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As localization continues to be a hot topic in global development, nearly every international nongovernmental organization seems to be rethinking their role in the aid sector, and debating how, when, and if they should continue showing up. We discuss how INGOs are aiming to rebalance the equation between INGOs and local groups, and whether the reforms will help empower and give voice to local communities. This week we also published an interview with PEPFAR chief John Nkengasong, who warned that if the world fails to eliminate HIV as a public health threat by 2030, political leaders will lose interest in fighting the disease paving the way for its resurgence. Are INGOs working themselves out of a job? What is the future of PEPFAR, the U.S. global AIDS initiative? To dig into these stories, and others, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Business Editor David Ainsworth and Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger for the latest episode of the podcast series. Sign up to the Devex Newswire and our other newsletters: https://www.devex.com/account/newsletters

In this episode recorded in advance of World AIDS Day 2023, Katherine speaks with Ambassador John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official with the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. They discuss the current challenges around PEPFAR reauthorization; opportunities for enhanced U.S. diplomatic engagement to strengthen domestic and donor funding for global HIV programs; the critical role youth organizations can play in promoting equitable access to HIV prevention, diagnostics, and treatment; and why it is important to involve communities of people living with or at risk of HIV in policy development and program implementation. Check out the video here!

The State Department is putting lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic into action. The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is aimed at better preventing, detecting and responding to existing and future health threats. Its first leader is renowned virologist Dr. John Nkengasong. He sat down with Geoff Bennett to discuss the new effort to respond to global health crises. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The State Department is putting lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic into action. The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is aimed at better preventing, detecting and responding to existing and future health threats. Its first leader is renowned virologist Dr. John Nkengasong. He sat down with Geoff Bennett to discuss the new effort to respond to global health crises. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Opening Session ‘Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats' from the 4th WSC. Featuring Niranjan ‘Tex' Kissoon, Tedros Adhanmon Ghebreyesus, Veronika von Messling, Achim Steiner, John Nkengasong, Konrad Reinhart, Anders Levermann, Alan Donnelly, Beate Kampmann, and Ron Daniels as moderator.

Ambassador Dr. John N. Nkengasong, Ph.D. ( https://www.state.gov/biographies/john-n-nkengasong/ ), is U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, a position he was officially sworn in on June 13, 2022, where he leads, manages, and oversees the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history, prevent millions of HIV infections, save lives, and make progress toward ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Born in Cameroon, Dr. Nkengasong is the first person of African origin to hold this position. In 2017, Dr. Nkengasong was appointed as the first Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Through his leadership, a framework for moving Africa CDC into a full autonomous health agency of the Africa Union was established. Dr. Nkengasong led efforts to create policy frameworks to guide countries to establish and strengthen their public health institutes and defined and implemented a system to collate national surveillance data. He also led the COVID-19 response in Africa, coordinating with heads of state and governments across the continent, and among other achievements to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, he helped secure 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines at the height of vaccine scarcity. During his tenure, he was appointed as one of the World Health Organization's special envoys on COVID-19 preparedness and response. Dr. Nkengasong served as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis' International Laboratory Branch Chief and as the Associate Director for Laboratory Science. Subsequently, he served as Acting Deputy Director at the CDC Center for Global Health and Co-Chair of the PEPFAR's Laboratory Technical Working Group. As a leading virologist with over 30 years of experience in public health, Dr. Nkengasong was appointed as a board member for the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in New York, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation, in Norway. Dr. Nkengasong received his B.Sc. from the Faculty of Science, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon; his M.Sc. from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; and his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Brussels, Belgium. He also received a Diploma in Leadership and Management from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dr. Nkengasong is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and recognitions. Most recently, he served as one of the World Health Organization Director General's Special Envoys for COVID-19. In 2021, Dr. Nkengasong was recognized as Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, where he was described as “a modern-day hero.” Additional awards include the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Award for excellence in Public Health Protection Research, the Shepard Award, the U.S. Director's Recognitions Award and the William Watson Medal of Excellence, the highest recognition awarded by CDC; which was awarded for outstanding contributions and leadership in advancing global laboratory services and programs to support the PEPFAR. Most recently, Dr. Nkengasong was invited to become a member of the National Academy of Medicine and he became the first-ever laureate of the Virchow Prize for Global Health, for his dedication to improving the health and wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable people. He has authored or co-authored over 250 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in professional journals. Support the show

Today, when we hear the word pandemic, most people think of COVID-19. But by 2003, while rates of HIV infections and deaths from AIDS had stabilized and fallen in the US, in sub-Saharan Africa, the rates were at epidemic proportions.In his State of the Union address that January, President George W. Bush announced a massive investment in the global fight against HIV –The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. In the twenty years since, the program has dedicated billions of dollars to HIV prevention and treatment across Africa and other regions, saving tens of millions of lives.NPR's Pien Huang speaks with Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Dr. Helene Gayle, an epidemiologist and president of Spelman College, who spent 20 years at the CDC focused on HIV treatment and prevention and global healthcare.

