Muhammad Ali Pate

Muhammad Ali Pate (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician, politician, and the coordination Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria, appointed in 2023 by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Prior to his appointment he served as a Professor of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University and director of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) for Women, Children and Adolescents at the World Bank Group.

His first ministerial appointment as Nigeria's Minister of Health was in July 2011 after serving in his role as the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency. He resigned from this position, effective 24 July 2013, to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute, United States.

He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy. He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population. Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.

In October 2022, Pate was conferred with Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) by president Muhammadu Buhari alongside 447 Nigerians who had made positive impact on the country in different careers. In February 2023, Muhammad Ali Pate was appointed CEO of GAVI - the Vaccine Alliance, which works to provide vaccines in low-income countries. Provided by Wikipedia