Members

Members

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Chair

H.E. Mia Amor Mottley

Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Minister of National Security and the Civil Service, BARBADOS

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Vice-chair

Mr Jakob Forssmed

Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, SWEDEN

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Members

Ms Ummy Mwalimu

Member of Parliament and former Minister of Health United Republic of TANZANIA

Biography

Ms Ummy Mwalimu is a distinguished public leader with over 20 years of experience in health governance and policy and strategy development and implementation.  As a two-time Minister of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania (2015 - 2020 and 2022 - 2024) she led on the development of comprehensive national strategies for combating critical health challenges, including antimicrobial resistance. She spearheaded Tanzania's AMR situational analyses, developing Tanzania first national AMR action plan (2017-2022) and pioneering AMR public awareness campaigns in Tanzania. 

She has served in various other positions, including Minister of State in the President’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government) in 2021 and Deputy Minister in the Vice President's Office (Environment) in 2014. She was as a board member of the Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI) representing Anglophone Africa. Currently, she is serving as a Member of Parliament for Tanga Urban Constituency. 

Ex-Officio Members

Ms Inger Andersen

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

Dr QU Dongyu

Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization

Dr Emmanuelle Soubeyran

Director General, World Organisation for Animal Health