The ICEID Leaders Program was created over a decade ago to promote global health partnerships and collaboration in the area of infectious disease prevention by increasing participation in ICEID by public health leaders from resource-limited countries.

Selected through a competitive process and representing ministries of health, other health and research institutions, and nongovernmental organizations, the following individuals are welcomed as the ICEID 2018 Leaders:

Maiwand Ayoub Ahmadzai
National Emergency Operations Center for Polio Eradication in Afghanistan
Kabul, Afghanistan

William K. Amofo
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Accra, Ghana

Paritosh K. Biswas
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU)
ProMED-mail, Regional Editor South Asia
Chittagong, Bangladesh

Jean Marc Feussom Kameni
Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries
Yaounde, Cameroon

Sandra Gomez Ventura
Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC)
Laureate International Universities
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Elsie Ilori
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
Abuja, Nigeria

Thérèse Samdapawindé Kagoné
Ministry of Health
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Jean Felix Kinani Sangwa
One Health Approach for Conservation (OHAC)
Kigali, Rwanda

Portia Manangazira
Ministry of Health
Harare, Zimbabwe

Awa Ndir
Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN)
Dakar, Senegal

Syed Moinuddin Satter
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Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ngoc LeVan Truong
Ministry of Health
Hanoi, Vietnam

Ork Vichit
Ministry of Health
Phnom Penh, Cambodia