Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija is a visionary, innovative leader, and influencer in global health and humanitarian development. Ayoade currently serves as special envoy and co-chair to the World Health Organization’s Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator, co-chair of the African Union’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance and founder of Nigeria’s Emergency Coordination Centre, as well as the former chief humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria. She is currently spearheading an initiative to create safe learning and teaching environments in Nigeria or the CASTLE initiative.
Whether people view the pandemic as over or not, the virus is still causing severe disruption to health services and unacceptably high mortality, particularly among health workers and vulnerable groups.
