolicy-watch.news/who-africa-re-…

As Africa battles a relentless #mpox outbreak, a sudden freeze in U.S. funding is crippling containment efforts, threatening vaccine distribution, and leaving the hardest-hit regions scrambling for solutions, Africa CDC warns. ✍️Paul Adepoju, PhD PEPFAR healthpolicy-watch.news/us-funding-fre…

As Africa battles a relentless #mpox outbreak, a sudden freeze in U.S. funding is crippling containment efforts, threatening vaccine distribution, and leaving the hardest-hit regions scrambling for solutions, Africa CDC warns. ✍️Paul Adepoju, PhD PEPFAR healthpolicy-watch.news/us-funding-fre…

In a breakthrough moment for Africa’s vaccine independence, two landmark deals could help put the continent on a path to becoming a producer, not just a buyer, of life-saving vaccines. ✍️Paul Adepoju, PhD Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Africa CDC @JeanKaseya2 BioNTech SE healthpolicy-watch.news/landmark-vacci…





#Tanzania has extinguished a deadly outbreak of #Marburg virus, but elsewhere across #Africa , an alarming surge of health crises continue to unfold. #Mpox #Cholera #Ebola ✍️Paul Adepoju, PhD Africa CDC Dr Jean Kaseya healthpolicy-watch.news/marburg-outbre…

🚗20 cars for a governor, 🚲0 bikes for outbreak teams. “We’re not resource-limited, we’re resource-wasteful.” — Prof Oyewale Tomori tells Paul Adepoju, PhD. Health workers lack syringes to probe outbreaks 5km away. Fund prevention, not vaccine begging: paultalks.science/blog/prof-oyew…

Cross-Border Collaboration Gains Political Traction as Africa Targets Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination “These are not neglected diseases—they are priority diseases,” Dr Jean Kaseya Africa CDC ✍️Paul Adepoju, PhD Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative WHO African Region #BeatNTDs #NoToNTDs healthpolicy-watch.news/cross-border-c…

#MonthlyShowcase Paul Adepoju, PhD is an award-winning freelance journalist, science communicator, and podcast host specialising in health, science & tech. Judges said: "The inclusion of a broader international and societal context provides more weight for the story." @The Revelator


Promising a vision of universal health coverage and resilient health systems, Prof. Mohamed Janabi is set to become the next director of WHO African Region. Paul Adepoju, PhD reports: hubs.li/Q03qlxMz0



“This mosquito is rewriting the rules of #malaria transmission in Africa.” – Grey Frandsen, Oxitec CEO A new Nature Medicine piece spotlights Djibouti’s partnership with Oxitec to tackle invasive urban malaria with Friendly™ Anopheles mosquitoes. 📰 nature.com/articles/s4159…

.Nature Medicine reports how scientists are fighting back against malaria in urban areas of Africa with modified male mosquitoes. go.nature.com/4mY3guo

Despite being declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern 10 months ago, the mpox outbreak is not over. And in places like Sierra Leone, it is spiralling. ✍️ Paul Adepoju, PhD reports: hubs.li/Q03rPCbw0
