Donald J. Brooks

Consultant Epidemiologist (Epidemic and Pandemic Management) at the World Health OrganizationChief Executive Officer of Initiative: EauDoctoral researcher in infectious disease epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health

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Op-eds

• 10 Apr 2026 - Bangor Daily News - Maine needs a broader conversation about vaccination

• 06 Feb 2026 - Portland Press Herald - A Mainer’s case for staying in the World Health Organization

In the media

• 13 Aug 2023 - BORGEN Magazine - How “Initiative: Eau” Is Addressing Water Scarcity in Burkina Faso

• 25 Nov 2021 - AP - Women step up, fill the gaps in Burkina Faso

• 15 Oct 2021 - Devex - Using malaria resources to strengthen health systems in Burkina Faso

• 09 May 2021 - AP - Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

• 15 Feb 2021 - NBC - Guinea confirms 3 dead from Ebola, first cases since 2016

• 09 Feb 2021 - BBC Newsday - COVID-19 in Burkina Faso

• 07 Feb 2021 - AP - Burkina Faso hospitals struggle with new wave of COVID-19

• 10 Oct 2020 - Independent - WFP chief: Nobel Prize message to world not to forget Sahel

• 21 Sep 2020 - Reuters - Coronavirus rumours and regulations mar Burkina Faso's malaria fight

• 03 Jun 2020 - Devex - In Burkina Faso, access to gender data is complicated by conflict

• 15 Apr 2020 - PBS News Hour - EU blasts Trump’s WHO funding cut during critical stage of pandemic

• 20 Dec 2019 - New Humanitarian - Briefing: Burkina Faso’s rapid descent catches emergency response off guard

Publications

• Vaccine - Influenza vaccine recommendations and coverage (2018–2023): a foundation for pandemic preparedness and response

• Vaccines - Global Status of Adult Immunization Post COVID-19 Pandemic

• JMIR - Developing National Information Systems to Monitor COVID-19 Vaccination: A Global Observational Study

• Vaccine - Seasonal influenza vaccination: A global review of national policies in 194 WHO member states in 2022

• MMWR - COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage—World Health Organization African Region, 2021–2023

• Epidemiology & Infection - Rapid assessment of data systems for COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region

• MMWR - COVID-19 Mortality and Progress Toward Vaccinating Older Adults — World Health Organization, Worldwide, 2020–2022

• UNICEF - Costs and predicted financing gap to deliver COVID-19 vaccines in 133 low- and middle-income countries

• Cell - Organism-Level Analysis of Vaccination Reveals Networks of Protection across Tissues