Luís Gomes Sambo (born 1950) is an Angolan medical doctor and politician who served as vice minister of health. He previously worked at the

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(WHO) in various positions before rising to the position of regional director in 2005. His term as director ended on 31 January 2015.

Education

Sambo studied for a bachelor's degree in medicine at the

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and a diploma in Public Health at the Portuguese Medical Association. After his medical studies, he enrolled for a PhD in Management at the

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, United Kingdom.

Career

Sambo entered civil service in the ministry of health. He was director of Health Services in

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and later became the director of the International Cooperation department of the Ministry of Health. After this he was appointed vice-minister of health serving concurrently as chair of the National Health Committee and coordinator of public hospitals in

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. At the international level, he served as WHO's regional director for Africa, director of programme management, and director of the Division of Health Services Development. He later became country representative for

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and chief of the Inter-Country Strategic Support Team for Southern/East African countries. He belongs to multiple medical organizations including the Portuguese Medical Association, International Editorial Board of the Global Library of Women's Medicine, and the International Society of Systems Sciences. He is currently a member of the Angolan parliament.

References

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