Dr. Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile, who was slated to be the next regional director for the World Health Organization’s Africa office, unexpectedly died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment in India.
Ndugulile, a career politician from Tanzania, was elected to serve in this role by African health ministers in August during their annual convening in Brazzaville. It’s a five-year term, which can be served twice.
He was set to replace Dr. Matshidiso Moeti in February, who will have served in this role for two terms. Moeti wrote that she was “deeply saddened and shocked” by the news of his passing, calling it “an immense loss.”
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Sara Jerving is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global health. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, VICE News, and Bloomberg News among others. Sara holds a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she was a Lorana Sullivan fellow. She was a finalist for One World Media's Digital Media Award in 2021; a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists in 2018; and she was part of a VICE News Tonight on HBO team that received an Emmy nomination in 2018. She received the Philip Greer Memorial Award from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2014.
