Precious Matsoso

Precious Matsoso is the former director-general of the South African National Department of Health. She was the World Health Organization director of Public Health Innovation and Intellectual Property and was the head of the medicines regulatory authority of South Africa for six years. She has served on various advisory bodies, both nationally and internationally, and was chair of the WHO executive board. She is the co-chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body for the development of a legal instrument, convention, or treaty for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.

Latest Articles

Opinion: The time for health care reform is now

over 3 years ago // Sponsored by Global Self-Care Federation

As we begin to engage in a post-COVID-19 world, now is the time to reframe perspectives and begin to fully integrate a standardized vision of self-care into health care systems, argues Precious Matsoso.

Opinion: A vote for the world's health, absent from the headlines

about 9 years ago // Focus on: Global Health

Candidates for the director-generalship of the World Health Organization will face an unprecedented crisis in global health inequalities. Precious Matsoso, director-general of the National Department of Health in South Africa, and Mushtaque Chowdhury, the vice chairperson of BRAC, write how prioritizing the signing of the Framework Convention on Global Health could help.

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