In June 2019, Professor Maha Taysir Barakat, former Director General of the Health Authority, Abu Dhabi, took over as Board Chair of the RBM Partnership. Professor Barakat replaced Dr Winnie Mpanju Shumbusho, former Assistant Director General for HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organisation, who completed her three-year term as Board Chair and continues to serve on the Partnership’s Board. 

In addition to the changes in the Board Leadership, two RBM Partnership Board Members completed their terms and stepped down from the Board: Professor Awa Marie Coll-Seck, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Senegal, and Mr Paulo Gomes, former Executive Director, World Bank. Two new members joined the RBM Partnership Board in November 2019: Dr Diane Gashumba, former Minister of Health, Rwanda, and Dr Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.