Raji Tajudeen

Biography

Tajudeen is a Medical Doctor with postgraduate qualifications in Pediatrics and Public Health. He is a Fellow of the West African College of Physicians and Fellow of the Chatham House Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK. He has years of senior level experience in Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Workforce Development, Public Health Research, Health Diplomacy, Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child & Adolescent Health, and National Public Health Institutes. He is currently the Head of Public Health Institutes and Research at the Africa CDC. He coordinates the establishment and strengthening of National Public Health Institutes in AU Member States. He coordinates the Health Workforce Development and Public Health Research agendas of the Africa CDC. Tajudeen also double as the Acting Deputy Director General of Africa CDC where he coordinates all technical programmes at the Africa CDC. Tajudeen has several publications in peer reviewed journals.