By Bisola Adeyemo
In supporting global health security, Dr Mary Adetinuke Boyd has been appointed by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention as the new Country Director for Nigeria.
The US Mission in Nigeria made this known in a statement titled, ‘US-CDC appoints new Country Director for Nigeria’ on Tuesday.
Part of the statement read, “In her new role, Dr Boyd will lead the Nigeria office, which is one of CDC’s largest country offices, and support CDC’s collective efforts in global HIV and Tuberculosis, global health security, malaria elimination, and immunization, the Punch reports.
“Dr Mary Adetinuke Boyd joined CDC in the CDC Zambia country office, where she first served as Deputy Associate Director for Programs (2016-2018) and then as Senior Medical Advisor (2018-2020).
While in Zambia, Dr. Boyd’s accomplishments included: leading the Antiretroviral Treatment Surge campaign; establishing the Zambia National HIV Clinical Mentorship program; and directing the first regional COVID-19 response ECHO community of practice in Southern Africa and West Africa.
“Dr. Boyd is a trained vaccinologist and conducted vaccine trials for influenza A (H1N1), live oral Shigella, Vibrio cholera, and Salmonella vaccine candidates from 2009-2013 at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development. She subsequently joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, where she led global health vaccine efforts, including for Ebola, from 2013-2016.”