Ibrahima Socé Fall

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Ibrahima Socé Fall
Ibrahima Soce Fall
Ibrahima Soce Fall 2019 Ebola Conference
Born
Ibrahima Socé Fall

1966 (age 57–58)
Dakar, Senegal
EducationDr.Med, M.P.H , MSc , PhD
Alma materUCAD, FFPH, Tulane University
Occupation(s)Assistant Director-General, Health Emergencies Programme (WHO)
Years active1990–present

Ibrahima Socé Fall (born 1966) is a Senegalese executive in the area of global health.[1][2] He is Assistant Director-General[3][4][5] for Emergencies Response at the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Assistant – Secretary-General. Fall has worked on various outbreak response and research teams in the field to eradicate the spread of diseases including COVID-19, Ebola, malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis.[6][7] He was previously the Regional Emergencies Director of the WHO in the African Region and worked on Health Security and emergency preparedness and specially on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, epidemics and humanitarian crises.

Education[edit]

Fall holds a doctorate in medicine, a master's degree in public health (UCAD) and a doctorate in public health (UCAD and Tulane University in the USA), a master's degree in sustainable development (Tulane University), a university degree in tropical medicine and epidemiology from Aix-Marseille University and the French Army Institute of Tropical Medicine (IMTSSA Pharo). Fall is also a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians of the UK.[8]

Career[edit]

Fall occupied positions in Senegal including head of epidemics and communicable diseases control, immunization on the provincial level, Member of the National Malaria Control Program guidance committee, and as a Lecturer in Public Health on the Dakar University, Head of Planning and Control Division within the Army Health Department and as a Military frontline Doctor.[9]

Fall was the Regional Emergencies Director for WHO in the African Region.[10][11] Fall joined WHO in November 2003 as Coordinator of the Africa Region malaria inter-country support team and the then Regional Adviser for malaria strategic planning.

From February 2007 to October 2012, Fall was the Regional Advisor to WHO Regional Office for Africa, headed the strategic planning team for the malaria programme. In 2007, he was nominated as the WHO focal point for Malaria Strategic planning[12] at  global level as well as Co-chair of the Working Group on Strategic Planning for the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership.[13]

Fall was the Director of Health Security and Emergencies Cluster at the WHO Regional Office in 2015.[14] Formally WHO Representative in Mali,[3] he was appointed Ebola Crisis Manager and Head of UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) mission in Mali in November 2014. He became Director, Health Security and Emergencies Cluster, WHO Regional Office in Congo.[15]

Fall was involved in managing the Ebola crisis in Democratic Republic of Congo and also strengthening the Ebola response team in the country.[4][16][17][18][19]

Fall was awarded “African Heroes Awards[20] 2017 by The Department of African Studies and the African Student Association, Ohio University, USA for his contribution to the fight against Ebola in Africa.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall | Al Jazeera News". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  2. ^ "Ibrahima Soce-Fall". UN News. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Ibrahima Socé Fall - Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response at World Health Organization". THE ORG. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  4. ^ a b "Ebola response - Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall - Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  5. ^ "WHO says end in sight for Ebola in DRC". www.aa.com.tr
  6. ^ "Ibrahima Socé Fall - Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response at World Health Organization". THE ORG. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
  7. ^ Fall, Ibrahima Socé (2019-05-24). "Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia: application of lessons learnt to disease surveillance and control". The Pan African Medical Journal. Artvol (Artissue): 1. doi:10.11604/pamj.supp.2019.33.2.19074. ISSN 1937-8688. PMC 6691603. PMID 31448046.
  8. ^ "WHO Headquarters Leadership Team". www.who.int. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
  9. ^ "Ibrahima-Socé Fall, MD, MPH, MSc (Int Dev), PhD, FFPH (UK)". Interest. Archived from the original on June 4, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "African governments urged to prioritise health in their development efforts - World". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  11. ^ "Democratic Republic of Congo Sees A Recent Surge In Ebola Infections". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  12. ^ "The yellow fever outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo ends". Africa Health. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  13. ^ Webinar Information - United Nations Office For Disaster Risk Management https://www.undrr.org/media/47561/download
  14. ^ "Ibrahima Socé Fall - Assistant Director-General, Emergency Response at World Health Organization". THE ORG. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  15. ^ "WHO Headquarters Leadership Team". www.who.int. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  16. ^ "UN names Ebola chief to tackle world's 2nd largest outbreak: 'We have no time to lose'". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  17. ^ Soucheray, Stephanie (October 15, 2019). "Butembo treatment center cleared of Ebola patients in DRC". CIDRAP. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  18. ^ Specia, Megan (2019-08-01). "Year After Latest Ebola Outbreak, New Cases Emerge in Congo (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  19. ^ "Ebola response - Dr Ibrahima Soce Fall - Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  20. ^ Ndoigo, Laura (2020-02-25). "Tickets available for Feb. 29 African Heroes' Night". OHIO News. Retrieved 2021-02-15.

External links[edit]

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