With all the talk about new HIV prevention products such as the dapivirine vaginal ring or injectable cabotegravir for PrEP, what's little understood is how to match proven products with programs, policies and the political will that's needed to get these products to the people who need them. PEPFAR Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong shares his plan for meeting the moment. Also in this episode, seasoned advocates take on what's working and what's missing in programs today, and the expanding role of civil society in global strategies to end AIDS by 2030. 

PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has been credited with saving millions of lives in Africa. But as the new head of PEPFAR, Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, explains, the impact of PEPFAR extends even further beyond those who received lifesaving treatment.RelatedThe Bush Institute's Oral History of PEPFARPEPFAR at the U.S. State Department

Eric Rubin is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal. Lindsey Baden is a Deputy Editor of the Journal. John Nkengasong is the U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E.J. Rubin and Others. Audio Interview: Infectious Disease in Africa. N Engl J Med 2022;387:e42.

Infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV remain major causes of death and disability in Africa accounting for about 1.2 million deaths every year in Africa. By 2050, it is estimated that up to 4 million deaths could occur on the continent due to emergent infectious pathogens and increasing antimicrobial resistance. The covid-19 pandemic has revealed uncomfortable realities about the state of public health institutions in Africa. This reality led Dr. John Nkengasong, the then Director of the Africa CDC to declare that “in order to secure its future and guarantee its development, Africa will need a new public health order to address infectious disease threats and the overall syndemic in the 21st century”. In this episode, we talk about this New Public Health Order for Africa with two global health experts who have written extensively on this topic, Dr. Ebere Okereke and Sheila Mburu from the Tony Blair Institute.We hope you enjoy this episode. Please subscribe and share with your friends and family. We apologize for the quality of the sound at certain parts of the interview. These were primarily due to poor internet connectivity. We will continue to work to improve the quality of our productions for your enjoyment.  Thank you!  Readings:Read Ebere and Sheila's articles A New Public-Health Order for Africa: What and why?A New Public-Health Order for Africa: Why Public-Health Institutions Are the Foundations of Strong Health SystemsFollow Ebere Okereke on Twitter: @DrEmereumJnrFollow Sheila Mburu on Twitter: @Mburu_HealthFollow us on Twitter (@unfiltered_gh) and Instagram (@ghunfiltered)Keep up with us on Twitter @desmondtanko  @ulricksidney and @DrellaamoakoContact us: unfilteredgh@gmail.comArtwork: Chidiebere IbeTheme music: Antidote by Ketsa

More than 700 people made up of Rwandan former combatants and their families are resettling in the country. Most used to be FDLR ethnic Hutu fighters who have undergone rehabilitation and training. Also, chief virologist, Dr. John Nkengasong, takes on a new role as coordinator of PEPFAR - the US initiative on HIV and Aids - and says he'll still be serving Africa. Plus, floods uproot lives in Ghana's capital with homes swamped by heavy rains.

Listen to the Sat. April 16, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the impact of massive flooding in the KZN province of the Republic of South Africa where nearly 400 people have reportedly died; a vessel carrying migrants has capsized off the coast of Libya leading to numerous deaths; an oil tanker near the southeastern coast of Tunisia has been damaged; and Ethiopian and Eritrean residents of the United States are protesting against sanctions levelled at the governments in Addis Ababa and Asmara by the United States administration of President Joe Biden. In the second hour we listen to in-depth news on the situation around Durban in South Africa where heavy rains have created a humanitarian crisis. Finally, we listen to a press briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Director General Dr. John Nkengasong in Addis Ababa.  

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer is set to supply Africa's top health body with its coronavirus pill. The drug - Paxlovid - is intended for use soon after symptoms develop in people at high risk of severe disease. Africa CDC director John Nkengasong says Paperwork for the deal between the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Pfizer is now in the hands of the African Union's legal office - after which a formal announcement will be made. He urged health ministries to adopt robust measures spanning vaccines and testing plus the treatments by Pfizer as well as Merck, whose molnupiravir coronavirus pill he said the Africa CDC was also seeking.

Dr. Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and soon to be head of PEPFAR joined us for this 123rd episode, and the first episode of our Live From Munich mini-series, a collection of episodes recorded at the Munich Security Conference. He is a leader in the initiative to incorporate global health in security discussions like the Munich Security Conference. “We have seen how an outbreak of a disease can truly be a health security matter, and also human security, as well as even going as far as a national security threat.” The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us “the need for us to look at the security from a human perspective”, that “we are more connected as humanity”, and “the inequalities that we thought existed are more profound within countries between countries and between regions than we thought”. As North America and Europe begin this murky transition to the next stage of the pandemic, Dr. Nkengasong is concerned that we will “begin to refer to COVID as a disease that will soon be over in the US. And then of course, because of that, it becomes one of the neglected tropical diseases where we now have to rely on foundations or charity to take care of.” He recently called for a pause in vaccine donations: “we're saying that we have a lot of vaccines in the country. Now our problem is vaccination”. “I'm a big believer in that we should always pause to evaluate where we are in response, and then make corrective actions”. How will Africa overcome its major challenge of vaccine hesitancy? “I think every good public health practice as you and I know is local. The concepts are global, but in practice is local, which means Africa must take its own socio-cultural context and deal with it and then find the touchpoints” Dr. John Nkengasong is the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and has been nominated by President Biden to be the next head of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in charge of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.  

