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Congolese microbiologist Dr Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum has been awarded an honorary degree in recognition for early and seminal work identifying the Ebola virus.

‘Ebola hunter’ Jean-Jacques Muyembe receives Harvard honorary degree

Dr Muyembe is the General Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB). He is also Professor of Medical Microbiology/ Virology at the University of Kinshasa. He was the first to sample the Ebola virus in 1976, leading to its recognition as the cause of haemorrhagic fever.

In addition to this award, he was appointed to the WHO Advisory Group on the Ebola Virus Disease Response group in 2014. He also received the Christophe Mérieux Prize and the Royal Society Africa prize in 2015. He is the recipient of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize . Dr Muyembe was named as one of Time’s 100 most influential in 2020.

The James West Scholarship offers an opportunity for UK graduates in sciences, including medicine, to recieve a scholarship for PhD study at Imperial College London. This scholarship aims to promote inclusion of Black or Mixed Black Heritage students.

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/james-west-scholarships/about-the-scholarships/application-process/

Most feeding issues arising from a tongue tie problems can be solved without every needing a surgeon to have a look. Advice from your midwife or lactation advisor is the best place to start.

However, if a procedure is indicated, here is some advice from London surgeons on the best approach.

Young African, could you be a Mandela Rhodes Scholar?

We look for young leaders who aspire to the principles below and who have demonstrated the potential to live them out.

Leadership: Do you aspire to be a visionary leader who has moral authority? Do you see leadership as more than just personal ambition – as a way to pursue the advancement of equality and freedom, human rights and human dignity? And do you want to guide and inspire others to reach their full potential?

Reconciliation: Do you believe that reconciliation – combined with reparation – is the key to harnessing an imperfect past to develop a more just world? And are you prepared to start the process by looking at your own internal landscape?

Education: Do you have excellent academic results but believe that your education should not only benefit you but make a difference for others? And do you agree that intellectual excellence must be accompanied by character and a rounded personality?

Entrepreneurship: Do you want to see Africa take its rightful place as an equal and competitive presence in the global world? Have you demonstrated individual effort, innovation and creativity to this end?

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Madhukar Pai writes convincingly about double agents in global health. Increasingly, it is clear that diaspora health workers are part of the solution to addressing health inequalities in their native countries.

This nuanced article explores the opportunities and the challenges from the perspective of 19 such ‘double agents’.