Conseil d'administration

D^re Marijke Wijnroks

Directrice de cabinet du Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme (Fonds mondial)

Mme Wijnroks est la Directrice de cabinet du Fonds mondial depuis 2013. De juin 2017 à février 2018, elle a occupé le poste de Directrice exécutive par intérim. Concernant ses fonctions actuelles, outre les responsabilités générales qui sont les siennes, elle s’occupe plus particulièrement des questions de genre et des droits de la personne et cherche à rallier l’ensemble des partenaires à la cause de la santé internationale. Avant de rejoindre le Fonds mondial, Mme Wijnroks a travaillé au ministère néerlandais des Affaires étrangères en qualité d’ambassadrice chargée de la lutte contre le VIH et le sida ainsi que de la santé et des droits en matière de sexualité et de procréation, et en tant que directrice adjointe du département de développement social. Dans le cadre de ces fonctions, elle supervisait l’élaboration de politiques et de stratégies dans les domaines liés au VIH et au sida, à la santé et aux droits en matière de sexualité et de procréation, au genre, à l’éducation, et à la société civile. Mme Wijnroks est titulaire d’un diplôme de médecine de l’Université de Maastricht, aux Pays-Bas, et d’un diplôme en santé et médecine tropicale de l’Institut de médecine tropicale d’Anvers, en Belgique

Yvonne Chaka Chaka is a South African singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, humanitarian and teacher. Dubbed the "Princess of Africa, Chaka Chaka was the first Black child to appear on South African television in 1981. She has shared the stage with and performed for leading lights such as President Nelson Mandela, Queen Elizabeth II, Richard Branson, Bono, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones and Oprah Winfrey. In 2004 while performing in Gabon, one of her backing singers contracted malaria, sadly passing away. Touched by this tragedy, Yvonne became the Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria.  

A leading advocate for humanitarian issues affecting women and girls, her Princess of Africa Foundation champions for change in health and education across Africa. She is the first African female recipient of the World Economic Forum Crystal Award, was chosen as one of the 100 World Class South Africans, voted the 8th most powerful musician by Forbes magazine and further voted among the World’s 100 most influential women by Women Deliver.

Sherwin Charles is a Co-founder of Goodbye Malaria and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He has more than a decade of experience in the banking and financial services industry and began his career at Ernst & Young. In 2006, he joined the Nando’s team, focusing on finance and treasury. He helped Nando’s grow their support for malaria elimination, becoming one of the first African corporates to donate to the Global Fund and with Nando’s support launched Goodbye Malaria with Robbie Brozin and Kim Lazarus.

D^re Oluwafunmilola (Lola) Dare

Mme Dare est médecin communautaire, épidémiologiste, praticienne en santé publique, consultante en développement et entrepreneure sociale. Elle défend sans relâche la santé en faveur des femmes, des filles et des jeunes à l’échelle mondiale depuis plus de 30 ans. Elle a été récompensée pour son travail exceptionnel. Mme Dare s’est employée à promouvoir l’utilisation de données et de preuves dans les fonctions d’élaboration de politiques, d’évaluation et de reddition des comptes d’un large éventail d’acteurs non étatiques, notamment la société civile et les organisations communautaires, le secteur privé et les médias. Elle est actuellement présidente de Chestrad Global Development Synergies, une entreprise sociale africaine pionnière et primée opérant en Afrique, en Europe et en Amérique du Nord, et dont le siège social se trouve au Nigéria. Elle a joué de nombreux rôles dans les mécanismes de gouvernance en Afrique et à l’échelle internationale, notamment auprès du Fonds mondial, du Partenariat pour la santé de la mère, du nouveau-né et de l’enfant, de l’Alliance Gavi et de l’Union africaine. Mme Dare est diplômée du Collège de médecine de l’Université d’Ibadan, le premier collège de médecine du Nigéria, et détient une maîtrise en épidémiologie.

Sarthak Das is the Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance. His over 25 years of experience as a public health scientist, development practitioner, and global health policy advisor spans diverse Asia-Pacific settings, in countries such as Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Papua New Guinea, as well as in West Africa.

Sarthak joined APLMA from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he holds appointments as Research Scientist in the Dean’s Office & Department of Health Policy and Management, and Senior Advisor for Research Translation & Global Health Policy at the Harvard Global Health Institute.  

Sarthak holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard College, an MPH from the Yale School of Medicine and a Doctorate in Public Health from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dr. Isaka is currently the Director of Social Sectors at the East African Community Secretariat. Prior to that role, Dr. Isaka worked as Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) following the appointment by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania in 2021.

Irene has also served as a Secretary General for the East and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA), an organization that oversees more than 21 social security institutions, and Director General of the Social Security Regulatory Authority (SSRA). At the SSRA, Irene set up systems and processes for the newly established Authority, including leading the review and harmonization of legal and regulatory Frameworks in the social security sector and facilitating the merging of five Pension Schemes in 2018. Under her leadership the country scored well both at the National and International level in terms of reduction of implicit pension debt and reduction of administrative costs, with SSRA receiving an International Social Security Association (ISSA) innovation award and an African Union Award.    

