BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS & PANEL MEMBERS
Prof. J. David Miller – Carleton University, Canada (Keynote Speaker)
David became Professor & NSERC Research Chair at Carleton University in 2000. Dr. Miller has published >350 papers on fungi and
fungal toxins and has co-written and edited 9 books on public health aspects of fungi and fungal toxins. He participated in the
International Agency for Research on Cancer Monographs 56 (1992) and 86 (2002). He was a member of the drafting committee of the
World Health Organization IPCS monograph on fumonisin B1. He has invested considerable time on mycotoxin issues in Asia, South
America and Africa and with the FAO. Miller was a co-author of IARC publication “Improving public health through mycotoxin control
(2013). With Professors Chris Wild and John Groopman, he helped to plan the working group leading to the report “Mycotoxin Control in
Low- and Middle-Income Countries” (2016), chairing the panel meeting in 2014. He was a member of the Toxicology Study Selection
and Review Committee that considers compounds nominated by the US Food and Drug Administration to the National Toxicology
Program. Among other awards, he received the AgExcellence Award from Agriculture Canada (1992), Ministry of Agriculture of China,
Science and Technology Award for work on Fusarium (1994), the Toxicology Forum Scott Award for contributions to toxicology (1998)
and an NSERC Synergy Award (2016). Dr. Miller is on the Board of the Toxicology Forum in Washington .
Mr. Adebowale Akande – IITA, Nigeria
Mrs. Abigael Obura Awuor – CDC, Kenya
Debo is a qualified Chartered Manager with sixteen
years of International Development Management
experience in both Africa and Europe. He is
currently working as a social scientist at International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria and as
an Independent Consultant for Deloitte Consulting
LLP, United States leading AgResults Pilot Project,
which incentivizes smallholder farmers through “Pull
mechanism” to adopt a new innovation. He has onground experience in starting up, designing and managing several
agriculture value chains, research for development, rural poverty
development, health and environmental management programs with
several bilateral and international organizations. He is a Doctoral
Researcher and a visiting Lecturer at University of Hertfordshire, United
Kingdom.
Abigael has over 10 years of experience as an
epidemiologist and a qualitative data analyst for Centers for
Disease Control & Prevention, Division of Global Health
Protection in Nairobi, Kenya. She serves as the lead
research and prevention subject matter expert in aflatoxin
at CDC Kenya. She, in collaboration with the Kenya
Ministry of Health, has responded to two aflatoxicosis
outbreaks in Kenya. Abigael and the CDC aflatoxin team
conducted the first ever aflatoxin sero-survey in Kenya and
have just completed the first ever sero-survey in Uganda.
She was a member of the Interim Steering Committee of the Partnership for
Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) since its inception in Maputo Mozambique
and is currently a task force member of the PACA Health team. She represents
CDC Kenya at policy meetings with national and international stakeholders.
Abigael is currently undertaking a PhD in Public Health at University of Nairobi.
Her professional goal is to become a nationally and internationally recognized
expert in non-communicable disease as they relate to public health.
Ms. Felistus Mutambi – GAIN, Kenya
Felistus was the immediate former KNFFA
chairperson and has been involved with
coordination of fortification activities since 2008.
She has 22 years of working experience with 17
years working in the fast moving consumer goods
industry (Food & Cosmetics) as a Quality
Assurance, Environment/Safety & Health Manager.
She is extensively trained, and well versed with
regulatory requirements for Food safety/quality,
Environment and Occupational Safety & Health. She has previously
worked as a Consultant for the Ministry of Health, Unga Holdings
Ltd, Colgate Palmolive East Africa Ltd and Beiersdorf East Africa Ltd.
Dr. Habiba Hassan-Wassef – NRC, Egypt
Habiba, a former Whitehall Research Fellow at Columbia
University Institute of Nutrition Sciences, is currently a
researcher at the National Research Center (Cairo) following
a 20-year international career with the World Health
Organization. She also serves as an independent EU expert
in food, nutrition and health. She is a member of a number of
scientific committees and think tanks and is the National
Contact Point for the EU Framework Research Programme since 2007 in the
domains of food, agriculture, fisheries and biotechnology. A Trustee of the
African Nutrition Society, she is at present leading the initiative for investigating
the etiology of stunting in Egypt.
