Mosoka P. Fallah

Mosoka P. Fallah, PhD, MPH, MA, is the acting director for the Science and Innovation Directorate of Africa CDC and program manager for Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative at Africa CDC. Fallah has a PhD in immunology from the University of Kentucky and an MPH in global health from Harvard. Named a Time Magazine Person of the Year in 2014, he cofounded and directed the National Public Health Institute of Liberia and has held various positions in health security and consulting. He also serves as the president and CEO of Refuge Place International, an NGO focused on providing health care to marginalized communities in Liberia.

A woman walks her granddaughter to the restroom after having samples collected, at the Yalolia health center, in Yakusu, Tshopo, Democratic Republic of Congo, on October 3, 2022.

Poverty

Preparing for Disease X

by Mosoka P. Fallah, Faraan Rahim, Dieudonné Mwamba, Placide Mbala, Jean Kaseya

A recent outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo underscores the need to prepare for future pandemics