Nafiisah Chotun Nafiisah Chotun, MSc, PhD, FRSPH, MRSTMH, is a public health professional currently working at the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a specialised technical agency of the African Union. Dr Chotun currently heads the Unit of Endemic and Neglected Tropical Diseases in the newly established Division of Disease Control and Prevention, where she is overseeing the implementation of a 4-year funded programme for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis on the African continent. She holds a PhD in Medical Virology from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and has over 10 years of experience in African public health issues, particularly in the areas of viral hepatitis and liver cancer. Dr Chotun is also an experienced science communicator, having worked as a scientific editor and reviewer for the past 5 years, and more recently as a Section Editor for Africa CDC’s Journal of Public Health in Africa.