Dr. Tamara Mancero
About Dr. Mancero Dr. Tamara Mancero is Regional Advisor for International Health Regulations at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), based in Washington, DC. With over 25 years of field experience across Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond—including deployment to Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak—she has dedicated her career to strengthening health emergency preparedness […]
Prof. Aamer Ikram
About Prof. Ikram Prof. Aamer Ikram is the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health Pakistan and a globally recognized leader in public health and health security. Currently serving as Vice President of IANPHI and Regional Technical Advisor for EMPHNET, he holds an extensive portfolio of international roles spanning WHO, GAVI, TEPHINET […]
Daniel Roberto Coradi de Freitas
Why he’s nominated As the architect of 7-1-7’s national scale-up in Brazil, Daniel Coradi has demonstrated that the target’s impact is not limited to the national level—it can reach the communities where outbreaks begin and where response must happen fastest. His leadership in bringing subnational pilots to scale in the Northeast Region is a model for how countries […]
Dr. Kokou Alinon
About Dr. Kokou Dr. Kokou Alinon is Africa CDC’s Regional Director for the Western Africa Regional Coordinating Centre, based in Abuja, Nigeria. With over 15 years of experience in public health, he has played a central role in strengthening disease surveillance and emergency preparedness across African Union Member States, bringing regional leadership and coordination to […]