Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency
Incumbent
Assumed office January 11, 2017
President
Muhammadu Buhari
Preceded by
Dr. Emmanuel Odu
Incident Manager of the Nigeria Ebola Emergency Operations centre (EEOC)
In office 2014–2014
Deputy Incident Manager (DIM) and Chief Operations Officer of the National Polio Emergency Operation Center
In office 2014–2014
Personal details
Born
Faisal Shuaib
15th August
Education
Ahmadu Bello University (MD) University of Alabama at Birmingham (DrPH)
Awards
Officer of the Order of Niger, National Productivity Order of Merit, Nigerian Excellence Award in Public Service
Scientific career
Fields
Public health
Institutions
University of Alabama at Birmingham, World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Faisal Shuaib OON, MPH, DrPH, is a Nigerian medical doctor and public health specialist. He served as the executive director and chief executive officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, a parastatal of Federal Ministry of Health (Nigeria)[1] from 2017-2023. Prior to his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2017, he was a Senior Programme Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, USA.[2][3]
Shuaib served as the Incident Manager/Head of the Nigeria Ebola Emergency Operation Center during the July - October 2014 outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease.[4][5] In addition to serving as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Minister of State for Health on Immunization and Polio Eradication, he was also the Chief Operations Officer/Deputy Incident Manager of the National Polio Emergency Operation Centre.[6][7]
He has received several awards such as the Officer of the Order of the Niger[8] of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (OON), The Nigeria Excellence Award in Public Service (NEAPS),[9] National Productivity Order of Merit (NPOM),[10] The Africa COVID-19 hero award and many others.
Dr Shuaib is a respected expert on managing epidemics and has authored and co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He serves as a valuable resource for public health officials and has advised the WHO and the Nigeria's Ministry of Health on a range of subjects.
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