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  "id": 968614,
  "title": "Meet Nigerian professor, Ibrahim Abubakar, appointed CEPI CEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/meet-nigerian-professor-ibrahim-abubakar-appointed-cepi-ceo-968614",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:06:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/meet-nigerian-professor-ibrahim-abubakar-appointed-cepi-ceo/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigerian professor Ibrahim Abubakar has been appointed as the new CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global partnership that finances and coordinates the development of vaccines against emerging infectious diseases. Abubakar, an infectious disease epidemiology expert, will formally take office in April 2027 after joining the organization in March 2027. He will lead an organization that played a significant role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic by funding the development of several vaccine candidates. Abubakar's academic background includes qualifications from prestigious institutions such as Ahmadu Bello University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University of Cambridge, and the University of East Anglia. His research interests span infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health, and vaccine-preventable diseases.",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Meet Nigerian professor, Ibrahim Abubakar, appointed CEPI CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/meet-nigerian-professor-ibrahim-abubakar-appointed-cepi-ceo",
        "published": "2026-08-15T05:58:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}