World Malaria Day 2021: An interview with Sir Brian Greenwood
Thought LeadersSir Brian GreenwoodProfessor of Clinical Tropical MedicineThe London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
In observation of World Malaria Day 2021, News-Medical interviews Sir Brian Greenwood about raising awareness for malaria in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can achieve elimination of the disease.
Please can you introduce yourself and tell us about your incredible career in malaria and other tropical diseases in Africa?
I am Brian Greenwood and I work at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Before this, I spent 30 years working and living in West Africa. I trained in medicine in the UK and after doing a couple of years of internships, I thought that it would be exciting to go and spend some time in Africa. So I went to Ibadan in Nigeria, thinking this would be a one or two-year trip as part of my career before coming back to the UK and progressing along the more usual route to become a medical specialist.