Magda Robalo

Biography

Magda Robalo is a public health physician with a career of over 30 years in the global health ecosystem. A former Minister of Health of Guinea-Bissau, she led the COVID-19 response as the High Commissioner of the Presidential Task Force.

For the past five years, Dr. Robalo played a leadership role at the Ethics and Governance Committee of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. Prior to these roles, Dr. Robalo was Director of Communicable Diseases and WHO Representative to Namibia and Ghana, among other senior positions with WHO Afro.

In 2023, she led the establishment of a multinational WGH Chapter, which brings together all Portuguese-speaking countries.

Dr Robalo is the President and Co-Founder of the Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD), Guinea-Bissau. An Adjunct Professor at Griffith University, she is a Co-Chair of the UHC2030 Steering Committee and a Global Ambassador of the G7 & G20 Health and Development Partnership.