Dr. Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC and soon to be head of PEPFAR joined us for this 123rd episode, and the first episode of our Live From Munich mini-series, a collection of episodes recorded at the Munich Security Conference. He is a leader in the initiative to incorporate global health in security discussions like the Munich Security Conference. “We have seen how an outbreak of a disease can truly be a health security matter, and also human security, as well as even going as far as a national security threat.” The Covid-19 pandemic has shown us “the need for us to look at the security from a human perspective”, that “we are more connected as humanity”, and “the inequalities that we thought existed are more profound within countries between countries and between region than we thought”. As North America and Europe begin this murky transition to the next stage of the pandemic, Dr. Nkengasong is concerned that we will “begin to refer to COVID as a disease that will soon be over in the US. And then of course, because of that, it becomes one of the neglected tropical diseases where we now have to rely on foundations or charity to take care of.” He recently called for a pause in vaccine donations: “we're saying that we have a lot of vaccines in the country. Now our problem is vaccination”. “I'm a big believer in that we should always pause to evaluate where we are in respond, and then make corrective actions”. How will Africa overcome its major challenge of vaccine hesitancy? “I think every good public health practice as you and I know is local. The concepts are global, but in practice is local, which means Africa must take his own socio-cultural context and deal with it and then find the touch points”   Dr. John Nkengasong is the Director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has been nominated by President Biden to be the next head of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator in charge of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.  

Listen to the Sat. Feb. 5, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the opening of the African Union 35th Ordinary Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Sudanese democratic organizations have rejected the framework put forward by the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) related to efforts to mediate the current impasse with the military regime; Malians demonstrated in their thousands celebrating the departure of the French ambassador from Bamako; and Rwandan students are watching the Beijing Winter Olympics through a satellite service provided by the People's Republic of China. In the second hour we begin our annual commemoration of African American History Month founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926. We will take a closer look at the African Union summit being held in Addis Ababa and the issues on the agenda for the gathering. Finally, we hear a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Director General Dr. John Nkengasong on the public health situation on the continent.

Listen to the Sat. Jan. 29, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the rising interests in Pan-Africanism related to the recent internal conflict in Ethiopia; another demonstrator has been killed in the Republic of Sudan as protests continue demanding civilian rule; in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over 2,000 people have been displaced due to an attack by the M23 rebel group; and in the United States the further collapse of transporation infrastructure has been illustrated with the falling of a bridge in Pittsburgh. In the second hour we examine the recent military coup in the West African state of Burkina Faso in detail and the response of the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Also we hear a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Director General Dr. John Nkengasong on the public health situation on the continent. Finally, we review some of the most pressing and burning issues taking place in Africa and throughout the world.

Listen to the Sat. Jan. 22, 2022 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the continuing call by the African Union for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council; Egypt has denied that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has visited the capital of Khartoum in neighboring Sudan; a Sudanese high-ranking official paid a state visit to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa in an attempt to resolve a border dispute; and Senegal is poised for national elections this weekend. In the second hour we hear an African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention briefing lead by Director-General Dr. John Nkengasong. We also provide an update on the plans to manufacture vaccines in the Republic of South Africa. Finally, we review some of the most pressing and burning issues of the day in Africa and the world.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 25, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the statement by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on the military decision to not enter the Tigray province of the Horn of Africa state; mass organizations continue to demonstrate for democracy in the Republic of Sudan; there was a bomb explosion at a restaurant in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); and the travel ban imposed by the United States against eight Southern African nations will be lifted by the end of the year. In the second hour we look further into the situation in Ethiopia with briefings and analysis from government officials and journalists. Finally, we listen to a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director-General, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the public health situation on the continent.

Listen to the Sat. Dec. 11, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the European Union (EU) announcement that it is launching its own international project to compete with the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); South African physicians are saying that most cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant are of a milder nature; the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed has echoed a long-standing demand for the continent to have a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council; and some South Sudanese business leaders have been targeted for sanctions by the United States. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director General, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the status of the pandemic and vaccination rollouts. Finally, we review some of the most pressing and burning issues on the continent and around the world.