Irene holds a Doctorate degree (PhD) in Economics from the University of Dar-es-Salaam, a Master’s Degree in Economics specializing in Econometrics and Monetary Economics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics.

D^re Helen Jamet

Directrice adjointe, lutte antivectorielle, paludisme, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mme Jamet possède plus de 20 ans d’expérience dans des domaines tels que la prévention du paludisme, la recherche et la conception de produits de lutte antivectorielle. Elle a rejoint la Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation en 2018 en qualité de Directrice adjointe de la lutte antivectorielle au sein de l’équipe chargée de la stratégie des programmes de lutte contre le paludisme.

Mme Jamet a travaillé dans le secteur privé de 2007 à 2018, où elle était responsable de l’élaboration de produits et de la définition de procédures pour la mise sur le marché de nouveaux produits, parmi lesquels on peut citer la première moustiquaire imprégnée d’insecticide de longue durée de nouvelle génération. Avant de rejoindre le secteur privé, Mme Jamet travaillait en Tanzanie où elle menait des études de terrain et évaluait les pièges à moustiques mis au point pour le marché africain.

Mme Jamet est titulaire d’un doctorat en maladies infectieuses et d’un master en parasitologie médicale de la London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Elle a obtenu une maîtrise en biologie appliquée de l’Université de Leeds, au Royaume-Uni. Mme Jamet est membre de la Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene et de la Royal Entomological Society.

Prof Isabella Oyier

Isabella Oyier is Associate Professor and Head of the Biosciences Department at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Program (KWTRP). She is currently a Calestous Juma Fellow, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to integrate malaria molecular epidemiology into routine surveillance in Kenya. She is also a Global Research Fellow at Reuben College, University of Oxford. Her research work focuses on integrating malaria molecular epidemiology into routine surveillance in Kenya, a project that partners with the Division of National Malaria Programme to implement malaria molecular surveillance activities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she led testing efforts for the Coastal region in Kenya and co-ordinated regional genomic surveillance in collaboration with Africa CDC and WHO-Afro.

Her research interests are in Plasmodium falciparum malaria molecular epidemiology, focusing on the spatial and temporal use of molecular tools to: 1) examine genetic variation in merozoite antigens that are potential candidates for blood stage vaccines and its impact on naturally acquired immunity; 2) define complexity of infection while examining the impact of interventions or changes in malaria epidemiology; 3) distinguish persistent infections and reinfections in both therapeutic efficacy studies and in longitudinal follow up of asymptomatic individuals; and 4) monitor drug and diagnostic resistance molecular markers.

Professor Julio Rakotonirina is the Director of Health and Humanitarian Affairs at the African Union Commission, a role he has held since October 2022. Prior to that, Professor Julio was based in Madagascar and served in various roles within the health system: in primary health care, as Director at a University Hospital and as Minister of Public Health for Madagascar from 2019 to 2020. He has over 20 years of experience gained across various African countries, particularly in Madagascar, Benin, and Comoros, as an Expert-Consultant, Medical Doctor, Specialist in Public Health (PhD) and Professor in Epidemiology. He has strong and evolving skills in health system management and in epidemic management, and as a researcher has conducted research and evaluation and co-authored various scientific articles. (www.researchgate.net/profile/Julio_Rakotonirina)

He is actively involved in International and African multidisciplinary expert networks, including DEMOSTAF project, Demography Statistics for Africa, and the Partnership to Enhance Technical Support for Analytical Capacity and Data use for Malaria, TB and HIV in Southern and Eastern Africa.

David Walton

US Global Malaria Coordinator, President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)

David Walton is the US Global Malaria Coordinator for PMI. His over 20 years of global health experience includes working as a physician on the ground in Haiti to fight cholera and on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Prior to joining PMI, David served as the Senior Director of Global Health at the Butterfly Network, Inc., co-founder of Build Health International, and worked 15 years with Partners In Health. He was also previously an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital as the first Doris and Howard Hiatt Global Health Equity resident.

Joseph WATO is an International Relations expert and Civil Society leader with expertise in health diplomacy. A long-time national and international advocate in the fight against malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, he is a member of the Civil Society Global Platform for Malaria Elimination (CS4ME) and a member of the Global Fund Advocate Network (GFAN) Speaker Bureau. He is also the National President of the Coalition of CSOs for Health Financing and CSU in Cameroon (COFIS-CSU), Executive Director of the Pentecostal Advocates for Socio-Economic Development (PENASED) and has sat as a member of the Global Fund's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) in Cameroon representing NGOs and associations fighting against malaria.

He is currently one of two Board members at the RBM Partnership to End Malaria representing Civil Society, and is a Member of the Developing Country NGOs Delegation (DCNGO) to the Global Fund Board.

Bureau des Nations Unies pour les services d’appui aux projets

Le Bureau des Nations Unies pour les services d’appui aux projets (UNOPS) est l’organisation hôte du Partenariat RBM pour en finir avec le paludisme. L’UNOPS est membre d’office du conseil d’administration du Partenariat.