Mr Albert Kutekemeni-Kaputu

My name is Mr. Albert Kutekemeni-Kaputu, a Congolese national from the Democratic Republic of Congo, born on February 26, 1955 in the DRC. I hold a Master's degree in Medical Biology (Bac +5) and a specialization diploma in Public Health with a focus on Community Health from the School of Public Health at the University of Kinshasa. I also hold a Certificate in Epidemiology, Statistics, and Computer Science (EPISTAT) from the Erasmus School of Public Health at the Free University of Brussels, obtained during an intensive two-month summer program in 2014 and a Certificate of Malaria Course organized by University of Kinshasa, USAID, WHO, FM and PNLP, Kinshasa, DR CONGO in 2013.

Currently, I work at the Ministry of Public Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the National Malaria Control Program (PNLP), where I am Head of the Operational Research and New Drugs Department. I participate in numerous health research projects with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of Kinshasa and am currently the Focal Point for the implementation of therapeutic efficacy evaluation tests and the safety of artemisinin-based antimalarial combination therapies. I am also responsible for training laboratory providers in biological diagnostics of malaria and quality assurance.