The World Bank has appointed
Muhammad Ali Pate, minister of state for health under former president Goodluck
Jonathan, as global director for health, nutrition, and population.
Pate was also appointed as
director of Global Financing Facility (GFF) of the World Bank Group, which
seeks to raise “trillions of dollars” to ensure the sustainable development
goals (SDGs) are achieved before 2030.
Congratulating the health guru on
Wednesday, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health
Organisation (WHO), said he looks forward to working closely with Pate.
“Congratulations, @muhammadpate,
for your confirmation as the @WorldBank ’s Global Director for Health,
Nutrition and Population @WBG_Health and Director for @theGFF. We look forward
to working closely with you to achieve,” Ghebreyesus tweeted.
In July 2013, Pate resigned as
Nigeria’s minister of state for health to take up the position of Professor in
Duke University’s Global Health Institute, USA.
The medical doctor previously
worked as the human development sector coordinator, East Asia, and Pacific
Region and senior health specialist, Africa region, for the World Bank Group.
As executive director of the
National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) from 2008 to 2011,
Pate’s goal was to end polio in Nigeria and save millions of children from the
deadly disease.
In 2012, Pate was awarded the
prestigious Harvard Health Leader award for his immense contribution to health
in developing countries.
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