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Dr Pascoal Mocumbi is the High Representative of EDCTP since March 2004. His mandate is to raise the visibility of the EDCTP and gaining political support, particular within Africa, and to contribute to EDCTP’s fundraising activities. 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 six years. He received his medical degree from the University of Lausanne, did his internship in Switzerland, and practiced medicine as obstetrician and gynaecologist in hospitals throughout Mozambique. As Prime Minister he led the establishment of National AIDS Council of Mozambique to coordinate the implementation of the national response to HIV. Dr Mocumbi served from 1989 to 1998 in the World Health Organization’s Task Force on Health and Development and is committed to the importance of public health as an essential arm for sustainable development.
E-mail: mocumbi[at]edctp.org
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