How I launched WHO’s covid-19 response in the Central African Republic

By Jessica Hamzelou

WHO epidemiologist Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire

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Marie-Roseline Darnycka Bélizaire is a country preparedness and international health regulations officer for the World Health Organization. After supporting the response of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the Ebola outbreak, she was recently relocated to the Central African Republic (CAR) to advise on and assist the response to covid-19.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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