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Africa’s foremost public health agency, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has a new director general. He tells Paul Adepoju about his ambitious goals for the continent, despite the controversy that delayed his appointment When the covid pandemic began in 2020, Jean Kaseya was in Italy witnessing how the country became overwhelmed despite its financial and human resources and healthcare capacity. If a European giant could be overburdened, what would happen to Africa? His worst fears were realised when nationalism became the hallmark of vaccine distribution. It seemed to be the fate of the continent not just for covid but for future epidemics, pandemics, and other health emergencies. While Africa was spared the full brunt of covid-19, Kaseya is concerned that in their current state, health systems of countries on the continent may not be resilient enough to withstand the full impacts of similar emergencies. As the new director of the Africa Centres for Disease C

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