Dr. Richard Nchabi Kamwi has served in the health sector for the last 35 years. He served for 15 years as Deputy Minister and Minister of Health in Namibia. More recently, he has held key advisory roles at regional and international levels; he is the Africa CDC champion, a board member of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, a member of the Independent Advisory Panel of the World Health Organization regional director for Africa, and the UNITAID Advisory Panel.