Dr. Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré is a Malian medical doctor and public health official. She is the Regional Director, Africa at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC). Prior to this role, she served as the Executive Director of

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Career

She worked as a Health Specialist at the

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in Bamako and served as Minister of Health and later on Minister of Social Affairs, Solidarity and the Elderly of Mali from 2000 to 2002. She served as Chair of the Assembly of Ministers of

ECOWAS The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries located in West Africa. Collectively, these countries comprise an area of , and in ...

and was Member of the Board of the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI). Nafo-Traoré was Executive Secretary of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Secretariat from 2003 to 2004 and the Director of the WHO Roll Back Malaria Department from 2004 to 2005 and then as WHO representative to the Congo and Ethiopia. She is a member of professional associations and has authored technical publications and studies. Nafo-Traoré is currently a Board Member of

the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (or simply the Global Fund) is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to "attract, leverage and invest additional resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, t ...

, Innovative Vector Control Consortium and

Medicines for Malaria Venture Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a not-for-profit public-private partnership, was established as a foundation in Switzerland in 1999. Its mission is to reduce the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by developing and facilitating t ...

Awards

Nafo-Traoré was twice awarded the national distinction of “Chevalier” and “Officer” de l'Ordre National du Mali, in 1996 and in 2007.

References

External links

Opinion by Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, Executive Director of Roll Back Malaria, Partnership Managing malaria in changing times
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