Richard Feachem
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Sir Richard George Andrew Feachem, KBE
, FREng (born 1947) is Professor of Global Health at both the University of California, San Francisco
, and the University of California, Berkeley
, and Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of London
and an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland
.
of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations
. During this time, the Global Fund grew from scratch to become the world's largest health financing institution for developing countries, with assets of US $11 billion, supporting 450 programmes in 136 countries.
From 1999 to 2002, Professor Feachem was the founding Director of the Institute for Global Health at UCSF and UC Berkeley. From 1995 until 1999, Dr. Feachem was Director for Health
, Nutrition
and Population
at the World Bank
. Previously (1989–1995), he was Dean
of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Professor Feachem served as Chairman of the Foundation Council of the Global Forum for Health Research
; Board member and Treasurer of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
; Council Member of Voluntary Service Overseas
; and on numerous other boards and committees. He was a member of the Commission on Macroeconomics
and Health
http://www.who.int/macrohealth/background/en/, and the Commission on HIV
and Governance in Africa
. He has worked in international health and development for 40 years and has published extensively on public health
, health policy and development finance.
Professor Feachem holds a Doctor of Science
degree in Medicine
from the University of London, and a PhD in Environmental Health
from the University of New South Wales
. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Engineering
and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty
of Public Health
Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
and of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
. In 2002, he was elected to membership of the Institute of Medicine
of the US National Academy of Sciences. Sir Richard was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.
and ExxonMobil
.
The first topic that the Global Health Group has taken on is malaria elimination, focusing on elimination from the endemic margins inwards. Under Sir Richard's leadership, a global Malaria Elimination Group (MEG) has been established. MEG had its first meeting in California in March 2008, its second in South Africa
in October 2008, and its third in Switzerland in April 2009. The next meeting will be in Hainan, China, in December 2009. MEG has recently published two seminal documents: Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Prospectus on Malaria Elimination and Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Guide on Malaria Elimination for Policy Makers.
In parallel, the Global Health Group has been collaborating intensively with seven malaria elimination countries; Botswana
, China, Namibia, Solomon Islands
, South Africa, Swaziland
, and Vanuatu
. The Global Health Group, in collaboration with the Australian Government, the University of Queensland, and WHO will launch the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) in Brisbane in February 2009, which will bring together 10 eliminating countries from the region.
The second front of Feachem's Global Health Group is a health systems initiative, focusing on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). A large conference on this subject was organized at Wilton Park in April 2008, and work is continuing with collaborating countries to launch new and innovative PPPs. Of particular interest is the model now known as the Public-Private Investment Partnership (PPIP) in which governments enter into partnerships with private consortia to finance and rebuild major health infrastructure and to provide clinical services over a period of decades.
The Global Health Group has joined with the Government of Lesotho
to showcase the pioneering PPIP in that country and has just published its report and an Overview on PPIPs. A second model of special interest to the Global Health Group is Social Franchising. The first Compendium on this topic was recently published by the Global Health Group.
Dr. Feachem lives in Alameda, California
, with his wife Neelam Sekhri Feachem, the CEO of the Healthcare Redesign Group.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, FREng (born 1947) is Professor of Global Health at both the University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco is one of the world's leading centers of health sciences research, patient care, and education. UCSF's medical, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and graduate schools are among the top health science professional schools in the world...
, and the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, and Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
and an Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
.
Past work
From 2002 to 2007, Sir Richard served as founding Executive DirectorExecutive director
Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Under Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. During this time, the Global Fund grew from scratch to become the world's largest health financing institution for developing countries, with assets of US $11 billion, supporting 450 programmes in 136 countries.
From 1999 to 2002, Professor Feachem was the founding Director of the Institute for Global Health at UCSF and UC Berkeley. From 1995 until 1999, Dr. Feachem was Director for Health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
, Nutrition
Nutrition
Nutrition is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet....
and Population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
at the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
. Previously (1989–1995), he was Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Professor Feachem served as Chairman of the Foundation Council of the Global Forum for Health Research
Global Forum for Health Research
The Global Forum for Health Research is an international foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland established in 1997 to increase the amount of research into global health issues...
; Board member and Treasurer of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. IAVI researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, serves as an advocate for the field and...
