Magda Robalo
Magda Robalo is the president and co-founder of The Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD), Guinea-Bissau. She is a public health physician with a career of over 30 years in the global health ecosystem. A former Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau, she led the Covid-19 response as the High Commissioner of the Presidential Task Force.
Dr Robalo is Co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee, Global Ambassador G7&G20 Health and Development Partnership and Vice-Chair of the Ethics and Governance Committee of the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Prior to these roles, Dr Robalo was Director of Communicable Diseases, WHO Representative to Namibia and Ghana, among other senior positions with the WHO Africa Region. A leading voice for gender equality, she stands for equitable access to quality health care for all and social justice.
Dr Robalo is a medical doctor (Universidade do Porto, Portugal) with a postgraduate diploma in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Universidade Nova, Portugal) and an MSc in Epidemiology (Université Laval, Canada).
Magda Robalo is the president and co-founder of The Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD), Guinea-Bissau. She is a public health physician with a career of over 30 years in the global health ecosystem. A former Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau, she led the Covid-19 response as the High Commissioner of the Presidential Task Force.
Dr Robalo is Co-chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee, Global Ambassador G7&G20 Health and Development Partnership and Vice-Chair of the Ethics and Governance Committee of the Global Fund to fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Prior to these roles, Dr Robalo was Director of Communicable Diseases, WHO Representative to Namibia and Ghana, among other senior positions with the WHO Africa Region. A leading voice for gender equality, she stands for equitable access to quality health care for all and social justice.
Dr Robalo is a medical doctor (Universidade do Porto, Portugal) with a postgraduate diploma in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (Universidade Nova, Portugal) and an MSc in Epidemiology (Université Laval, Canada).