Dr. Johanna Lindahl – ILRI, Kenya
Johanna is a veterinary epidemiologist working
on a joint appointment between Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences and
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Johanna graduated from Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences after doing her PhD
working on Japanese encephalitis virus in
Vietnam. Since her PhD she has been focusing
her research on food safety, coordinating a
number of aflatoxin projects within ILRI. In
addition to this, she is working on vector-borne, zoonotic and
emerging infectious diseases in developing countries, mainly East
Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
Dr. Paul C. Turner – University of Maryland, USA
Paul is an Assistant Professor within the Maryland Institute
for Applied and Environmental Health at the University of
Maryland. He received his PhD in Chemistry from the
University of Edinburgh, and subsequently worked in both an
Environmental
Carcinogenesis
and
a
Molecular
Epidemiology Unit, in the UK prior to moving to the US. He
has a long term commitment to understand and restrict
adverse health effects caused by ingestion of fungal toxins,
with a focus on early life exposures.
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS & PANEL MEMBERS
Dr. Janet Edeme – DREA, AUC
Janet is presently the Head, Rural Economy Division and Ag. Director in the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African
Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She holds a B.Sc. in Botany from the University of Calabar in Nigeria, M.Sc. in Agricultural
Biology (Plant Pathology) from the University of Ibadan, and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Ibadan in conjunction with Texas
A&M University, College Station, USA and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria. Over a career spanning
26 years, Dr. Edeme has worked and garnered experience as a Plant Pathologist, an Agricultural Development Specialist and a Policy
Formulation and Development Analyst. After her Ph.D. she worked as a Post-Doctoral Scientist (Plant and Seed Health) in the Forage
Genetics Resources Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She has worked as a consultant
for various international organizations ranging from UNAIDS, UNESCO-IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) to FAO.
As a consultant for the FAO, she was seconded to the AU-Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture of the AUC to strengthen the
capacity and facilitate the establishment of the Department. Within the AUC Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, she is the focal
point following up on the status of implementation of initiatives and programmes adopted by the AU Heads of State and Government, such
as the implementation of the AU Abuja Declaration on Fertilizer, The AU Declaration on Land through the Land Policy Initiative, The
Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and the African Seed and Biotechnology Programme (ASBP) to
name a few.
Dr. Murphy LY Wan – University of Hong Kong
Murphy is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Hong Kong, where her research focuses on studying
human exposure and the impact of food toxins/
foodborne pathogens as well as the role of the
complex gut microbiota in intestinal health and
disease. Her research also involves the evaluation of
dietary intervention approaches that may benefit in
counteracting the negative effects induced by food
toxins/ foodborne pathogens. She received her
doctorate in food safety and toxicology from the
University of Hong Kong in 2014. She is author/co-author of 9 peerreviewed articles, 1 editorial article and 1 book chapter. She has been a
member of the SOT since 2014 and has served the SOT in the Food
Safety Specialty Section as the Postdoctoral Representative.
Mr. Penjani Mkhambula – GAIN, UK
Penjani has over 15 years’ experience in supply
chain management, nutrition programs, factory
operations/quality improvement and business
development. Since 2013, he has been responsible
for managing global provision of QA/QC technical
assistance across GAIN’s supported projects in over
30 countries and portfolio management of dedicated
quality improvement projects. Penjani also manages
the global premix procurement platform; the GAIN Premix Facility’s
(GPF) which provides supplier assurance, procurement services for
vitamin and mineral premixes and distributes fortification testing devices.
Previously, Penjani was involved in the start-up, operations and
production of ready to use foods (RUFs) for the treatment and prevention
of malnutrition in countries such as Malawi and Kenya.
