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Fighting malaria in 2021: Where are we now and where are we going?
Thought LeadersDr. Laurence SlutskerSenior Technical AdvisorMalaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, PATH
In support of World Malaria Day, News-Medical spoke to Dr. Laurence Slutsker, an internationally recognized expert in malaria, about fighting this disease in 2021.
Please can you introduce yourself and tell us about your career in research into malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)?
I would describe myself as a medical epidemiologist and public health researcher and practitioner. I began in 1987 at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and over the next 30 years focused on malaria and many of its challenges.
WHO director Tedros Ghebreyesus named 2021 commencement speaker
January 26, 2021 – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will serve as commencement speaker at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s 2021 ceremony in May.
An Ethiopian academic, politician, and public health leader, Dr. Tedros was elected as WHO’s director-general at the 70th World Health Assembly in May 2017, the first person from the WHO African Region to assume the role. “As someone who has worked tirelessly to reform health systems in Ethiopia and across Africa, he will bring great insight and the political leadership necessary to restore trust in the WHO at a critical moment in its history,” said Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, at the time of Dr. Tedros’ appointment.