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Samuel Timothy Boland | |
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| Born | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Education | The University of Chicago, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Employer | World Health Organization |
| Organization | Chatham House |
| Awards | Truman Scholar, Marshall Scholar |
| Honours | Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa |
Samuel Boland is a public health professional and researcher specialising in disease outbreak response as well as civil-military relations during public health emergencies. He has been involved as a public health responder to Ebola virus outbreaks including the Western Africa Ebola epidemic[1] and the Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
In July 2024, Samuel was appointed the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) mpox Incident Manager.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] On 14 August 2024, the WHO re-declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), having previously declared mpox a PHEIC between July 2022 and May 2023.[11]
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Mpox cases continue to rise in Africa". Voice of America. 2024-09-25. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ AfricaNews (23 August 2024). "WHO launches emergency response as Mpox outbreak resurges in DRC". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "How the World Sleepwalked Into the Global Mpox Emergency". Bloomberg.com. 2024-08-19. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "RD Congo mpox : La course aux vaccins dans le pays". BBC News Afrique (in French). 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Mpox in DR Congo: Di race to get vaccines across di kontri". BBC News Pidgin. 2024-09-12. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "DR Congo faces severe shortages as Mpox spreads". commonspace.eu. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ "Addressing funding and resource gaps for mpox response in Africa - CNBC Africa". www.cnbcafrica.com. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ Bariyo, Nicholas (14 August 2024). "Rapid Spread of Mpox in Africa Is Global Health Emergency, WHO Says". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ "WHO Director-General declares mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern". www.who.int. Retrieved 2024-10-07.