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Georges Ki-Zerbo

Georges Ki-Zerbo ... Coordinator - WHO Inter-Country Support Team for Central Africa (IST/CA) ... Gabon ... Executive Office

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Georges Ki-Zerbo 1st Georges Ki-Zerbo Coordinator - WHO Inter-Country Support Team for Central Africa (IST/CA) GabonExecutive Office Current WHO/Regional Office for Africa Previous WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), University of Ouagadougou - School of Medicine, University of Dakar Education University of Michigan. School of Public Health 500+ connectionsSend a messageEndorseMore options Background Summary I am Georges Ki-Zerbo, a Medical Doctor and lecturer in Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine, Epidemiology and International Public Health with more than 25 years of experience in clinical, lecturing, research writing and international work related to infectious diseases/tropical medicine. I am a member of the Burkina Faso, South African HIV Clinicians, African Infectious Diseases, ASTMH, RSTMH and other scholarly bodies. I authored numerous publications on malaria, leprosy, trypanosomiasis, HIV, tuberculosis, Rift Valley Fever etc. I joined the WHO in 2004 at the Regional Office for Africa and worked first as Regional Adviser for HIV Care and Treatment (March 2004-November 2006), then as acting WHO representative in Equatorial Guinea (November 2006 to March 2007) and since March 2007 as Malaria Programme Manager. In January 2012 I was assigned to coordinate the WHO/AFRO Communicable Diseases Program Area including HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases. Since September 2013, I coordinate the WHO/AFRO Inter-country Support Team for Central Africa and report to the Regional Director. I am committed to the acceleration of infectious disease control through equitable universal access to evidence based, quality and cost-effective interventions. I believe that advocacy for harmonization and alignment of all stakeholders is critical for efficient scale-up of proven strategies and tools to reduce the intolerable disease burden and mitigate threats to future success. I look forward to make a significant contribution to foster constructive dialogue with partners in order to build a strong planning, implementation monitoring evaluation and research capacity for health and development. Experience Coordinator - WHO Inter-Country Support Team for Central Africa WHO/Regional Office for Africa September 2013 – Present (9 months)Libreville Coordinates WHO support to Ten Countries in Central Africa (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome & Principe and Chad) WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO)Coordinator - Communicable Diseases WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) January 2012 – September 2013 (1 year 9 months)Brazzaville - Congo Coordinates the Communicable Diseases Programme Area within the Disease Prevention and Control Cluster. World Health OrganizationProgramme Manager World Health Organization April 2007 – January 2012 (4 years 10 months)Brazzaville - Congo - P.O. Box 6. I work within a team committed to the acceleration of malaria control in Africa through universal access to cost-effective interventions, capacity building and systems strengthening. We work with national programs and partners on policies, strategies and comprehensive programme development for impact. I also contribute to the coordination of the communicable diseases area of work at WHO/AFRO. WHO regional Office for AfricaRegional Adviser for HIV Care and Treatment WHO regional Office for Africa March 2004 – November 2006 (2 years 9 months)Harare Zimbabwe - Brazzaville Congo Provide Strategic and normative guidance and support for the develoment of HIV Treatment care and support programmes in the WHO African region in the context of the Global 3 by 5 initiative. Infectious Diseases Specialist and Lecturer University of Ouagadougou - School of Medicine 1991 – 2004 (13 years)UCAD/Dakar/Senegal - UFR/SDS/Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso Patients care treatment and support Clinical Counselling Inpatient and outpatients clinics rounds and consultation Bedside teaching of Medical Students and Residents Lecturing at Medical Schoo Directing Medical and Pharmacy School Students Thesis Clinical Research Consulting as Infectious Diseases and International Health expert with private sector, NGOs, and other Health and Devlopment Institutions Experience sharing with academic and research institutions abroad through fellowships, visits and meetings Infectious Diseases Specialist and Lecturer University of Dakar 1987 – 1994 (7 years)School of Medicine - UCAD - Dakar/senegal Clinical Care Lecturing University and Nursing School Students Clinical and operationa research Consulting with clinical and public health institutions Support to Community Based Organizations Writing Scientific articles and contribution to curriculum development Languages English Skills & Endorsements Top Skills 99+Capacity Building 74International Health 58Infectious Diseases 53Epidemiology 41Public Health 37Program Development 31Malaria 30Healthcare 25International... 25Africa Georges also knows about... 24NGOs 16Global Health 13Health Policy 13Health Communication 11Prevention 10Civil Society 7Reproductive Health 6Strategy 6Program Evaluation 5Medicine 5HIV prevention 4HIV 4Research 4Clinical Research 4Humanitarian See 7+ Education University of Michigan. School of Public Health M.P.H., Epidemiology 1996 – 1997 School of Medicine-UCAD-DAKAR MD, Internal Medicine & Infectious Diseases/Trop Med Fellowship 1979 – 1993 Institut Sante et Developpement-Universite Paris VI D.E.A., International Health 1989 – 1990 Recommendations Peter, would you like to recommend Georges? 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