South Sudan’s Health Minister Luke Thompson Thoan Teny has rejected claims that the executive director of the National Public Health Institute (NPHI) is a presidential appointee, as a leadership dispute at the public health agency deepens. Speaking at a news conference in Juba on Wednesday, Teny said the appointment of the NPHI executive director is governed by the National Public Health Institute Act of 2023, under which the minister appoints t…
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