STOP TB - Key Persons

Dr Lucica Ditiu is a Romanian physician and public health expert who has acted as the Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership since May 2011. Under her leadership, the organization has acquired a clear identity as one of the most influential advocates of universal health coverage and a world without TB. Dr Ditiu has devoted her career to supporting people affected by TB, especially those who are the most vulnerable, stigmatized and living in impoverished communities. A specialist in lung diseases, she began practicing medicine in 1992 in Romania. She commenced her global humanitarian career with the World Health Organization (WHO) in January 2000 as a Medical Officer for TB in Albania, Kosovo and FYR Macedonia within the Disaster and Preparedness Unit. She has worked since then in the WHO and UN system at every level - national, subregional, regional, and global. Dr Ditiu eschews inflexible rules, hierarchy, and formal meetings. Under her watch, the Stop TB Partnership has evolved into a lean, accountable, innovative, and progressive operation that continuously challenges the status quo. Dr Ditiu is relentless in pushing for the inclusion of all people affected by TB in the programs and activities of the Stop TB Partnership. Her motto stems from the lyrics of a Romanian band: "The day you give up is the day you die." To date, she has not given up on her quest to end TB in her lifetime.

Dr Obinna Onyekwena

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Deputy Director - Infectious Disease Advocacy, Global Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr Tereza Kasaeva

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Member of the Executive Committee
Director, Global TB Programme, World Health Organization, Switzerland
Director, Global Tuberculosis Programme ( GTB ) World Health Organization / Switzerland

Dr. Suvanand Sahu

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Deputy Executive Director
Deputy Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat

Dr. Suvanand Sahu is the Deputy Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat in Geneva. Sahu is a medical doctor and a trained public health specialist with over 18 years of experience in TB alone, working at different levels. He has been with Stop TB in Geneva since 2009. He played a key role in starting and shaping the TB REACH initiative and has contributed immensely to Stop TB's work on the Global Fund, Communities, Private Sector, Zero TB Cities, the Global Plan, and the UN High-Level Meeting on TB.

Elena Mochinova

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Country Supply Team Leader

Elinor Spensley

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Intern

Elizabeth Mahebo

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Management Support Associate

Elizabeth Wamera

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Advocacy and Communications Manager

Enos Masini

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Regional Advisor, Africa

Erulappa N. Thanaraj

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Technical Advisor

Farhana AMANULLAH

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Chairman of the Working Group ( Pakistan )

Floribert Biziyaremye

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Regional Technical Advisor for Francophone and Anglophone Africa ( Based in Rwanda )

Giovanni Verin

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Procurement and Supply Assistant

Gregory Paton

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Senior Advocacy Officer

Honey Mehta

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Communications Specialist

Inara Namazova

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Assistant

Ishan Bhatkoti

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Advocacy and Communications Officer

Jacob Creswell

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Team Leader, Innovations and Grants

Jacqueline Huh

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Head, External Affairs & Strategic Initiatives

James Malar

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Community, Rights and Gender Programme Officer

Jayne Mphinga

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Country Supply Officer for Francophone Africa

Jenniffer Dietrich

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Head of Governance

Judy Mwaluko

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Communications Specialist

Kaspars Lunte

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Global Sourcing Officer

Kerrie Tyas

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Programme Management Support Associate / DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Khalide Azam

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Senior Laboratory Specialist

Khirea Hashaishi

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Country Supply Officer for Western Pacific Region ( East ) and South - East Asia

Kristin Kremer

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Senior Laboratory Scientist / KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation / the Hague, the Netherlands

Leen Rigouts

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Senior Scientific Expert

Lela Serebryakova

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Demand, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Technical Coordination Adviser

Lucy Mupfumi

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Diagnostics Project Officer ( S. Africa )

Léon Sawadogo

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Laboratory Manager

Magali Babaley

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Strategic Procurement and Business Intelligence Team Leader

Malene Arboe-Rasmussen

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Media and Communications Officer ( Denmark )

Marguerite Massinga Loembé - Chairman

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Chairman

Maria Ochigbo

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Regional Technical Advisor, for Anglophone Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and South - East Asia ( Based in Nigeria )

Marion Grossmann

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Country Supply Officer for Eastern Mediterranean Region and India

Martin Kauna

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Procurement Administration Associate ( Kenya )

Mavlyuda Makhmudova

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Technical Advisor

Maya Kavtaradze

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Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Team Leader

Mikkel Broholt

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Head of Operations

Mohammed Anouar

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Administrative Assistant

Mr Andrew Kirkwood

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Geneva Office Director, UN Office for Project Services, Switzerland

Mr David Cohen

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Member of the Finance Committee

Mr Peter Ng

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Executive Director, Wote Youth Development Projects, Kenya

Mr Peter Sands

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Executive Director, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland

Mr Pierre Blais

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Member of the Executive Committee
Deputy Director, Global Health and Nutrition Bureau

Mr Prabodh Bhambal

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Member of the Finance Committee

Mr Subrat Mohanty

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Senior Advisor, REACH, India

Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya

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Minister of Health and Family

Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Government of India. He holds a Postgraduate degree in Political Science from Bhavnagar University located in the Indian state of Gujarat. Mr. Mandaviya has been active in politics since his youth, and he has held many senior leadership positions at the regional and national levels. During his political career, he has held many portfolios, including Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, and Chemical & Fertilizers in the Government of India. In March 2018, he was re-selected for the Second Term as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (Upper House), Government of India. He also holds the record of being the youngest member of the Legislative Assembly in his home state of Gujarat in India.

Mr. Obiefuna Arinze Austin

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Executive Director, Afro Global Alliance / Ghana

Obiefuna Austin Arinze took office as Stop TB Partnership Board Vice-Chair in January 2022. He is a Law graduate from Nigeria resident in Ghana and a Member of the Developing Country NGO Delegation to the Stop TB partnership. Obiefuna Austin Arinze is the Executive Director of Afro Global Alliance. He has chalked many successes including advising governments, CSOs and other partners on public health design and implementation and integrated support programmes including behavioral change, human rights and building partnerships. He has also served in other capacities, was a member and former Vice-Chair of the Ghana Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism CCM, former member of the Ghana National TB Advisory Board, and was the founding National Coordinator of the Stop TB Partnership Ghana. He represents Africa on the Executive Board of the International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases Paris and the Secretary-General of the UNION Africa Region. Obiefuna is a World Health Organisation consultant and a member of the WHO AFRO Regional Green Light Committee.

Mr. Tetsuya Itani

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Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan / Ambassador Anne - Claire Amprou

Mrs Anna Caravaggio

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Global Leader, Consumer, Centre of Excellence in Global Public Health, J & J

Mrs Yami Torbieu

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Policy and Programme Manager, Health Institutions and Health Security Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom

Ms Angela Specht

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Member of the Finance Committee

Ms Carol Nawina Nyirenda

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Executive Director, CITAM, Zambia

Ms Carrie Lehmeier

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Deputy Director, Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness, Global Affairs Canada, Canada

Ms Cheri Vincent

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Chairman of the Finance Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Chief, Infectious Diseases Division / US Agency for International Development
Chief, TB Division, US Agency for International Development ( USAID ), USA

Ms Deliana Garcia

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Director, International Projects, and Emerging Issues, Migrant Clinician Network, United States of America

Ms Erika Arthun

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Member of the Executive Committee
Deputy Director - TB, HIV, Global Health R & D Policy & Advocacy / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation / United States of America