Dr. Kokou Alinon serves as the Africa CDC, Regional Director for the Western Africa Regional Coordinating Centre (RCC).
He is an accomplished healthcare and public health professional with over 21 years of experience in healthcare and more than 15 years in public health. As a H. Hubert Humphrey Fellow and alumnus of the US CDC’s Public Health Emergency Management program, he has a strong academic foundation and extensive expertise in public health policy and management, disease surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.
His expertise spans public health surveillance planning and implementation (EBS, IBS, IDSR) and public health emergency preparedness and response.
Prior to joining Africa CDC, Dr. Kokou Alinon played key roles in Togo’s Ministry of Health as a civil servant, serving as the Palliative Care National Program Coordinator and leading the Non-Communicable Disease Surveillance Division for over four years.
Dr. Kokou Alinon is an Associate Professor from the University of Lomé since 2015, an author and co-author of many national and international articles and books.