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Ntoumi was the first Sub-Saharan
African woman to receive the Georg Foster prize, for her work creating networks to combat infectious diseases across Africa. She has also been lauded for her leadership and education of scientists across Sub-Saharan Africa. Ntoumi has also been awarded a fellowship of
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Ntoumi has worked to reinforce the
African continent's public health research capacity, through efforts coordinating the Central Africa Network on Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and Malaria (CANTAM). She is a member of many scientific committees, including the Global Health Scientific Advisory Committee of
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Prof. Dr. Francine Ntoumi looks back on her surveillance work in Africa during the pandemic. In this profile she shares her views on global health equity, lessons learned, the impact of technology, and the importance of international collaboration that flows through GISAID's
Regional Hub in Central
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179:. She remained in these positions until 2005. Between 2006 and 2007, Ntoumi was the Scientific Director of the European Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), located in
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Ntoumi has published over 30 peer-reviewed papers in journals including
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Ntoumi is involved in a programme “to make science a female ambition” in Africa, which aims to promote gender balance in science.
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