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Matshidiso Moeti
Born (1954-03-13) 13 March 1954 (age 72)
Greater Johannesburg area, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of London
(MBBS)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc)
Occupations
Years active1980s–present
TitleRegional Director
WHO Regional Office for Africa

Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti (bon 13 March 1954) is a Motswana physician, public health specialist and medical administrator who served as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from February 2015 to February 2025.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

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Moeti was born in South Africa in the 1950s.[3] In 1978, she obtained her MBBS degree from Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine of the University of London. Later, in 1986, she graduated with a Master of Science in Community Health for Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Career

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In the early 1990s, Moeti worked for the Botswana Ministry of Health. She then joined UNAIDS, rising to the position of Team Leader of the Africa and Middle East Desk, based in Geneva, from 1997 until 1999. She also served as the Regional Health Advisor for UNICEF's Regional Office for East and Southern Africa.[4]

In 1999, Moeti joined the WHO Regional Office in Africa, working on HIV/AIDS. She was appointed as Assistant Regional Director, serving in that capacity from 2008 until 2011. She also served as the Director of Noncommunicable Diseases at the regional office. From 2005 until 2007, she served as the WHO Country Representative in Malawi. At the time of her appointment to her current position, she was the Coordinator of the Inter-Country Support Team for the South and East African countries of WHO African Region.[5]

Moeti was appointed as Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa on 27 January 2015, by the WHO Executive Board sitting at its 136th session in Geneva, Switzerland. She became the first woman to head the office.[6] She assumed office on 1 February 2015, to serve a renewable five-year term.[5] This followed the endorsement of the health ministers of the 47 member countries in the Africa Region, at their meeting in Cotonou, Benin, in November 2014. She replaced Luis Gomes Sambo of Angola, who served as the Director of AFRO from 2005 until 2015.[7] She was reelected for a second term in 2019.[8] She was succeeded in 2025 by Mohamed Yakub Janabi of Tanzania.[9]

Other activities

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Selected publications

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ McNeil Jr., Donald G. (27 January 2015). "Botswana Doctor Is Named to Lead W.H.O. in Africa". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ "WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the farewell remarks for outgoing Regional Director Moeti – 4 February 2025". www.who.int. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (1 February 2015). "Biography – Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti – WHO Regional Director for Africa". Brazzaville. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Dr Matshidiso Moeti". WHO | Regional Office for Africa. Archived from the original on 26 October 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. 1 2 "WHO Executive Board Appoints Dr Matshidiso Moeti As New Regional Director for Africa". WHO Media Centre. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Timbiti, Watuwa (28 January 2015). "WHO Gets New Africa Region Head". New Vision. Kampala. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Elijah, Samuel (5 November 2014). "WHO Veteran Elected As Head of Africa Office Amid Ebola Criticism". Reuters. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti elected to serve for a second term as the WHO Regional Director for Africa" (PDF) (Press release). Gaborone: Botswana Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation. 22 August 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  9. ↑ Adepoju, Paul (31 May 2025). "Janabi elected as new WHO Regional Director for Africa". The Lancet. 405 (10493): 1896. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01141-9. ISSN 0140-6736.
  10. ↑ Council Archived 30 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine Virchow Prize for Global Health.
  11. ↑ Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG) Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
  12. ↑ Global Advisory Board Archived 24 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine WomenLift Health.
  13. ↑ Council Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine World Health Summit.
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