The acting deputy director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, is resigning from his role at the end of the month.
On Tuesday, Africa CDC Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya wrote to staff members in an internal email that Ouma would resign at the end of March, referring to his tenure at the organization as “nothing short of remarkable.”
“His contributions have been instrumental in navigating our young organization through unprecedented times, from managing the COVID-19 challenges to laying the foundations of the continental Public Health agency leading health in Africa in line with our new mandate,” he wrote.