Debrework Zewdie

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Debrework Zewdie
Born Harar, Ethiopia
Occupation Immunologist, Public Health Researcher, professor, global health leader
Nationality Ethiopian
Citizenship Ethiopia
Alma mater University of London, London, United Kingdom,
Addis Ababa University
Period 20th and 21st centuries
Genre Immunology, public health, infectious disease, emergent diseases, Epidemiology, HIV/AIDS
Subject Immunology, AIDS, public health, tuberculosis
Literary movement Global health, infectious disease, women's health, feminism, Immunology, Public health science,

Dr. Debrework Zewdie, Former Director (September 1994–November 2014) of the World Bank Global AIDS Program, and Deputy Executive Director and COO of the Global Fund, an Ethiopian national who has led strategy, policy implementation, and management of development programs at country, regional, and global levels for international bodies such as the World Bank and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. As an immunologist, she conceptualized and managed the groundbreaking US$1 billion Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program that changed the AIDS funding landscape and pioneered the large-scale multi-sectorial response with direct financing to civil society and the private sector. Dr. Zewdie led the articulation of the World Bank’s first global strategy on HIV/AIDS and the Global HIV/AIDS Program of Action. As a founding UNAIDS Global Coordinator, she has been instrumental in making the unique cooperative structure of the UNAIDS family a working reality, fostering strong inter-agency partnerships. She is an advocate for women’s health and was a founding Vice President and member of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA). She established institutional rigor at the Global Fund and led its wide-ranging internal reform which culminated in the ongoing corporate transformation program. Dr. Zewdie has a Ph.D. in clinical immunology from the University of London, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at SYVA Diagnostics, Inc. (a Black-owned diagnostic company in Palo Alto, California), and was a Senior MacArthur Fellow] at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. Dr. Zewdie is a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2015.[1][2]

Education

Biography

  • Sep 1994–Nov 2014. Director, World Bank, Human Development Network, United States, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Debrework Zewdie was Deputy Regional Director of the Africa Region for the AIDS Control and Prevention project (AIDSCAP) of Family Health International in Nairobi, Kenya.[citation needed]
  • Dr. Zewdie returned to the World Bank as Senior Advisor, President's Office Special Envoy, after serving a three-year assignment as the Deputy, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.[citation needed]
  • While at the Global Fund (or GFATM), she co-led the Organizational restructuring and realizing of corporate priorities by instituting efficient and effective ways of doing business. In addition, she was responsible for the institution'S day-to-day operations, short-term and medium-range planning, organizational strategy and development, and accountability, and she served as a member of its Executive Committee. Earlier in her career, Dr. Zewdie was the Director of the Global HIV/AIDS Program at the World Bank, which pioneered the Bank's engagement in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic and led the Bank's effort in providing the first billion dollars for fighting HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.[citation needed]
  • She has also served as Deputy Director, and later Acting Director, of the National Research Institute of Health in Ethiopia.[citation needed]
  • Dr. Zewdie established and headed the Referral Laboratory for HIV/AIDS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, served as Program Manager of Ethiopia's AIDS/STD Prevention and Control Program, and taught immunology to medical students at Addis Ababa University.[citation needed]
  • May 28, 2013- . Director, Global Tb Alliance , a.k.a. TB Alliance or The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development.[citation needed]

Professional Associations

  • Director, World Bank Global HIV/AIDS Program

Publications selections

External resources

See also

References

  1. ↑ Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development, Courses with Senior Leadership Fellows
  2. ↑ Dr. Barry Bloom's interview of Dr. Debrework Zewdie
  3. ↑ Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development, Courses with Senior Leadership Fellows
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