Ifedayo Adetifa

Ifedayo Morayo Adetifa, a Nigerian paediatrician and infectious diseases epidemiologist, is the current Director General[1] of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). He was appointed[2] to this role in September 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari[3] to replace Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu[4] who was the head of the agency since August 2016.[5]

Before his appointment as Director-General, he was Clinical Epidemiologist, Epidemiology & Demography Department, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Kilifi, Kenya[6] and an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.[7][8]

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  4. ^ Onyeji, Ebuka (2021-10-19). "Adetifa officially takes over at NCDC". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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