Dr Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi
Dr Pascoal Mocumbi is the Chair of the AMREF Board of Directors and President of Fundacao Manhica - Mozambique. Dr Mocumbi is also WHO Good Will Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health for the African Region. He also has active role in global health initiatives serving as member of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED) Board. He served as: High Representative of the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), Commissioner in the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), and on the boards of the Alliance of Health policy and Systems Research (AHPSR), the International Advisory Board (IAB) of Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP), the International Women Health Coalition (IWHC), and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). In 2005 he was elected to membership of the USA Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Dr Mocumbi was Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique from 1994 to 2004. Prior to that, he headed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during eight years and the Ministry of Health for 6 years. He received his medical degree from the University of Lausanne, did his internship in Switzerland, and practiced medicine as obstetrician & gynaecologist in hospitals throughout Mozambique. As Prime Minister he led the establishment of Mozambique the National AIDS Council to coordinate the implementation of the national HIV response. Dr Mocumbi served (1989-1998) in the World Health Organisation’s Task Force on Health and Development.
Dr Mocumbi is committed to the importance of public health as an essential arm for sustainable development. Dr Mocumbi has expertise in health systems and women’s health issues. As Mozambique Heath Minister established the MCH nurses career and initiated the training of non-physicians health professionals for delivering lifesaving emergency obstetric care necessary to reduce maternal mortality. As Prime Minister, he contributed to the substantial progress in fighting poverty and improving human development, and to the transformation of a war-torn Mozambique into one of the well-governed and fastest growing economies of Africa.
Appointed as AMREF Board Chair in March 2008
Residence: Mozambique
