Håkan Björkman is the manager of UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria since 2010. Previously he served 13 years in Southeast Asia as UNDP’s country director in Indonesia, deputy resident representative in Thailand and assistant resident representative in Laos, as well as five years as researcher and writer for UNDP’s Human Development Report in New York. He is a Swedish national with degrees from Leeds University and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
Tuberculosis thrives on war and suffering, but experiences in Syria could help inform efforts to combat TB in other conflict zones. UNDP's Hakan Bjorkman provides four vital lessons for countries in crisis.