The African Union's top health official wants to get the world's first approved malaria vaccine to African countries as soon as possible.非洲联盟的最高卫生官员希望尽快向非洲国家提供世界上第一个获得批准的疟疾疫苗。This comes one day after the World Health Organization (WHO) said the vaccine should be given to children across Africa to stop the spread of the disease.这是在世界卫生组织 (WHO) 表示应向非洲各地的儿童接种疫苗以阻止疾病传播的一天之后。John Nkengasong is the director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He told an online news conference Thursday, "We will be engaging withGAVI (the vaccine alliance) and WHO in the coming days to understand first of all the availability of this vaccine.”John Nkengasong 是非洲疾病控制和预防中心的主任。他在周四的在线新闻发布会上说：“我们将在未来几天内与 GAVI（疫苗联盟）和世卫组织合作，首先了解这种疫苗的可用性。”He noted that by the end of 2021, malaria will likely have killed many more people in Africa than COVID-19 will have.他指出，到 2021 年底，疟疾在非洲造成的死亡人数可能比 COVID-19 死亡人数多得多。WHO recommends malaria vaccine世卫组织推荐疟疾疫苗WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it “a historic moment” Wednesday after the health agency's advisory groups approved the use of a vaccine to fight malaria.在卫生机构的咨询小组批准使用疫苗对抗疟疾之后，世卫组织总干事谭德塞周三称这是“历史性时刻”。Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is the WHO's Africa director. She said, “We expect many more African children to be protected from malaria and grow into healthy adults.”Matshidiso Moeti 博士是世卫组织的非洲主任。她说：“我们希望更多的非洲儿童免受疟疾侵害并成长为健康的成年人。”The WHO said its decision was based largely on results from ongoing research in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. The research followed more than 800,000 children who have received the vaccine since 2019. The WHO said side effects were rare, but sometimes included a high temperature that could result in temporary sudden movements called convulsions.世卫组织表示，其决定主要基于加纳、肯尼亚和马拉维正在进行的研究结果。该研究跟踪了自 2019 年以来接种疫苗的 800,000 多名儿童。世卫组织表示副作用很少见，但有时包括高温，可能导致称为抽搐的暂时性突然运动。The vaccine, known as Mosquirix, was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in 1987. While it is the first to be authorized, the vaccine is only about 30 percent effective. It requires up to four treatments and its protection decreases after several months.这种名为 Mosquirix 的疫苗是由英国制药商葛兰素史克于 1987 年开发的。虽然它是第一个获得授权的疫苗，但该疫苗的有效性只有 30% 左右。它最多需要四次治疗，几个月后其保护作用就会减弱。But scientists say the vaccine could have a major effect against malaria in Africa. Most of the world's 200 million cases and 400,000 malaria deaths each year are in Africa.但科学家表示，这种疫苗可能对非洲的疟疾产生重大影响。全世界每年有 2 亿例疟疾病例和 40 万例疟疾死亡病例，其中大部分发生在非洲。Julian Rayner, director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, said, “It's an imperfect vaccine, but it will still stop hundreds of thousands of children from dying.”剑桥医学研究所所长朱利安·雷纳 (Julian Rayner) 说：“这是一种不完美的疫苗，但仍将阻止数十万儿童死亡。”Dr. Alejandro Cravioto is head of the WHO vaccine group that gave the guidance. He said designing a shot against malaria was difficult because it is a parasitic disease spread by insects called mosquitoes.Alejandro Cravioto 博士是提供指导的世卫组织疫苗组组长。他说设计一种针对疟疾的疫苗很困难，因为它是一种由称为蚊子的昆虫传播的寄生虫病。“We're confronted with extraordinarily complex organisms,” he said. “We are not yet in reach of a highly efficacious vaccine, but what we have now is a vaccine that can be deployed and that is safe.”“我们面临着极其复杂的生物体，”他说。“我们还没有获得高效疫苗，但我们现在拥有的是一种可以部署且安全的疫苗。”Azra Ghani is chair of infectious diseases at Imperial College London. She said the WHO guidance would hopefully be a “first step” to making better malaria vaccines.Azra Ghani 是伦敦帝国理工学院传染病学系主任。她说，世卫组织的指南有望成为制造更好的疟疾疫苗的“第一步”。She added that efforts to produce a second-generation malaria vaccine could receive help from messenger RNA technology. The drug company BioNTech recently said it would begin researching for a possible malaria vaccine. The company and its partner Pfizer made one of the most successful COVID-19 vaccines with mRNA.她补充说，生产第二代疟疾疫苗的努力可以得到信使 RNA 技术的帮助。制药公司 BioNTech 最近表示将开始研究可能的疟疾疫苗。该公司及其合作伙伴辉瑞公司用 mRNA 制造了最成功的 COVID-19 疫苗之一。

