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As
Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro’s term as United Nations Deputy Secretary-General comes to
an end, international aid organizations gathered at the UN headquarters in New
York Tuesday evening to honor her for her contributions to global health.
At
a reception co-hosted by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, the Joint
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA), hundreds of guests from the UN community, including Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon, the private sector and the NGO community joined together
to celebrate and recognize the immense progress the Tanzania native has helped
forge against global health and development targets under her mandate, which
began in 2007.
In
remarks given by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon described Dr.
Migiro
as a “true champion for global health” and discussed the heart, skill and
talent she has brought to her role as Deputy Secretary- General.
The
evening also saw remarks from UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, and
UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, as each paid tribute to Dr.
Migiro’s
many efforts against leading global health challenges in her time as Deputy
Secretary-General.
“As
Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Migiro has constantly recognized the critical
role health plays in development, and she has been a fervent advocate to ensure
many of the most pressing global health issues of our time were at the top of
the international agenda,” says Hervé Verhoosel, Representative in New York and
Head of External Relations for the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership.
“Under
the leadership of the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, Dr. Migiro has brought a
great spirit of partnership to the UN, urging necessary public-private
partnerships and collaboration to make progress against global health targets.”
Since
accepting her mandate as Deputy Secretary-General in 2007, Dr. Migiro has
supported the Secretary-General’s efforts around population issues and health,
including Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, which calls for a decrease in
incidence of infectious disease like malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis.
A
constant supporter of public-private partnerships to overcome global health
challenges, Dr. Migiro’s leadership has encouraged greater political action for
health and brought new and unique partners to the UN.
She
has visited countless countries around the world to highlight work being done
against leading health problems, and among other activities, she has
represented the UN in the Commission on Information and Accountability for
Women’s and Children’s Health, supported efforts against polio and Avian
Influenza, strengthened partnerships around tuberculosis, helped ensure the
adoption of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and championed malaria
through high-level platforms.
With
Dr. Migiro’s mandate coming to a close, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
announced in January 2012 that Mr. Jan Ellison of Sweden had been designated to
take up the post of Deputy Secretary-General beginning 1 July 2012.
Source:pamoma.com
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