Dr Aliko Ahmed

Aliko Ahmed is a public health physician, epidemiologist, and global health diplomat with decades of working experience in clinical medicine, academia, and public health practice across low- and high-income countries. He is currently the Regional Director of Public Health for the East of England region and is responsible for the strategic development and oversight of public health programmes aimed at preventing ill-health, improving population health outcomes, and reducing health inequalities within the region. He led the regional public health response to the pandemic working with several stakeholders including local authorities and Universities. 

Aliko's global health interest is in sustainable health policy solutions, particularly in the translation of evidence into public health policy and practice in Africa. He works and advises African governments, public and private institutions in Africa. He is a Senior Fellow, the convenor of the Public Health Africa Policy Forum at Chatham House, and one of the global commissioners appointed to the recently launched the Chatham House Global Commission for Universal Health. He is an Associate Director at Cambridge Public Health and a Fellow of Wolfson College at Cambridge University. He Chairs the UK Faculty of Public Health’s Africa Group and holds honorary Professorships in Public Health at several universities.

Aliko received his primary medical qualification at Ahmadu Bello University Nigeria and holds postgraduate degrees in Public Health from both the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Cambridge. He undertook his higher specialist training in Public Health Medicine in Cambridge and currently holds fellowships at the UK Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) and the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) London