Dr. Ramou Njie – WHO-IARC, The Gambia
Ramou
is
a
Gambian-born,
UK-trained
Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist who is current
group head of The Gambia Hepatitis Intervention
Study (GHIS), which is a long-running collaboration
between the World Health Organisation International
Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), The
Gambia Government, and the Medical Research
Council in The Gambia. The aim of the study is to
evaluate whether hepatitis B vaccination in the first
year of life will prevent primary liver cancer and chronic liver disease in
adulthood. She is also the principal investigator in The Gambia of the
EU-funded, multicentre, Prevention of Liver Fibrosis and Cancer in Africa
(PROLIFICA) project, with partners in Senegal, Nigeria and Imperial
College London. She is a practising clinician with research interests in
viral hepatitis, immunology, infections and cancer.
Dr. Rose Omari – CSIR-STEPRI, Ghana
Rose is a Research Scientist at the Science and
Technology Policy Institute (CSIR-STEPRI), Ghana, with
expertise in multidisciplinary and policy research in
agriculture, food, nutrition and health. Rose is also a cofounder of EatSafe Ghana, an NGO that promotes public
health through safe and healthy food and has conducted
several trainings in food safety and nutrition for varied
audiences. Currently, Dr. Omari is assisting a group of
farmers and other stakeholders to establish a functioning innovation platform for
aflatoxin control in Ghana. Rose is also a trainer in risk communication applied
to food safety and the like.
Dr. Florence Temu – Amref Health Africa, Ethiopia
Florence is a Country Director for Amref Health Africa in
Ethiopia; she holds a degree in medicine, a master’s
degree in public health, a diploma in Palliative Care, and
university
certificate
in
geriatric
health
care
management. Prior, she was the head of cancer
prevention division at the Ocean Road Cancer Institute
in Tanzania. Dr Temu is engaged in promoting
integration of Non-Communicable disease prevention
and control in public health interventions. Florence is
currently sitting in the African Union – led steering committee for the
Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa under the constituency of the
African Health Institutions.
Ms. Brendah Obura – Ministry of Health, Kenya
Brendah (MSc. Health Management) is a Public Health
Specialist. She is Deputy in charge of the Food Safety and
Quality Control Unit at the Ministry of Health, Kenya. She
deals mainly with policy development, capacity building,
and surveillance of all food products at the National
Government. She is the INFOSAN Focal person for the
MoH. She is the current technical secretary for EDES/EU
project in Kenya. She has provided technical assistance in
the development of various Food Fortification Guidelines
for the MoH Kenya. She has provided guidance in the amendment of the Food
Drugs and Chemical Substances Act Cap 254 to be in harmony with the EAS
on Fortified Foods. She is the current chair of the Monitoring and Evaluation
committee for Fortified Foods at the Nutrition and Dietetics Unit. She is a
member of the Kenya National Food Fortification Alliance. She has trained and
sensitized Public Health Officers on Fortified Foods in collaboration with the
Kenya Bureau of Standards, Nutrition and Dietetics Unit and GAIN.
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS & PANEL MEMBERS
Dr. Amare Ayalew – PACA, AUC
Ayalew has led PACA’s strategic planning process and the launch of regional and country programs in the last two years. He has
researched the occurrence, epidemiology, and management of aflatoxins and other mycotoxins as well as plant health for over 20 years.
Prior to joining PACA, he had served as Associate Professor of Plant Pathology and Head of the School of Plant Sciences at Haramaya
University, Ethiopia, coordinated diverse projects and has worked with a range of interest groups. He has supervised more than 50 postgraduate students including 10 at PhD level. Dr. Ayalew received a PhD in plant pathology majoring mycotoxicology from the University of
Goettingen, Germany, 2002, and a bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Haramaya University in Ethiopia. He holds certificates in project
management, higher institution leadership, and pest risk analysis. In 2008, he was a USDA fellow and visiting professor for specialized
training on sanitary and phytosanitary issues at Texas A&M University, USA. He had five separate research stays at the Bavarian State
Research Center in Freising/ Munich, Germany, studying mycotoxigenic fungi, mycotoxins, and biorational plant disease control between
1993 and 2012, and participated in wide ranging international trainings and professional forums.
