Dr Abdulaziz Mohammed is the Head of Division, Disease control and Prevention, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He is a medical doctor and has a Master in Public Health. He is a fellow of the West African College of Physician and rose to the rank of Chief Consultant Physician before Joining Africa CDC. He is one of the foundation senior epidemiologist who started the operationalization of Africa CDC in 2016 and had previously served as the Principal Medical Epidemiologist where he was the program coordinator for Africa CDC first regional initiate to strengthen public Health in Africa. He is a fellow of the Chatham house Africa Leadership program in public Health. He has led the development and validation of the Africa CDC strategy on NCD, Injuries and Mental Health and that of the Reproductive health which are currently been implemented to support African Union member states. During COVID-19 pandemic response he co-chair the Infection Prevention and Control Technical Working Group for Africa CDC continental response to COVID-19. He is the coordinator of the Country engagement workstream of the Africa CDC SLL program. Dr Mohammed has over 40 publications in peer review journals.
