Dr. Muhammed Ali Pate

Dr. Muhammed Ali Pate

Muhammad Ali Pate is a Nigerian physician and the current minister of health and social welfare of Nigeria. Until recently he was a professor of the practice of public health leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University. He formerly served as the global director for health, nutrition and population, and director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents at the World Bank Group. Pate is also the former minister of state for health in Nigeria. Pate was conferred with the high honor in Nigeria of Commander of the Order of the Niger, or CON.

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To end TB, time for us to own our disease response and financing for health

To end TB, time for us to own our disease response and financing for health

3 months ago // Opinion: Global health

Opinion: As the health ministers of four of the world’s highest-burden TB countries, accounting for 25% of the global tuberculosis occurrence, we know ending tuberculosis is no longer a technical puzzle — it is a financing one.

Opinion: Enlightened self-interest demands global health investments

Opinion: Enlightened self-interest demands global health investments

7 months ago // Sponsored by Gates Foundation

Investing in health sector development is not just a moral imperative — it is smart policy. But without meaningful reform, the health ecosystem will struggle to meet the evolving health and economic needs of today’s world.

Opinion: Unlocking UHC via country leadership, financing, and primary health care

Opinion: Unlocking UHC via country leadership, financing, and primary health care

over 6 years ago // Produced in Partnership: Healthy Access

The Global Financing Facility explains why primary health care is the arrowhead for transforming health systems and laying a strong foundation for countries to achieve UHC — in an equitable and progressive way.