Dorothy Peprah is a Washington, D.C.-based global health security adviser. She has over 15 years of experience working for humanitarian and development organizations on infectious disease prevention and control. She holds a master’s in public health from Boston University’s School of Public Health and doctorate from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
This op-ed examines the action and structural changes needed at senior leadership level, drawing on experiences of racism from working at the headquarters of two white-dominated development organizations.
