Dr Jean Kaseya

‘We are [still] building the foundations for the next pandemic ' said Dr Jean Kaseya Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in 2024 when African countries were still struggling to obtain mpox vaccines promised by donor states a year after the virus had swept through parts of eastern Congo-Kinshasa before spreading across the continent (AC Vol 65 No 19 Vaccine shortfall risks spread of deadly new mpox strain)...

It argues strongly against giving up sovereign rights Director General Jean Kaseya citing ‘huge concerns regarding data'...

At the heart of the crisis are the same factors that held back Africa's response to the Covid-19 pandemic according to Jean Kaseya Director General of the Africa CDC: lack of affordable vaccines together with poor information exchange and disease surveillance...