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Revision as of 15:17, 18 June 2022
Luís Gomes Sambo is an Angolan medical doctor and politician who served as Minister of Health. He is currently a member of Angolan parliament. He previously worked at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in various positions before rising to the position of Regional Director in 2005.[1]
Education
Sambo studied for a bachelor’s degree in medicine at the University of Angola and a diploma in Public Health at the Portuguese Medical Association. After his medical studies, he enrolled for a PhD in Management at the University of Hull, United Kingdom.[2]
Career
Sambo entered civil service in the ministry of health. He was Director of Health Services in Cabinda province later became the Director of International Cooperation department of the ministry of Health.[1] After this he was appointed Vice-minister of Health serving concurrently as Chair of the National Health Committee and Coordinator of Public hospitals in Luanda before being appointed Minister of Health.[3] At international level, he served as Directors of Programme Management and the Division of Health Services Development of WHO and later became Country Representative for Guinea Bissau and Chief of the Inter-Country Strategic Support Team for Southern/East African countries.[4][5][6]
He belongs to multiple medical organizations including the Portuguese Medical Association, International Editorial Board of the Global Library of Women's Medicine and the International Society of Systems Sciences. He is currently a member of Angolan parliament.[2]
References
- ^ a b African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development. 12 (54). 2012-10-19. doi:10.18697/ajfand.54. ISSN 1684-5374 http://dx.doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.54.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b Kapp, Clare (2005-02). "Luis Gomes Sambo takes over as WHO's AFRO chief". The Lancet. 365 (9458): 467. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17852-0. ISSN 0140-6736.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Sambo, Luis Gomes; Kirigia, Joses Muthuri (2014-10-28). "Investing in health systems for universal health coverage in Africa". BMC International Health and Human Rights. 14 (1). doi:10.1186/s12914-014-0028-5. ISSN 1472-698X.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) - ^ "SLAC Chief Steps Down". Science. 282 (5395): 1811c–1811. 1998-12-04. doi:10.1126/science.282.5395.1811c.
- ^ Kapp, Clare (2005-02). "Luis Gomes Sambo takes over as WHO's AFRO chief". The Lancet. 365 (9458): 467. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17852-0. ISSN 0140-6736.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ &NA; (2006-05). "The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called for a "special approach" to address the needs of children with HIV infections/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria". Inpharma Weekly. &NA, (1537): 3. doi:10.2165/00128413-200615370-00003. ISSN 1173-8324.
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