PHM-Exch> Global Fund Board appoints two women as its Chair and Vice-Chair

[Claudio Schuftan]

From:    pwamukulu at gmail.com



    22 Mar 2013
  For the first time, both positions will be filled by women
   Appointments take effect at the end of the June Board meeting

The Global Fund Board has appointed Dr Nafsiah Mboi, Minister of Health in
Indonesia, as the next Chair of the Board. It has also appointed Mireille
Guigaz as the next Vice-Chair. Ms Guigaz currently represents France on the
Board. Dr Mboi does not currently sit on the Board. Both appointments are
effective at the end of the 29th Board meeting in June 2013; the two terms
will run until the end of the first Board meeting in 2015.

This will be the first time in the history of the Global Fund that both the
Chair and the Vice-Chair of the Board are women.

 Both Dr Mboi and Ms Guigaz will serve in their personal capacities; they
are required to be independent of any particular constituency or bloc.
Before becoming Minister of Health, Dr Mboi was Secretary General of the
National AIDS Commission (NAC) in Indonesia, where she oversaw planning,
coordination and implementation of the national response to HIV, and
expanded the involvement of both government and civil society
organisations.

Originally trained as a pediatrician, Dr Nafsiah subsequently earned an MPH
degree. She served as a member of Indonesia's Parliament from 1992 to 1997.
Internationally, she has served as Chair of the United Nations Committee on
the Rights of the Child and also as Director of the Department of Gender
and Women's Health at the World Health Organization in Geneva.
In addition to being the representative of France on the Global Fund Board,
Ms Guigaz is the Ambassador for the fight against HIV and communicable
diseases for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In a career devoted to
issues of global health, development and human rights, Mme Guigaz has
served in numerous positions, including as France’s Permanent
Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization. She earned a PhD
in medical law and health care economics at the University of Lyon. She
also earned a Master of law and political sciences from the Institute of
Political Studies of Lyon and a Master’s degree in mediation from the Kurt
Bösch Institute.

The Global Fund said that the handover between the outgoing and incoming
chairs and vice-chairs, which will take place in May and June, will be
carefully planned to ensure a smooth transition as the Fund prepares for
its important fourth replenishment.

*Some of the information for this article was taken from a Global Fund news
release<http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/mediacenter/newsreleases/2013-03-22_Global_Fund_Selects_its_Next_Board_Chair_and_Vice-Chair/>.
http://www.aidspan.org/gfo_article/next-chair-and-vice-chair-global-fund-board-appointed
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