Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, will officially be visiting Ghana to shore up support for the attainment of universal health coverage in the country.
Her visit, the first since assuming office in February 2015, was made possible upon a request by Ghana’s Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.
In an engagement with the media prior to her visit, the WHO Ghana office pointed out that Dr Moeti, the first female to be appointed regional director for Africa, has been working to build strong partnerships with African governments to achieve global health outcomes.
The WHO office, thus, observed that her visit will afford her the opportunity to forge stronger partnership with the Ghanaian government through meetings and community visits aimed at advancing efforts towards accelerated progress of the global development goals while tackling emergency threat.
Planned Activities
Dr Moeti will be in the country from April 21 – 25, 2018 and will pay a courtesy call on the president and first lady.
She will also deliver the key note address at the Ghana Health Summit on Monday, April 23, 2018 followed by a press briefing.
Dr Moeti will also engage Ghana’s law making body on April 24, 2018 to meet with parliamentarians on pertinent health issues.
Her visit will also take her to Dodowa, where she will meet with the district health directorate and tour the Dodowa District Hospital and CHPS compound.
Finally, she will engage selected Ghanaian media before ending her trip on April 25, 2018.
Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti
Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti from Botswana was elected as WHO regional director for Africa on February 1, 2015. Dr Moeti is the first woman WHO regional director for Africa.
Dr Moeti is a public health veteran, with more than 35 years of national and international experience.
She joined WHO’s Africa regional office in 1999 and has served as deputy regional director, assistant regional director, director of non-communicable diseases, WHO representative for Malawi and coordinator of the inter-country support team for the South and East African countries.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri & Abigail Owiredu-Boateng