Professor Roma Chilengi, BSc, MB ChB, MSc is presently the Director General at the Zambia National Public Health Institute and also doubles as Special Assistant to the Republican Present responsible for Health. Responsible as chief executive for the national public health Institute providing leadership for national disease surveillance, health emergency preparedness and outbreak response as well as informing policy on public health threats. He has extensive clinical research and vaccine trial experience having led multiple research studies in Zambia and within the African region.