Aytenew Ashenafi

Dr. Aytenew Ashenafi is a Program Manager at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). In his role, Dr. Aytenew Ashenafi is the Lead of the Laboratory Systems and Networks unit.   He is a health science and public health expert with over 15 years of laboratory practices and management, teaching, research, and […]

Ambe Laura Ngumama’anwi

Ambe Laura Ngumamaanwi

Laura Ngumama’anwi Ambe currently serves as Programme Officer in the Executive Office at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a specialized technical institution of the African Union. Before taking up this role, she was Assistant to the former Director of Africa CDC from 2019 to 2022. Before joining Africa CDC, she […]

Wessam Mankoula

Dr Wessam Mankoula is a healthcare professional with over eleven years’ experience in public health emergency management, epidemiology, and practicing medicine. Dr. Mankoula has a Master’s degree in Public Policy with focus on health policy, American University in Cairo, Egypt (2015), and the Egyptian Board of Epidemiology (2014). He has accomplished Africa CDC Fellowship (2018), […]