Recently, we caught up with IPPHL alumni Dr. Cordelia Katureebe Mboijana (Cohort 1) and Dr. John Bosco (Cohort 4) to discuss their experiences as fellows of the program and the lessons they have carried with them since graduating. This conversation was a special treat as Dr. Mboijana and Dr. Bosco have known each other for over ten years. They both worked with the Ministry of Health – Uganda under the HIV Control Program during which time Cordelia served as John’s…
Adilson De Pina is the Head of Malaria Elimination Program in Cabo Verde’s Ministry of Health, and an alumnus of IPPHL’s Cohort 5. We sat to talk about Cabo Verde’s malaria elimination program, and discussed the measures being taken to sustain the country’s progress. Providing free access to malaria resources such as tests, prevention education, etc., are some of the steps that were taken and are still being taken to guarantee malaria elimination. Adilson shares his vision for Cabo Verde…
Dr. Abiodun Egwuenu, C5, is a PhD researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin/Charité in Germany. She is a trained medical doctor and field epidemiologist from Nigeria, with a primary focus on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Before her PhD, she served as the Antimicrobial Resistance Program Coordinator for the Nigeria CDC. In our discussion, Dr. Abiodun highlighted AMR as a global health threat due to the increasing ineffectiveness of many drugs. Nigeria faces rising drug-resistant infections and high mortality rates. She emphasized…
