Chikwe Ihekweazu

Chikwe Ihekweazu is the executive director of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program and coauthor of An Imperfect Storm: A Pandemic and the Coming of Age of a Nigerian Institution.

Why Every Country Needs a Public Health Agency

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The WHO's executive director of health emergencies outlines why more countries are launching national public health agencies

Health workers in protective clothing confer behind barriers marking the isolation ward where victims Marburg virus are treated, in Uige, Angola, on April 20, 2005.