Dr Joachim Osur – Amref Health Africa, Kenya
Joachim is the Director for Regional Programs and
Field Offices based at Amref Health Africa
Headquarters in Nairobi. He is a medical doctor, a
development professional and a public health
expert. In partnership with governments and
communities, Dr Osur supports innovations and
initiatives aimed at health systems strengthening in
Africa with the aim of improving resilience and
sustainability to respond to health challenges
unique to the African context. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Medicine
and Surgery, a Masters in Public Health and a PhD in reproductive
Health.
Dr. Limbikani Matumba – LUANAR, Malawi
Limbikani is a Senior Lecturer in Food Analysis
and Safety at the Lilongwe University of
Agriculture and Natural Resources (NRC campus),
Lilongwe Malawi. Previously, he worked as a Food
Safety Research Scientist under the Ministry of
Agriculture (Malawi). Limbikani has a B.S. in Food
Technology, M.S. in Food Safety and a PhD in
Pharmaceutical Sciences (Ghent University).
Limbikani has extensively carried out mycotoxin research with
particular focus on post-harvest management.
Ms. Martha Byanyima – COMESA
Martha is Lead Expert/Coordinator – Sanitary and
Phytosanitary (SPS) Programme, COMESA
Secretariat. She is a Food Technologist, with over
25 years work experience in the field of food
safety and industry development. She has
worked on policy/regulatory issues as well as on
food safety management systems in a wide range
of food sectors in East and Southern Africa. At
regional level, she works with the
Common Market for East and Southern Africa; as the lead expert on
sanitary and sanitary matters; bringing her expertise on food safety
and SPS matters in general, into the COMESA economic integration
agenda. Her role is to ensure the SPS regulatory systems is
harmonized to facilitate intra COMESA trade whilst ensuring the
protection of human, plant and animal health.
Ms. Angel Navuri – The Guardian Ltd, Tanzania
Angel is the Head of Agriculture Project, The
Guardian Ltd Tanzania. The Guardian Ltd is the
biggest media company in Tanzania that has
four TV stations, four radio stations and 11
newspapers. The Agriculture Project is funded by
donors and international organizations.
Dr. Cris Muyunda – PanAAC, Zambia
Cris is a lead agribusiness strategy and development
specialist. His key interests are on efforts to ensure the
African private sector becomes a reliable supplier of
safe, quality foods in local, regional and international
markets. Previously, Dr. Muyunda was founding CEO of
the Alliance for Commodity Trade in Eastern and
Southern Africa (ACTESA), regional CAADP
Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa and USAID Economic Growth
Deputy Director USAID Mission to Zambia. Dr. Muyunda attended University
in Zambia and undertook post graduate research in Western Australia,
Northern California and state of Pennsylvania, USA and holds a PhD in
business competitiveness.
Dr. Chibundu Ezekiel – PACA, AUC
Chibundu is Technical Advisor for PACA where he
provides technical backstopping on aflatoxin mitigation
activities on the continent. He holds a First Class BSc
degree in Microbiology from Babcock University, MSc
Microbiology and PhD Mycology/Mycotoxicology from
the University of Ibadan. As a food safety specialist, he
has been working on assessing the risk of mycotoxins
and mycotoxigenic fungi in food and feed for the last 10
years. He has published more than 50 articles on
mycotoxins in high impact peer reviewed journals. Prior to joining the AUC,
he taught undergraduates and supervised postgraduate students in the
capacity of Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology at Babcock University,
Nigeria. He also provided Technical expertise as Consultant to the
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and the Kenya Agricultural
Research Organization for setting up the Regional Mycotoxin Facility at
Katumani, Kenya. Chibundu is a member of the American Society of
Microbiology, Society for Applied Microbiology (UK), and serves on the
Executive Committee of the Mycotoxicology Society of Nigeria.
