Pate made the call on Wednesday in Abuja at the unveiling of the book titled: “The journey outlives the traveller” authored by Dr Leopold Zekeng, UNAIDS Country Director.
The book is centered on Zekeng’s journey in the public and global health sector that spanned four decades from early beginnings in Cameroon to leadership roles across Africa and beyond.
This is based on working at the frontlines of HIV and AIDS responses, through some of the most complex health emergencies such as Ebola and COVID-19, global health diplomacy and social-works development.
He congratulated the author for the milestone and years service as well as for investing time to document what he had learnt about the present and future generation of public health practitioners.
