5 days ago · Dr. John N. Nkengasong is the Deputy Director for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Previous experience. Until recently, he served as Ambassador at Large, U.S. Department of State, overseeing the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In 2022, he was the pioneer of the Bureau for Global Health ...

John N. Nkengasong is a Cameroonian-American virologist who served as the Global AIDS Coordinator in the Biden administration from 2022 to 2025 and Senior Bureau Official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy from 2023 to 2025. [2] 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 ...

Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, the US Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, recently paid a visit to the National Council for People Living with HIV and AIDS (NACOPHA) in Tanzania.

Jun 13, 2022 · John N. Nkengasong was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator May 5, 2022 and officially sworn in on June 13, 2022. A little over a year later, Ambassador Nkengasong joined U.S. Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken to launch State Department’s Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) August 1, 2023, which he leads as the Senior Bureau Official for ...

11 hours ago · This week, as officials at World Health Organizations convene meetings discussing everything from Marburg virus in Tanzania to mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, there are some empty seats in the room — and fewer attendees at virtual meetings. ... their deputies and others by John Nkengasong, the deputy director for global health at CDC.

We’re very honored to be joined by Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for Health Security and Diplomacy at the Department of State. Finally, a quick reminder that today’s briefing is …

John Nkengasong M.Sc., Ph.D., is the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy and one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2021.

Jun 29, 2019 · Nkengasong sees one of Africa CDC's roles as helping countries to do things they can't do by themselves, such as tackling cross-border health problems. But it also aims to help them in things they should be doing for themselves, …

Nov 27, 2023 · Ambassador John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and senior bureau official for Global Health Security and Diplomacy, participates in a panel discussion at ICAP's 20th Anniversary Celebration.

Dr John Nkengasong currently serves as the first Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). He is a leading virologist with nearly 30 years of work experience in public health.