Jhpiego Malaria Specialist Receives African Public Health Award

Main Category: Tropical Diseases
Article Date: 22 Jul 2008 - 3:00 PDT

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Dr. William Brieger, senior malaria specialist for Jhpiego, will receive the 2008 Award of Merit for Contribution to the Development of Public Health in Africa from Nigeria's oldest university. The honor is being given by the Faculty of Public Health, College of Medicine at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.

The recognition will be presented at the University of Ibadan's National Conference, "Public Health in Nigeria and the Challenges of Achieving the Millennium Development Goals," on Sunday, July 27.

"Dr. Brieger has made an incredible contribution to public health around the world, particularly in Africa," says Dr. Leslie Mancuso, president and CEO of Jhpiego. "Malaria is a disease that is entirely preventable. Bill's expertise and long time dedication to social, cultural and behavioral aspects of health and malaria in Africa assists Jhpiego in developing innovations that are saving the lives of women and their families today."

William Brieger has a doctorate in public health. In addition to his role at Jhpiego, he is a Professor at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Brieger taught at the African Regional Health Education Center of the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, from 1976 to 2002. He is internationally renowned for his expertise in the social and behavioral aspects of tropical disease control and prevention, with special emphasis on malaria. He is also a consultant for the Malaria Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Malaria Action Coalition activities in Nigeria. Dr. Brieger serves as a malaria expert for the Voices advocacy project of The Johns Hopkins University's Center for Communications Programs. In addition, he teaches courses on training methods, continuing education for health workers, and social and behavioral foundations of primary health care in the distance education program of The Johns Hopkins University. He has published more than 120 scientific articles.

About Jhpiego

Jhpiego, (pronounced "JA-PIE-GO"), is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. For nearly 40 years, Jhpiego has empowered front-line health workers by designing and implementing effective, low-cost, hands-on solutions to strengthen the delivery of health care services. By putting evidence-based health innovations into everyday practice, Jhpiego works to break down barriers to quality health care services for the world's most vulnerable populations.

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