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Dr. Wamala Joseph Francis is the Country Preparedness Officer in the WHO Country Office for South Sudan, Juba. He holds a Medical Degree and a Master’s in Public Health from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda and a Ph.D. in Public Health Epidemiology from Walden University, Minnesota, USA. His professional career and research work focuses on public health surveillance and epidemiology of epidemic and pandemic prone diseases in the developing and humanitarian contexts. Dr Wamala has over 20 years of work with national Ministries of Heath, one-health stakeholders, and other actors critical for strengthening emergency preparedness, response readiness, and public health security