Mali Health [SEP] inception
Mali Health
Mali Health, established in 2006, is a non-governmental organization with 501(c)(3) status that strives to empower impoverished peri-urban communities in Mali, Africa to transform maternal and child health sustainably. Mali Health works to enable communities to design, build and implement their own health care systems through:
- Fostering the agency of residents to address community health needs
- Promoting health education, prevention, and early care-seeking
- Enhancing financial, geographic, and cultural access to quality health care for
with HIV/AIDS.
Leadership.
Peter Piot was the first Executive Director of UNAIDS. He served from its inception in 1995 until 2008, when he departed to lead the Institute for Global Health at Imperial College London. On 1 January 2009, Michel Sidibé became the new Executive Director of UNAIDS until 2019 when he was appointed as Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali. Following Mr Sidibé's departure, Gunilla Carlsson, the Deputy Executive Director, Management and Governance, took over the position of UNAIDS Executive Director