Advisor, Ghana CDC at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis, the public health agenda has never been more important. Ghana like many other developing countries is faced with both communicable and non-communicable public health threats but lacks a well-coordinated and institutionalized body that sees to a broader multi-agency and international partnerships in responding to these threats.

TBI is supporting the Government of Ghana on a new project to respond more effectively to public health issues and pandemics. This is focused on the establishment of a Ghana CDC which will work to compliment all the efforts of both infectious and non-infectious activities including biosecurity/terrorism /chemical terrorism/nuclear terrorism. This will harness the inter-ministerial consensus in looking at disease control and prevention holistically.

In support of this agenda, TBI is seeking to appoint an Advisor, Ghana CDC to provide technical and strategic support to the Interim Director General Gh...