; Council Member of Voluntary Service Overseas
Voluntary Service Overseas
Voluntary Service Overseas is an international development charity that works through experienced volunteers living and working as equals alongside local partners. It is the largest independent volunteer-sending organization in the world...
; and on numerous other boards and committees. He was a member of the Commission on Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
and Health
Health
Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...
http://www.who.int/macrohealth/background/en/, and the Commission on HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
and Governance in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. He has worked in international health and development for 40 years and has published extensively on public health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
, health policy and development finance.
Professor Feachem holds a Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
degree in Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
from the University of London, and a PhD in Environmental Health
Environmental health
Environmental health is the branch of public health that is concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment that may affect human health...
from the University of New South Wales
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow
Fellow
A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. The term fellow is also used to describe a person, particularly by those in the upper social classes. It is most often used in an academic context: a fellow is often part of an elite group of learned people who are awarded...
of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Academy of Engineering
-Overview: is the UK’s national academy of engineering. The Academy brings together the most successful and talented engineers from across the engineering sectors for a shared purpose: to advance and promote excellence in engineering....
and an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty
Faculty (university)
A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area, or a number of related subject areas...
of Public Health
Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians
The Royal College of Physicians of London was founded in 1518 as the College of Physicians by royal charter of King Henry VIII in 1518 - the first medical institution in England to receive a royal charter...
and of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Hygiene
Hygiene refers to the set of practices perceived by a community to be associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. While in modern medical sciences there is a set of standards of hygiene recommended for different situations, what is considered hygienic or not can vary between...
. In 2002, he was elected to membership of the Institute of Medicine
Institute of Medicine
The Institute of Medicine is a not-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded in 1970, under the congressional charter of the National Academy of Sciences...
of the US National Academy of Sciences. Sir Richard was knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.
Current work
In October 2007, Sir Richard founded "The Global Health Group" within UCSF Global Health Sciences. The Global Health Group is an “Action Tank” dedicated to bringing major new paradigms in global health through to large scale action. This entails analysis, policy formulation, and consensus building, followed by intensive collaborations with individual developing countries to achieve large-scale application of the new ideas. The Global Health Group is supported by grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world, founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is "driven by the interests and passions of the Gates family"...
and ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil
Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil, is an American multinational oil and gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company, and was formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. Its headquarters are in Irving, Texas...
.
The first topic that the Global Health Group has taken on is malaria elimination, focusing on elimination from the endemic margins inwards. Under Sir Richard's leadership, a global Malaria Elimination Group (MEG) has been established. MEG had its first meeting in California in March 2008, its second in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
in October 2008, and its third in Switzerland in April 2009. The next meeting will be in Hainan, China, in December 2009. MEG has recently published two seminal documents: Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Prospectus on Malaria Elimination and Shrinking the Malaria Map: A Guide on Malaria Elimination for Policy Makers.
In parallel, the Global Health Group has been collaborating intensively with seven malaria elimination countries; Botswana
Botswana
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
, China, Namibia, Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, South Africa, Swaziland
Swaziland
Swaziland, officially the Kingdom of Swaziland , and sometimes called Ngwane or Swatini, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, bordered to the north, south and west by South Africa, and to the east by Mozambique...
, and Vanuatu
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
. The Global Health Group, in collaboration with the Australian Government, the University of Queensland, and WHO will launch the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) in Brisbane in February 2009, which will bring together 10 eliminating countries from the region.
The second front of Feachem's Global Health Group is a health systems initiative, focusing on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). A large conference on this subject was organized at Wilton Park in April 2008, and work is continuing with collaborating countries to launch new and innovative PPPs. Of particular interest is the model now known as the Public-Private Investment Partnership (PPIP) in which governments enter into partnerships with private consortia to finance and rebuild major health infrastructure and to provide clinical services over a period of decades.
The Global Health Group has joined with the Government of Lesotho
Lesotho
Lesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
to showcase the pioneering PPIP in that country and has just published its report and an Overview on PPIPs. A second model of special interest to the Global Health Group is Social Franchising. The first Compendium on this topic was recently published by the Global Health Group.
Dr. Feachem lives in Alameda, California
Alameda, California
Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...
, with his wife Neelam Sekhri Feachem, the CEO of the Healthcare Redesign Group.