Joy Phumaphi

The Honorable Joy Phumaphi is the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance. She is the former Minister of Health of Botswana. Prior to serving as the Minister of Health, she began public service in Botswana as a local government auditor and went on to serve in Parliament and as a representative to the Southern African Development Community. In 2003, Ms. Phumaphi joined the World Health Organization as the Assistant Director General for Family and Community Health Department. She has previously served as Vice President and Head of the Human Development Network at the World Bank and Commissioner in the UN Secretary-General’s Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. She is also a member of the Women's Leadership Initiative for Microbicides and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Advisory Panel for Global Health. She is a board member of The Global Health Council, Save the Children International, the Africa American Institute, and a trustee of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation.