3-D Conversation: Joy Phumaphi

Ms. Phumaphi is currently the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance. She served the People of Botswana as Government Principal Auditor for local authorities and subsequently became Minister of Health of Botswana. She is a member of the Africa Advisory Group, the United Nations Development Programme – Regional Programme for Africa, and the United Nations Children’s Fund Programme on orphans and children in difficult circumstances.

Previously, she was the HIV/AIDS Commissioner appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General, as well as the President’s Deputy at Botswana’s National AIDS Council. She joined the World Health Organization as Assistant Director-General for Family and Community Health and also served as Vice President and Head for Network Human Development at the World Bank. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Botswana and a Masters in Finance Accounting and Decision Sciences from Miami University in the United States.

Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at Columbia University, the University of Michigan, and the New York Academy of Medicine. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature, and is a regular contributor to a range of public media, about the social causes of health, mental health, and the consequences of trauma. He has been listed as one of the most widely cited scholars in the social sciences. He is past chair of the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. Galea has received several lifetime achievement awards. Galea holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto, graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow.