John Nkengasong | |
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| 5th United States Global AIDS Coordinator United States Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy | |
| Assumed office June 13, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Deborah Birx |
| 1st Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention[1] | |
| In office 2016 – May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Jean Kaseya |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Douala, Cameroon |
| Education | University of Yaoundé I (BS) Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp (MS) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (MSc) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (PhD) |
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John N. Nkengasong is a Cameroonian-American virologist serving as the Global AIDS Coordinator in the Biden administration since 2022 and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy since 2023. He previously worked as the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention from 2016 to 2022, as well as at the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nkengasong was appointed the WHO Special Envoy for Africa.
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