The African Union's top health official wants to get the world's first approved malaria vaccine to African countries as soon as possible.非洲联盟的最高卫生官员希望尽快向非洲国家提供世界上第一个获得批准的疟疾疫苗。This comes one day after the World Health Organization (WHO) said the vaccine should be given to children across Africa to stop the spread of the disease.这是在世界卫生组织 (WHO) 表示应向非洲各地的儿童接种疫苗以阻止疾病传播的一天之后。John Nkengasong is the director of Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He told an online news conference Thursday, "We will be engaging withGAVI (the vaccine alliance) and WHO in the coming days to understand first of all the availability of this vaccine.”John Nkengasong 是非洲疾病控制和预防中心的主任。他在周四的在线新闻发布会上说：“我们将在未来几天内与 GAVI（疫苗联盟）和世卫组织合作，首先了解这种疫苗的可用性。”He noted that by the end of 2021, malaria will likely have killed many more people in Africa than COVID-19 will have.他指出，到 2021 年底，疟疾在非洲造成的死亡人数可能比 COVID-19 死亡人数多得多。WHO recommends malaria vaccine世卫组织推荐疟疾疫苗WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it “a historic moment” Wednesday after the health agency's advisory groups approved the use of a vaccine to fight malaria.在卫生机构的咨询小组批准使用疫苗对抗疟疾之后，世卫组织总干事谭德塞周三称这是“历史性时刻”。Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is the WHO's Africa director. She said, “We expect many more African children to be protected from malaria and grow into healthy adults.”Matshidiso Moeti 博士是世卫组织的非洲主任。她说：“我们希望更多的非洲儿童免受疟疾侵害并成长为健康的成年人。”The WHO said its decision was based largely on results from ongoing research in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi. The research followed more than 800,000 children who have received the vaccine since 2019. The WHO said side effects were rare, but sometimes included a high temperature that could result in temporary sudden movements called convulsions.世卫组织表示，其决定主要基于加纳、肯尼亚和马拉维正在进行的研究结果。该研究跟踪了自 2019 年以来接种疫苗的 800,000 多名儿童。世卫组织表示副作用很少见，但有时包括高温，可能导致称为抽搐的暂时性突然运动。The vaccine, known as Mosquirix, was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in 1987. While it is the first to be authorized, the vaccine is only about 30 percent effective. It requires up to four treatments and its protection decreases after several months.这种名为 Mosquirix 的疫苗是由英国制药商葛兰素史克于 1987 年开发的。虽然它是第一个获得授权的疫苗，但该疫苗的有效性只有 30% 左右。它最多需要四次治疗，几个月后其保护作用就会减弱。But scientists say the vaccine could have a major effect against malaria in Africa. Most of the world's 200 million cases and 400,000 malaria deaths each year are in Africa.但科学家表示，这种疫苗可能对非洲的疟疾产生重大影响。全世界每年有 2 亿例疟疾病例和 40 万例疟疾死亡病例，其中大部分发生在非洲。Julian Rayner, director of the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, said, “It's an imperfect vaccine, but it will still stop hundreds of thousands of children from dying.”剑桥医学研究所所长朱利安·雷纳 (Julian Rayner) 说：“这是一种不完美的疫苗，但仍将阻止数十万儿童死亡。”Dr. Alejandro Cravioto is head of the WHO vaccine group that gave the guidance. He said designing a shot against malaria was difficult because it is a parasitic disease spread by insects called mosquitoes.Alejandro Cravioto 博士是提供指导的世卫组织疫苗组组长。他说设计一种针对疟疾的疫苗很困难，因为它是一种由称为蚊子的昆虫传播的寄生虫病。“We're confronted with extraordinarily complex organisms,” he said. “We are not yet in reach of a highly efficacious vaccine, but what we have now is a vaccine that can be deployed and that is safe.”“我们面临着极其复杂的生物体，”他说。“我们还没有获得高效疫苗，但我们现在拥有的是一种可以部署且安全的疫苗。”Azra Ghani is chair of infectious diseases at Imperial College London. She said the WHO guidance would hopefully be a “first step” to making better malaria vaccines.Azra Ghani 是伦敦帝国理工学院传染病学系主任。她说，世卫组织的指南有望成为制造更好的疟疾疫苗的“第一步”。She added that efforts to produce a second-generation malaria vaccine could receive help from messenger RNA technology. The drug company BioNTech recently said it would begin researching for a possible malaria vaccine. The company and its partner Pfizer made one of the most successful COVID-19 vaccines with mRNA.她补充说，生产第二代疟疾疫苗的努力可以得到信使 RNA 技术的帮助。制药公司 BioNTech 最近表示将开始研究可能的疟疾疫苗。该公司及其合作伙伴辉瑞公司用 mRNA 制造了最成功的 COVID-19 疫苗之一。

Listen to the Sat. Oct. 9, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the newly-inaugurated government in the Horn of Africa state of Ethiopia; Mali has accused France of training terrorists inside the West African nation; France has been criticized for its colonial legacy at a joint conference held with African countries; and NATO is preparing to deepen its intervention in Africa under the guise of combatting Islamic extremism. In the second hour we hear a briefing from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director General, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. Finally, we review some of the most pressing and burning issues in Africa and the international community.

US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead a public health programme on combating HIV/Aids, known as the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.Dr Nkengasong is currently the head of the Africa CDC - the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.The US government initiative has been without a leader since February last year. Its former leader Deborah Birx left to join the US coronavirus task force.Experts say that many people were not getting tested while others were not able to take their medicine due to the interruption of supplies.

US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead a public health programme on combating HIV/Aids, known as the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.Dr Nkengasong is currently the head of the Africa CDC - the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.The US government initiative has been without a leader since February last year. Its former leader Deborah Birx left to join the US coronavirus task force.Experts say that many people were not getting tested while others were not able to take their medicine due to the interruption of supplies.

US President Joe Biden has nominated Dr John Nkengasong to lead a public health programme on combating HIV/Aids, known as the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief.Dr Nkengasong is currently the head of the Africa CDC - the agency leading the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.The US government initiative has been without a leader since February last year. Its former leader Deborah Birx left to join the US coronavirus task force.Experts say that many people were not getting tested while others were not able to take their medicine due to the interruption of supplies.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 25, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the visit of Rwandan President Paul Kagame to the northern region of Mozambique; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered an address to the nation in observance of Heritage Day; the World Health Organization has announced that COVAX will decline its COVID-19 vaccines by 25%; and a Chinese executive for a high tech company has been released from Canadian custody in a prisoner exchange. In the second hour we will listen to addresses delivered at the United Nations General Assembly 76th Session held during the week. Speeches by the Secretary General, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia and the President of Tanzania are reviewed. Finally, we hear a report from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director General Dr. John Nkengasong.