Dr. Katherine Dennison – USAID, USA
Katherine is Nutrition Adviser, Bureau for Food
Security, USAID. A registered dietitian for the past 15
years with experience in international public health,
community health, food management, and clinical care,
working primarily in HIV/AIDS nutrition. Katherine
served as a dietitian in the US Army Reserve, and the
Director of Nutrition for the US Department of Veterans
Affairs. Katherine was also the Senior Public Health
Adviser for the US Embassy-Iraq while working with
the US Department of State. Now as a nutritionist working in global food
security, she provides expertise in consumption and nutrition outcomes as it
relates to the agricultural and food processing context.
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS & PANEL MEMBERS
Dr. George Mahuku – IITA, Tanzania
George is a Senior Plant Pathologist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). He has over 20 years of research and
development experience, 16 of which have been spent working for the CGIAR, mostly in Latin America and Africa. Before joining IITA, he
worked with International Maize and Whet improvement center [CIMMYT] (2007-2014) and International center for Tropical Agriculture
[CIAT] (1998-2006). For the past 7 years, he has been leading the identification, characterization and development of host resistance to
manage major maize disease, with special emphasis on aflatoxins and fumonisins. His research on mycotoxins focuses on documenting
the incidence and prevalence of mycotoxins along the maize value chain, developing host resistance to major mycotoxin-producing fungi,
and developing an integrated mycotoxin management strategy.
Dr. Vincent Assey – MoHCDGEC, Tanzania
Vincent holds a PhD in Public Health Nutrition with
most of his research on Controlling of Iodine
Deficiency Disorders through Universal Salt
iodization. He is currently the Assistant Director
heading the Nutrition Services Section of the
Ministry of Health, Community Development,
Gender, Elderly and Children in Tanzania. Among
many services rendered by his section
include spearheading the National Food Fortification of staple cereals
with essential nutrients but at the same time facing challenge of risk
contamination of such cereals to be fortified with aflatoxins.
Dr. Amadou Diouf – UCAD, Senegal
Dr. Alem Abay – GAIN, Ethiopia
Alem has worked extensively in the area of public
nutrition, development and operational research and
academia in Ethiopia, Malawi and Sudan for the
past 25 years. Currently, Alem is working in Ethiopia
with GAIN in coordinating the large-scale foodfortification and mother, infant and young children
nutrition programs. He has worked in different
capacities with international NGOs and UN
agencies, as senior nutritionist for GOAL, program manager for Concern
Worldwide and nutrition program assistant for WFP.
Mr. Greg Garrett – GAIN, UK
Amadou holds a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree in
the University Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD), Diploma
of Advanced Studies and Toxicology PhD at the
University Paris XI and aggregated Toxicology
Conseil Africain et Malgache pour l'Enseignement
Supérieur (CAMES). He served as Director of
National Laboratory Medicines Control and
Technical Adviser of Pharmaceutical Affairs to the Minister for Health.
Currently, he is Professor of Toxicology since 2003 at the UCAD, Dean
of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, and Head of
Toxicology and Hydrology Department. At the Ministry of Health and
Social Action, he is the leader of the Poison Control Centre and
Chairman of the National Codex Alimentarius Committee (Senegal).
The scientific work focused on contaminants (e.g. aflatoxins in
Senegal) and on environmental pollution and its impact on health.
Greg has been working in international health and
nutrition for 15 years, five of which were spent
working in Asia on national nutrition and health
systems interventions. At GAIN, he currently
overseas a portfolio of food and nutrition projects in
over 20 countries which reach an estimated 900
million people with more nutritious foods. Before
joining GAIN in 2011 he served with various
international technical agencies including Abt. Associates, Futures
Group and Population Services International. Greg started his career in
1995 serving on the M/V Island Mercy, part of the humanitarian
organization, Mercy Ships. Greg serves on the Boards of both the Iodine
Global Network and the Food Fortification Initiative as well as the
Executive Management Committee of GAIN. He holds a BA, and an
MSc in International Development (Distinction) from the University of
Bath, UK.
