Chikwe Ihekweazu

@Chikwe_I · Geneva · joined 30 Aug 2015

Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme. Opinions mine

168 374Followers

2 485Following

12 189Posts total

37.9KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

4 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views3 003this account4 184median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.78%this account1.61%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.52%this account1.33%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 003	4 184	0.72×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.78%	1.61%	1.11×
Engagement rate	1.52%	1.33%	1.15×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

16.4K19 Jan

4823 Jan

916 Feb

9.8K21 May

3K3 Sep

2.5K

3.2K4 Sep

Last 9 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.51%19 Jan

2.08%23 Jan

0.00%16 Feb

2.90%21 May

0.00%

1.68%3 Sep

1.37%

2.08%4 Sep

0.93%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.33%.

What the audience does

Likes72.1%405 in total

Reposts18.0%101 in total

Replies4.8%27 in total

Quotes2.5%14 in total

Bookmarks2.7%15 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Great to see schools reopen in Ituri Province. Great example of communities, government, health workers & partners coming together with a shared purpose. Excellent work by @UNICEFDRC 3K views · 25 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

On this mission to #DRC, I was as proud as ever of the dedication of colleagues and partners. We see signs of hope in the #Ebola response. I am heartbroken that our colleague Dr Vasee Moorthy, alongside us on this mission, is now gone. We will #keeppushing in his honour. https: 3.2K views · 48 likes · 18 reposts · 1 replies 04 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

🆕 Just published: our commentary on lessons from Sierra Leone’s mpox outbreak. People living with advanced HIV are at higher risk of death from mpox. The answer is not siloed programmes but integrated surveillance, prevention, vaccination & care. 🔗 https://t.co/jCcZAHk9b7 2.5K views · 26 likes · 7 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

Five years ago, in the heat of the COVID19 epidemic, @WHO initiated the idea of building a Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin. Proud of everyone that contributed to make this a reality as it helps keep the world safer. https://t.co/ivns9ocnOy 3K views · 44 likes · 4 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 · Open on X →

@Chikwe_I @thisisone2one @drtsbey https://t.co/b2D4TEX9Qs 10 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 21 May 2026 · Open on X →

Marco Rubio: WHO & Ebola “The World Health Organization failed miserably during COVID. They covered for China. Our #1 objective on Ebola or anything else is to not let it affect the United States— we’ve offered to fund the first 50 clinics that pop up. I wish that we would 9.8K views · 196 likes · 58 reposts · 20 replies 21 May 2026 · Open on X →

@Chikwe_I @thisisone2one @drtsbey Hello 9 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 16 Feb 2026 · Open on X →

@Chikwe_I @thisisone2one Thanks @Chikwe_I A most insightful conversation. Glad we could do it in Lagos, Nigeria, not in Geneva or Berlin. 48 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 23 Jan 2026 · Open on X →

Spent the break in Nigeria, where I also sat down for this podcast with @thisisone2one on the health sector and my time at NCDC. Thanks @drtsbey for pushing :). https://t.co/t3DV3MEvG7 16.4K views · 65 likes · 11 reposts · 5 replies 19 Jan 2026 · Open on X →