The African Union's health warned that Britain's pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the continent more reluctant to get vaccinated.Britain under the restrictions only recognises vaccines administered in a few countries.John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the message passed regarding the vaccine creates confusion within the population creating more reticence, reluctance for people to receive vaccines.

The African Union's health warned that Britain's pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the continent more reluctant to get vaccinated.Britain under the restrictions only recognises vaccines administered in a few countries.John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the message passed regarding the vaccine creates confusion within the population creating more reticence, reluctance for people to receive vaccines.

The African Union's health warned that Britain's pandemic travel restrictions could make people across the continent more reluctant to get vaccinated.Britain under the restrictions only recognises vaccines administered in a few countries.John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says the message passed regarding the vaccine creates confusion within the population creating more reticence, reluctance for people to receive vaccines.

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 18, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the announcement by the United States President Joe Biden that the government will detain and deport thousands of people from Haiti seeking asylum in southern Texas; Ethiopia is speaking out against the wanton interference in its affairs by Washington; Zimbabwe is reporting on an irrigation scheme in operation now for several years; and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has been pressuring Guinea to hold elections in the aftermath of a military coup on Sept. 5. In the second hour we review a number of issues impacting Africa and the world. Finally, we will listen to a briefing from the Director General of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination rollouts and other public health issues across the continent.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 12, 2021 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features a PANW report with dispatches on the visit by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) delegation to the Republic of Guinea for consultations with the military officers that overthrew President Alpha Conde one week ago; the government of Ethiopia is continuing to accuse the United States of involvement in its internal affairs; Tunisian President Kais Saied has suggested that he wants to change the national constitution; and the Director General of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, has criticized the western nations for failing to meet their own commitments to adequately supply COVID-19 vaccines to underdeveloped states. In the second hour we look in-depth at the current political and security situation in Guinea in the aftermath of a military coup and the suspension of Conakry from ECOWAS and the AU. Finally, we examine other major issues impacting Africa and the world.

As wealthy countries stockpiled COVID-19 vaccines, 50 percent of adults in Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom have now been fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, vaccination rates remain extremely low in countries across Africa, where fewer than two percent of the continent's people have been fully vaccinated. With 47 of Africa's 54 countries expected to miss a September target of vaccinating 10 percent of their citizens, how can we bridge the vaccine gap threatening the continent? The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr John Nkengasong, talks to Al Jazeera. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/

Listen to the Sat. July 31, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the statistics released this week indicating that only 1.6% of people on the African continent have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic; South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern over the African Union (AU) Commission Chair granting observer status to the Israeli government; Ethiopian scholars are calling for military action to end the rebellion by the TPLF in the north of the Horn of Africa state; and the interim Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan has met with the Foreign Minister of Eritrea to discuss the situation in the neighboring Tigray province of Ethiopia. In the second hour we listen to a briefing from the Director General of the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) Dr. John Nkengasong on the status of the campaign to defeat the pandemic on the continent. Finally, we reexamine two of the race massacres of 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas and Knoxville, Tennessee.

« Cette fois plus de doute : la troisième vague redoutée est là, s'exclame Jeune Afrique, et les chiffres repartent à la hausse. Aggravée par la dissémination du fameux variant Delta initialement identifié en Inde, la contagion touche toutefois le continent de façon très hétérogène. Les chiffres sont ainsi assez inquiétants au Nord, surtout en Égypte et en Tunisie (où l'on vient de passer le cap des 400 000 cas). La situation au Sahel et en Afrique de l'Ouest est, à l'inverse, beaucoup plus calme, à l'exception du Liberia et de la Sierra Leone où les chiffres de la fin du mois de juin sont préoccupants. Mais ce sont surtout l'Est et la partie australe du continent qui souffrent actuellement, pointe Jeune Afrique. À l'Afrique du Sud, durement frappée dès le début de la pandémie, viennent s'ajouter le Rwanda, le Kenya, l'Érythrée, la RDC (où le nombre de cas actifs depuis ces cinq dernières semaines a quintuplé) et, surtout, un trio particulièrement alarmant composé de l'Ouganda, de la Namibie et de la Zambie, cette dernière ayant atteint le cap des 2 000 décès. » Le manque de vaccins « Le problème est que cette troisième vague intervient alors que le continent doit faire face à une pénurie de vaccins, souligne pour sa part Le Point Afrique. Bien que huit vaccins se soient avérés sûrs et efficaces et qu'ils aient été inscrits sur la liste des vaccins d'urgence de l'OMS, les expéditions vers l'Afrique se sont taries. Seules 15 millions de personnes – soit 1,2% seulement de la population africaine – sont entièrement vaccinées, contre 11% des personnes dans le monde et plus de 46% des personnes au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis. "C'est une course contre la montre, la pandémie est en avance sur nous. En Afrique, nous ne sommes pas en train de remporter la bataille contre le virus", avertit John Nkengasong du CDC Africa. » Défaillances Pour couronner le tout, le continent doit faire face à des problèmes d'approvisionnement et de gestion des stocks, relève encore Le Point Afrique : « Une flambée des cas en Inde, principal fournisseur de vaccins AstraZeneca, a retardé les livraisons par le biais du dispositif Covax de l'OMS. Mais en plus du manque d'approvisionnement, le continent a accumulé les doutes et les défaillances. Des pays dotés de vaccins n'ont pas réussi à les administrer avant leur péremption. Le Malawi a détruit en mai près de 20 000 doses périmées. La République démocratique du Congo et le Sud-Soudan en ont renvoyé plus de deux millions. Ou encore L'Afrique du Sud a dû détruire 2 millions de doses après une erreur lors de la fabrication. À ce jour, 18 pays africains ont épuisé la quasi-totalité des vaccins envoyés par l'OMS. » Inquiétude aussi au Sénégal L'Afrique de l'Ouest reste donc relativement épargnée par cette 3e vague, mais les chiffres augmentent sensiblement dans certains pays.  Comme au Libéria ou en Sierra Leone, on l'a vu, mais aussi au Sénégal, « les cas et les décès explosent », s'exclame ainsi le quotidien 24 Heures. « Force est de reconnaitre que, au regard des chiffres rendu publics par le ministère de la Santé et de l'Action sociale, le Sénégal est entré, de plain-pied, dans sa 3e vague de Covid-19, soupire WalfQuotidien. La preuve, [ce mercredi], sur les 2 388 tests réalisés par l'Institut Pasteur de Dakar et l'Institut de recherche en santé, de surveillance épidémiologique et de formation, 356 cas sont revenus positifs au coronavirus soit un taux de positivité de 14,91%. » Pour Cheikh Oumar Sy, ancien député à l'Assemblée nationale, interrogé par le journal, « "on se rend compte finalement de notre niveau d'irresponsabilité publique face à la gestion de la pandémie. Entre tournées économiques (inopportunes) et manifestations de l'opposition, ce sont les Sénégalais lambda qui y perdent la vie. Notre égoïsme nous pousse à faire fi de notre responsabilité collective", martèle Cheikh Oumar Sy. Avant de prédire le pire : "cette vague sera plus meurtrière que les précédentes". »

