director public health service officer
Bachelor of Science, University Groningen, Netherlands, 1983. Master of Science, University Groningen, Netherlands, 1983. Doctor of Medicine, University Groningen, Netherlands, 1985.
Master of Science in Economics, London School Economics, London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1996.
Senior house officer Nij Smellinghe Hospital, Drachten, Netherlands, 1986—1987. District medical officer Kaomo Zambia Ministry Health, Lusaka, 1988—1991. Technical adviser Ministry Development Aid, Hague, Netherlands, 1991.
District health officer Ntcheu Ministry Health Malawi, Lilongwe, 1991—1992, regional health officer, Lilongwe, Blantyre, 1992—1995. Health planner World Health Organization, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1996—1998, team leader health system reform Cambodia, 1998—2002, representative Beijing, 2002—2007, director health sector development western pacific region Manila, Philippines, since 2007.
Married.
