David Nunes NABARRO Curriculum Vitae
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David Nunes NABARRO Curriculum Vitae Family Name: NABARRO First Name(s): David Nunes Gender: Male Place and country of birth: London, United Kingdom Date of Birth: 26 August 1949 Citizenship United Kingdom If you have ever been found guilty of the violation of any law (except minor traffic violations), give full particulars: None Civil Status: Number of dependants: Married 2 (Two) David NABARRO Curriculum Vitae Degrees / Certificates Obtained: 1998 Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) 1994 Membership of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (MFPHM) Royal College of Physicians (by distinction) 1979 Masters' (MSc) in Public Health (Developing Countries) London University 1974 Medical Degree (BM BCh) Oxford University (Clinical training at University College Hospital, London) 1974 Masters' (MSc) in Medicine (Research in Reproductive Endocrinology) Oxford University 1970 First degree (BA, later MA) in Animal Physiology and Biochemistry Oxford University Knowledge of languages Mother Speak Read Write tongue For languages other than mother Arabic tongue, enter the appropriate number from the code below to Chinese indicate the level of your English knowledge. If no knowledge, please leave blank. French 2 2 1 Spanish CODE: 1. Limited conversation, reading Russian of newspapers, routine correspondence Others (please specify) 2. Engage freely in discussion, Nepali 1 read and write more difficult material 3. Fluent (nearly) as in mother tongue 2 David NABARRO Curriculum Vitae POSITIONS HELD: Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change January 2016 – Present. As one of the core advisers of the UN Secretary-General I am requested to help him: Promote implementation of the 2015 multilateral agreements on Sustainable Development, Financing for Development, Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction (a) within all nations; (b) among civil society, businesses, scientific community, investors, faith groups and creative community; and (c) across the United Nations system; Ensure early entry into force of COP 21 (Paris climate accord); Promote effective UN system preparedness for, and response to, global health crises (including Zika, cholera, Ebola virus disease and yellow fever); Oversee the UN’s contribution to Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (through Every Woman Every Child), as well as the UN Global Pulse (Use of Big-Data in decision-making), UN Democracy Fund and UN Office for Partnerships; Ensure coordinated and comprehensive UN system action on (a) food security and (b) scaling-up nutrition. I mobilize resources for, and manage, the teams that support this work in the office of the Secretary-General. Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition November 2009 – present. My responsibilities are to: Align UN system action on people’s food security, livelihood resilience and sustainable agriculture in the face of changing climates; Support functioning of the Committee on World Food Security as principal multi-stakeholder platform for universal food security and nutrition; Oversee UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge to champion comprehensive food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture and food systems, resilience and inclusivity. Chair, Advisory Group on Reform of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Work in Outbreaks and Emergencies with Health and Humanitarian Consequences July 2015 – January 2016. Working for the WHO Director-General my responsibilities were to: Lead a high-level Advisory Group to guide reform of WHO’s response to outbreaks and emergencies, prepare reports based on the group’s recommendations and advise on the manner of their implementation. Member of the WHO Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (2016). I was a Commissioner from 2013 -14. The Commission was tasked with reporting on which approaches and combinations of interventions are most effective in addressing childhood and adolescent obesity across multiple global contexts. Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Ebola August 2014 – December 2015. At the request of the UN Secretary-General my responsibilities were to: Provide strategic direction of UN system response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; Establish and maintain the Global Ebola Response Coalition and the UN’s Ebola Information Centre; Mobilize resources for the UN system Ebola response; Manage the UN Secretary General’s Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (total resources USD $166m); Oversee transition from the response phase to recovery. Coordinator of the Movement to Scale Up Nutrition September 2010 – September 2014. Working for the UN Secretary-General my responsibilities were to: Oversee this new multi-stakeholder movement of 55 countries and networks; Provide the stewardship needed for the Movement to inspire political engagement, sustain multi-stakeholder collaboration, align the efforts of multiple actors and demonstrate significant impact. Coordinator of the UN System High Level Task Force on Food Security April 2008 – April 2014. Working for the UN Secretary-General my responsibilities were to: Coordinate the UN Secretariat’s High-Level Task Force on Global Food Security (HLTF) to ensure that the UN system 3 David NABARRO Curriculum Vitae and international financial institutions work together to offer robust and consistent responses to food insecurity; Convene and organize quarterly HLTF meetings, lead HLTF Senior Steering Group (SSG), produce Comprehensive Framework of Action for Food and Nutrition Security (2008, 2010), develop UN Secretary-General’s Zero Hunger Challenge (2012) and establish HLTF review (2012). UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza (Assistant Secretary-General) September 2005-2014. Working for successive UN Secretaries-General my responsibilities were to: Ensure the UN system makes effective and coordinated responses to the worldwide avian influenza outbreak - coordinating among governments, UN agencies and civil society; supporting a global partnership on avian and pandemic influenza; and linking between sectors and within countries; Support effective local and global preparations for human influenza pandemics so as to reduce mortality rates, minimize economic disruption and limit their social impact. Head of WHO’s Health Emergencies group (Health Action in Crises), and Special Representative of Director-General 2003-2005 Build the response capacity of WHO’s Health Emergencies group at local, national and regional level; Increase WHO participation in the humanitarian Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). Head, WHO Cluster on Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments 2002-2003 Lead WHO’s work on environmental health, food safety, nutrition and health emergencies. Executive Director, Office of the WHO Director General 2000-2002 Manage the front office of Director-General (DG) Gro Harlem Brundtland and undertake strategic and operational functions on behalf of DG (including WHO contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health). Executive Director, WHO Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Programme 1999-2000 Transform and amplify WHO’s contribution to Malaria control. Director, Human Development, Chief Health and Population Adviser, UK Government Department for International Development (Formerly Overseas Development Administration) 1990 - 1999 Lead the transformation of UK Government contribution to International Health and Human Development. Additional positions: Coordinator, UK Government Relief for Northern Iraq (1991) Health and Population Adviser, East Africa, UK Government Overseas Development Administration (1989-90) Senior Lecturer in International Health, Liverpool University Medical School (and Hon Consultant, Mersey Regional Health Authority) (1985-89) Regional Medical Adviser (South Asia), Save the Children Fund, (1982-85) Lecturer in Nutrition and Public Health, London University (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (1980- 82) District Medical Officer, Dhankuta, East Nepal, Save the Children (1977-79) House Officer and Senior House Officer posts in the National Health Service (Hillingdon, Northampton, Oxford) (1975- 77) Medical Officer, Relief Expedition, North Iraq (Save the Children) (1974-75) Please state any other relevant facts that might help in the evaluation of your application. 2015 Helen Keller Humanitarian Award 2015 Awarded for work on positioning malnutrition within the development dialogue and for ensuring an effective response to Ebola. 4 David NABARRO Curriculum Vitae 2012 Sight and Life Nutrition Leadership Award 2012 (together with the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement) For work in catalysing sustainable change in global nutrition. 2008 2008 Distinguished Service Award from Health Policy Institute, Kansas University of Medicine & Biosciences For outstanding Health Policy Leadership. PUBLICATIONS Nabarro, D., & Wannous, C. (2016). The Links Between Public and Ecosystem Health in Light of the Recent Ebola Outbreaks and Pandemic Emergence. EcoHealth, 1-3. Nabarro, D. (2013). Global child and maternal nutrition—the SUN rises. The Lancet, Volume 382, Issue 9893, 24–30 August 2013, Pages 666-667 Nabarro, D. (2012). One Health: Towards safeguarding the health, food security and economic welfare of communities. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 79(2), 01-03. Nabarro, D., & Wannous, C. (2012). The potential