Special note: This seminar will be hosted on Zoom. Please register to receive the link and password two hours before the seminar. Please note that space is limited.
Speaker: Dr. Efrem Lemango, Associate Director & Chief of Immunization, UNICEF
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Ephrem T. Lemango is the Associate Director & Chief of Immunization in
UNICEF, HQ in New York. He oversees the immunization and vaccines related
work of UNICEF spanning across six regions and over 130 countries. He has
previously worked as the Regional Immunization and Primary Health Care focal
in the World Health Organization (WHO) - Regional office for Africa, where he
led interventions to strengthen Immunization systems and provided strategic
leadership on the development of the vision for the Regional Immunization
Agenda-2030. He comes with more than 16 years of progressive National and
International experience on Immunization, Child health, Maternal health,
Primary Health Care, and Macroeconomic issues, from which about 11 years is
in Senior Leadership roles.
About the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases, DLSPH:
With leadership housed at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, we are developing an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers, educators and public health advocates. Our vision is to catalyze cutting-edge research and education that maximizes the health benefits of immunization for everyone.
We aim to contribute locally and globally to healthy communities through excellence in interdisciplinary vaccine-preventable disease and immunization research and education.
Questions? Email us at cvpd.dlsph@utoronto.ca
Register Here