Dr. Gerald Gwinji

Alternate Board Member (2016 - 2018, 2018 - 2020)

Outgoing and incoming alternate board member, ESA, 2016-2018 and 2018-2020 is passionate about public health management and draws on his experience as brigadier general presiding over military health services in Zimbabwe.

“By the end of my 2018-2020 tenure, I hope there will be a stronger appreciation of the current challenges developing countries face in terms of health delivery systems”, Major General (Dr.) Gwinji said. “I also hope to motivate member states to increase their support for the general health delivery systems, including community system strengthening.”

Major General (Dr.) Gwinji is the permanent secretary of Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care. A medical doctor by profession, Gwinji specializes in public health and, as a brigadier general presiding over military health services in Zimbabwe, he’s s enjoyed a long career in public health management.