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Matshidiso Moeti

Matshidiso Moeti is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Matshidiso Moeti rather than just read about it. In short: Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti (born 13 March 1954) is a Motswana physician, public health specialist and medical administrator who served as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from February 2015 to February 2025. Early life and education Moeti was born in South Africa in the 1950s.

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Reference excerpt

Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti (born 13 March 1954) is a Motswana physician, public health specialist and medical administrator who served as Regional Director of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), headquartered in Brazzaville, the Republic of the Congo, from February 2015 to February 2025.

Early life and education Moeti was born in South Africa in the 1950s. In 1978, she obtained her MBBS degree from Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine of the University of London. Later, in 1986, she graduated with a Master of Science in Community Health for Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Career In the early 1990s, Moeti worked for the Botswana Ministry of Health. She then joined UNAIDS, rising to the position of Team Leader of the Africa and Middle East Desk, based in Geneva, from 1997 until 1999. She also served as the Regional Health Advisor for UNICEF's Regional Office for East and Southern Africa. In 1999, Moeti joined the WHO Regional Office in Africa, working on HIV/AIDS. She was appointed as Assistant Regional Director, serving in that capacity from 2008 until 2011. She also served as the Director of Noncommunicable Diseases at the regional office. From 2005 until 2007, she served as the WHO Country Representative in Malawi. At the time of her appointment to her current position, she was the Coordinator of the Inter-Country Support Team for the South and East African countries of WHO African Region. Moeti was appointed as Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Africa on 27 January 2015, by the WHO Executive Board sitting at its 136th session in Geneva, Switzerland. She became the first woman to head the office. She assumed office on 1 February 2015, to serve a renewable five-year term. This followed the endorsement of the health ministers of the 47 member countries in the Africa Region, at their meeting in Cotonou, Benin, in November 2014. She replaced Luis Gomes Sambo of Angola, who served as the Director of AFRO from 2005 until 2015. She was reelected for a second term in 2019. She was succeeded in 2025 by Mohamed Yakub Janabi of Tanzania.

Other activities Virchow Prize for Global Health, Member of the Council (since 2022) Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG), Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (since 2020) WomenLift Health, Member of the Global Advisory Board World Health Summit, Member of the Council

Selected publications

Norr, Kathleen; Tlou, Sheila; Moeti, Matshidiso (March 2004). "Impact of Peer Group Education on HIV Prevention Among Women in Botswana". Health Care for Women International. 25 (3): 210–226. doi:10.1080/07399330490272723. PMID 15195767. S2CID 26715341. Wikidata () Zere, Eyob; Moeti, Matshidiso; Kirigia, Joses; Mwase, Takondwa; Kataika, Edward (15 May 2007). "Equity in health and healthcare in Malawi: analysis of trends". BMC Public Health. 7 (1): 78. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-78. PMC 1884146. PMID 17504530. Wikidata () Moeti, Matshidiso (October 2016). "Winning the battle against the scourge of poliomyelitis in the African Region". Vaccine. 34 (43): 5142–5143. doi:10.1016/J.VACCINE.2016.05.059. PMID 27576072. Wikidata () Nkengasong, John N; Maiyegun, Olawale; Moeti, Matshidiso (March 2017). "Establishing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention: responding to Africa's health threats". The Lancet Global Health. 5 (3): e246–e247. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30025-6. PMID 28108138. Wikidata () Moeti, Matshidiso; Nandy, Robin; Berkley, Seth; Davis, Steve; Levine, Orin (April 2017). "No product, no program: The critical role of supply chains in closing the immunization gap". Vaccine. 35 (17): 2101–2102. doi:10.1016/J.VACCINE.2017.02.061. PMID 28364913. Wikidata () Aranda, Sanchia; Berkley, Seth; Cowal, Sally; Dybul, Mark; Evans, Tim; Iversen, Katja; Moeti, Matshidiso; Osotimehin, Babatunde; Peterson, Stefan; Piot, Peter; Purandare, Chittaranjan N.; Sidibé, Michel; Trimble, Ted; Tsu, Vivien Davis (July 2017). "Ending cervical cancer: A call to action". International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 138: 4–6. doi:10.1002/IJGO.12182. PMID 28691327. Wikidata () Moeti, Matshidiso (December 2017). "Longer and healthier lives for all Africans by 2030: perspectives and action of WHO AFRO". The Lancet. 390 (10114): 2747–2749. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32128-1. PMID 28917962. S2CID 833933. Wikidata () Rosenthal, Philip J.; Breman, Joel G.; Djimde, Abdoulaye A.; John, Chandy C.; Kamya, Moses R.; Leke, Rose G. F.; Moeti, Matshidiso R.; Nkengasong, John; Bausch, Daniel G. (5 May 2020). "COVID-19: Shining the Light on Africa" (PDF). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 102 (6): 1145–1148. doi:10.4269/AJTMH.20-0380. PMC 7253089. PMID 32372749. Wikidata ()

See also World Health Organization Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa

References

External links The WHO AFRO Regional Director Candidates, November 2014 (PDF) Archived 2015-01-29 at the Wayback Machine Dr. Moeti: Donor aid for health is shrinking, invest more national resources (Interview) 15 June 2017

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Matshidiso Moeti

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Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Matshidiso Moeti before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Matshidiso Moeti ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Matshidiso Moeti

In research: Matshidiso Moeti appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Matshidiso Moeti in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Matshidiso Moeti is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1954 births, 20th-century women medical doctors, 21st-century women medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Matshidiso Moeti outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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