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Women's era. Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi (center) and Mireille Guigaz of France (left) take over the chairmanship of the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF-ATM) for the period of 2013-2015 during the 29th Global Fund board meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from June 18 to 19. The executive director is currently being held by Mark Dybul (right). (Courtesy of the Global Fund)
Health Minister Nafsiah Mboi officially took over the chair of the board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF-ATM) for the period of 2013-2015, on Wednesday, after she was selected in an anonymous e-voting from November 2012 to March 18.
Nafsiah and Mireille Guigaz of France, who was selected as her deputy, replaced Simon Bland of the United Kingdom and his deputy, Mphu Ramatlapeng of Lesotho, who completed their two-year leadership.
Nafsiah Mboi-Mireille Guigaz are the first women to hold the post.
In her remarks, Nafsiah said she felt lucky to have inherited a leadership from Simon Bland in which during his tenure managed to conquer 'storms' hampering the works of the international financing institution that invested the world's money to save lives.
'I make a simple promise ' to all of you and to God -- that I will work to ensure sustainability and to make necessary changes so that this incredible Global Fund partnership can keep serving millions of people in regions across the globe,' said Nafsiah in a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Friday.
Nafsiah was nominated by constituents from 11 South-East Asia Region countries in the Global Fund memberships ' Bangladesh, Bhutan,Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), India, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Timor Leste.
Global Fund is an international financing institution that invests the world's money in the fight against the world's three most devastating diseases, namely AIDS, TB and Malaria. The GF-ATM has become the prime mover of disease control financing ' with a total budget of US$22.9 billion it has used to finance more than 1,000 programs in 151 countries. (ebf)
