The Doctor Pressuring African Leaders to Own the Ebola Response (Gift Article)

“Dr. Kaseya is pushing for a major shift — one made increasingly urgent by shrinking Western aid budgets. Jetting around Africa, he is pushing the continent’s presidents to take financial and political ownership of public health. He says it is a question of African sovereignty.”

The Doctor Pressuring African Leaders to Own the Ebola Response International agencies and foreign donors have long driven campaigns to defeat diseases like Ebola. Dr. Jean Kaseya, the head of the Africa C.D.C., wants to change that.

"On a continent long accustomed to Western agencies and foreign donors driving emergency responses, Dr. Kaseya is pushing for a major shift — one made increasingly urgent by shrinking Western aid budgets" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...

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The Doctor Pressuring African Leaders to Own the Ebola Response.