Dr. David Githanga – KPA, Kenya
Dr. Sylla Thiam – Amref Health Africa, Senegal
David is a practicing Paediatrician at the Nairobi
hospital and an honorary lecturer of the
Department of Paediatrics at the University of
Nairobi since 1994. For the last 9 years, he has
horned his interest in the environmental impact on
children’s health. Currently he is working on a PhD
thesis to explore how aflatoxin affects the health of
children in Eastern Kenya. David is the current
Chairman of Kenya Paediatric Association, a professional body of
about 500 paediatricians whose core activities include sharing and
dissemination of knowledge, advocacy for child health, public
engagement and involvement in national child health policy issues as
well as research. He is a Senior Technical Advisor to a PEPFAR/CDC
s
funded project
that is a joint project between The Ministry of Health,
University of Maryland and Kenya Paediatric Association. The project
aims to improve the care of children infected by HIV/AIDS in Kenya. It
is perhaps due to this that he was invited by the Ministry of Health to
be a member of the Steering Committee of Elimination of Mother to
Child Transmission of HIV (eMTCT), a pivotal Project of Kenya’s First
Lady in the Beyond Zero Initiative. He additionally is a member of
Kenya National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (KENITAG)
and Kenya Essential Medicines Committee of the Ministry of Health.
He is the President-Elect of the Rotary Club of Nairobi.
Sylla is a highly accomplished senior manager, with
15 years’ experience of health management and
leadership across Africa.
Currently he is the
Director of Amref Health Africa’s Regional hub in
West Africa based in Senegal. Prior to that, he was
the Technical Director for Infectious Diseases based
in Amref Health Africa Headquarters in Nairobi. He
worked with the Ministry of Health in
Senegal in various positions at district and national levels. He served
also as consultant for PWC, WHO and Global Fund against HIV, TB and
Malaria. He is a medical doctor specialized in public health and
epidemiology. He holds a Master in Population Development and Health
Sciences from Cheikh A Diop University (Dakar-Senegal). He also
obtained a Master in Public Health and Health Management and a
diploma of epidemiology and biostatics at Pierre and Marie Curie
University (Paris-France). In addition, he holds a MBA in Health
Leadership and Management (Kenya). He has great experience in
designing, implementing and assessing health programs, building and
maintaining partnership at various levels. He has a wide knowledge in
control of major communicable diseases, health care management and
health systems strengthening materialized by several publications in
peer review journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Plos One.
BIOGRAPHIES OF SPEAKERS & PANEL MEMBERS
Dr. Michael Routledge – University of Leeds, UK
Michael is an Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the School of Medicine, University of Leeds, where he has
worked for 15 years. His current main areas of research are the impact of mycotoxins on child health in Africa and the toxicity of
airborne particular matter and nanoparticles. Dr. Routledge graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a BSc
(Hons) in Cell Biology (1986) and obtained his DPhil on environmental carcinogenesis from the University of York in 1991. He
worked for Anthony Dipple for two years in this field at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, USA before returning
to the University of York as a Research Fellow. After four years at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University he moved
to Leeds in 2000 to work with Prof Chris Wild on DNA damage and mutagenesis, with a focus on particulate toxicity. Since 2010,
Dr Routledge has worked with Dr Yun Yun Gong on mycotoxins and child health, with recent collaborations based in Gambia,
Tanzania and Uganda. Dr Routledge is a past Chair of the UK Molecular Epidemiology Group, and since 2012, he has been the
Treasurer of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society.
Dr. Vivian Hoffmann – IFPRI, Kenya
Dr. Flora Oluwafemi – FUNAAB, Nigeria
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safety. Hoffmann’s published work includes studies
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of consumer demand for aflatoxin-safe maize in
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hospital and an honorary lecturer of the
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Abeokuta, Nigeria. She is a Prima Facie
Nairobi since 1994. For the last 9 years, he has
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