# John Nkengasong

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The Most Successful Global Public Health Plan You Probably Never Heard Of

Today, when we hear the word pandemic, most people think of COVID-19. But by 2003, while rates of HIV infections and deaths from AIDS had stabilized and fallen in the US, in sub-Saharan Africa, the rates were at epidemic proportions.In his State of the Union address that January, President George …

The Most Successful Global Public Health Plan You Probably Never Heard Of

Today, when we hear the word pandemic, most people think of COVID-19. But by 2003, while rates of HIV infections and deaths from AIDS had stabilized and fallen in the US, in sub-Saharan Africa, the rates were at epidemic proportions.In his State of the Union address that January, President George …

78: 4th WSC – Opening Session – Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats

Opening Session ‘Key Success Factors to Address Global Health Threats’ from the 4th WSC. Featuring Niranjan ‘Tex’ Kissoon, Tedros Adhanmon Ghebreyesus, Veronika von Messling, Achim Steiner, John Nkengasong, Konrad Reinhart, Anders Levermann, Alan Donnelly, Beate Kampmann, and Ron Daniels as moderat…

How lessons learned from COVID are preparing the world for future health threats

The State Department is putting lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic into action. The Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy is aimed at better preventing, detecting and responding to existing and future health threats. Its first leader is renowned virologist Dr. John Nkengasong. He…

The CommonHealth Live! Ambassador John Nkengasong: World AIDS Day 2023: A Journey of Hope

In this episode recorded in advance of World AIDS Day 2023, Katherine speaks with Ambassador John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official with the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. They discuss the current challenges around P…

The role of INGOs in localization, and the future of PEPFAR

As localization continues to be a hot topic in global development, nearly every international nongovernmental organization seems to be rethinking their role in the aid sector, and debating how, when, and if they should continue showing up. We discuss how INGOs are aiming to rebalance the equation b…

This Week in Global Dev: #58: The role of INGOs in localization, and the future of PEPFAR

As localization continues to be a hot topic in global development, nearly every international nongovernmental organization seems to be rethinking their role in the aid sector, and debating how, when, and if they should continue showing up. We discuss how INGOs are aiming to rebalance the equation b…

Shaping Public Health Leadership with Amb. John Nkengasong

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, Dr. John Nkengasong of the Mastercard Foundation and former PEPFAR and Africa CDC lead, discusses the evolution of public health in Africa, highlighting Rwanda's leadership in health financing and his own journey through various roles in public health. He emph…

Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems?

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has become the third-largest on record. And while the regional response is more robust than it was during the largest outbreak, in 2014-2016, the U.S. has now largely divested from global health initiatives under President Tr…