Africa's top health body has strongly criticised the European Union's decision to exclude AstraZeneca vaccines made in India from their Green Pass programme for travellers.The director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, says the EU's move was not driven by science and data because vaccines produced in India have not proven to be less efficient than those in the EU.The World Health Organization says it is in talks with the EU to resolve the matter, but insisted that individual EU states still have the flexibility to accept vaccines that have been authorized by the WHO, such as Covishield, the India-produced AstraZeneca vaccine.The EU's Digital Covid certificate comes into effect today with the aim to facilitate travel during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Listen to the Sat. June 26, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our PANW report with dispatches on the surge in COVID-19 cases in several African states; Madagascar is facing potential famine due to the drought in the southern region of the country; several German soldiers were wounded in an attack in the West African state of Mali; and the collapse of a building in Florida illustrates the need for infrastructural repair in the United States. In the second hour we hear a briefing from the Director General of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. John Nkengasong, on the status of coronavirus cases and vaccinations across the continent. In the final hour we continue our Black Music Month commemorations with a focus on Cesaria Evora, Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin.

Listen to the Sat. June 12, 2021 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the criticism levelled against the G7 Summit in the seaside resort of Carbis Bay in England where the leaders of the capitalist world pledged one billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccines; the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, is reporting that coronavirus cases are overwhelming the hospital system in this Central African state; Nigerian police have dispersed demonstrators protesting the insecurity inside the country; and South African officials are analyzing the safety concerns related to the J&J vaccines imported to address the pandemic now in a third wave. In the second hour we will listen to the weekly briefing by the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Director General Dr. John Nkengasong. Finally, we continue our focus on Black Music Month with additional examinations of the contributions of Art Tatum and Phineas Newborn, Jr.

Africa appears to have been relatively spared in the pandemic so far, but plans to have at least 30% of the continent's populations vaccinated by the end of 2021 seem far away. Hardtalk speaks to John Nkengasong, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

"You can't fight scarcity with scarcity. The only way out of the vaccine problem is by making a lot more of it." -James KrellensteinIndia is the world's largest supplier of vaccines but the government there suspended the export of all COVID-19 vaccines after a devastating outbreak this spring. This is just the latest reason why global health leaders are calling for a new, decentralized approach to vaccine manufacturing around the world. In this week’s episode we’ll look at the challenge facing developing nations when it comes to vaccines; how life-saving technology like mRNA vaccines could be rolled out around the world; and why it’ll take a generational investment to make sure the developing world is prepared for the next pandemic.This podcast was created by Just Human Productions. We're powered and distributed by Simplecast. We're supported, in part, by listeners like you.#SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #COVID #coronavirus

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong says the African Union has dropped plans to secure COVID-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India for African nations and is exploring options with Johnson & Johnson.John Nkengasong says the institute will still supply the AstraZeneca vaccine to Africa through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility but the African Union would seek additional supplies from Johnson & Johnson.Nkengasong says the possible link had nothing to do with the African Union’s decision. He says the bloc of 55 member states shifted its efforts to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine citing the deal signed last week to secure up to 400 million doses beginning in the third quarter of this year.

