Co-Chair, O’Neil-Lancet Commission on Racism and Structural Discrimination in Global HealthGlobal Institute for Disease Elimination
Dr Ngozi Erondu is a trained Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and health systems policy and global health governance expert. Her research has focused on strengthening disease surveillance and health systems and improving data for resource allocation decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. Her work has supported strengthening institutional capacity to control infectious diseases such as Covid19, Ebola, meningitis, malaria, and poliomyelitis.
Through Dr Erondu’s thought leadership and scholar activism in global public health, in both academic and research environments, she champions shifting power in global health development and empowering equitable research and funding partnerships. This has led her to be the Co-Chair of O’Neill Institute – Lancet Commission on Racism and Structural Discrimination and Global Health. Dr Erondu is currently the Technical Director of the Global Institute for Disease Elimination.