In this episode, Katherine E. Bliss and J. Stephen Morrison speak with Dr. John Nkengasong, Director of the Africa CDC. The African continent has not seen the high Covid-19 caseload many feared at the beginning of the pandemic. We hear some reasons for this, what the lessons from Africa's experience with HIV tell us about the steps needed to enable African countries to effectively control the pandemic, and how leadership from the continent is working with COVAX, pharmaceutical companies, and global partners to obtain the vaccines they need.   Dr. John Nkengasong currently serves as the first Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). He is a leading virologist with nearly 30 years of work experience in public health. He joined our other podcast, Coronavirus Crisis Update, in May last year.

The continent’s health agency says most countries in Africa should still roll out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, despite concerns over its use against a coronavirus variant that emerged in South Africa.John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says they will not be walking away from AstraZeneca vaccines at all.Dr Nkengasong says the variant had now been found in six other African countries - Botswana, Comoros, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia.He advised that with no evidence that it was dominant in any of those countries and other African nations to still use the vaccine.South Africa has delayed the start of its vaccination campaign, which was due to start this week.

The continent’s health watchdog on Thursday said African governments must take urgent steps to prepare for distribution of coronavirus vaccines after the African Union announced it had secured 270 million doses.Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, John Nkengasong, told a press conference that they cannot wait as economies are down and people are dying.

We understand that the State of Florida is not Congress. We also understand the concept of federalism: the powers that are not reserved to the national government rest with the states. But states cannot enact legislation that violates the US Constitution."More than fifty former world leaders have signed a letter released [Sunday] in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, or Nuclear Ban Treaty," NuclearBan.US said Monday. How will this affect all nations?"The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has jolted the Trump campaign, offering the president a new message to seize on in the final weeks of his reelection pursuit," The Hill reported Tuesday. Can this work? Common Dreams reported Monday that a MoveOn.org petition "calling for her seat not to be filled until after the inauguration of the next president in January of 2021 has already received nearly 1.1 million signatures as organizers spent Monday tearing up the phone lines of the US Senate."So it looks like the US is using its forces to ping Russian forces and see what type of response it gets. Reporting Tuesday on recent US air and sea maneuvers near Russia's borders, Antiwar.com noted, "From the North, from the South, from the East and West US war planes are simultaneously being directed against Russian defenses to probe their effectiveness and score political points." What are we to make of this?"Funding any weapons program with a stopgap is unusual. $1.6 billion for two submarines may seem a quibble, but it is part of a $109.8 billion weapons program, which is expected to yield 12 submarines that won't begin patrols until the 2030s," Antiwar.com reported Monday about a recent funding bill from the House of Representatives. "In a world where nuclear submarines are less and less of an issue, this expensive of a program is very controversial, which is why the Navy is pushing so hard to save it. ""The coronavirus pandemic has fractured global relationships. But as director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [John] Nkengasong has helped to steer Africa's 54 countries into an alliance praised as responding better than some richer countries, including the United States," the Associated Press reported Tuesday. How big of a breakthrough is this for countries on the continent? "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that Tehran has no plans of renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal, stressing that Washington must return to the accord 'without condition,'" Middle East Eye reported Monday. What are we to make of these statements? Guests:Dr. Emmitt Riley - Political scientist and assistant professor of Africana studies at DePauw UniversityKathy Kelly - American peace activist, one of the founding member of Voices in the Wilderness and co-coordinator of Voices for Creative NonviolenceGreg Palast - Investigative reporterDr. Greg Carr - Attorney; associate professor of Africana studies and chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University; and adjunct faculty at the Howard School of LawScott Ritter - Former UN weapons inspector in Iraq Margaret Kimberley - Editor and senior columnist at Black Agenda Report and author of "Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents"Netfa Freeman - Host of Voices With Vision on WPFW 89.3 FM, Pan-Africanist and internationalist organizerDanny Sjursen - Retired US Army major and author of "Patriotic Dissent: America in the Age of Endless War"

We bring you our fourth live Covid-19 Q&A, broadcast on Twitter and YouTube on 28 July with Professor Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, Dr John Nkengasong, first Director of Africa CDC and presented by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

Next Tuesday 28th July we are hosting our fourth COVID-19 Live Q&A with Peter Piot, Director of LSHTM, and John Nkengasong, Director of Africa CDC. Join our Q&A streamed on LSHTM's Twitter and YouTube channels to ask your questions direct to world-leading experts with moderation by Sarah Boseley, Health Editor at The Guardian.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having severe public health, economic and social impacts around the world, and Dr. John Nkengasong, Director of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has called this public health emergency a “looming disaster” for the African continent. The Africa CDC has been at the forefront of limiting the health impact of the pandemic, coordinating efforts of member states, sourcing medical equipment globally and locally for countries on the continent, and providing guidelines on how countries can implement social distancing measures among other efforts. Delivering this mandate within the varying contexts of African countries is not without its challenges. Host Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist for the Africa Region at the World Bank, invites Dr. Nkengasong to tell us about the measures they are taking to fight the pandemic under these circumstances.

Kenneth Fleming and John Nkengasong discuss the importance of pathology services, as part of The Lancet's Series on pathology and laboratory medicine in low-income and middle-income countries.