Anders Nordström

**Anders Nordström**
Anders Nordström
Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization
	In office; 22 May 2006 – 8 November 2006
Preceded by	Lee Jong-wook
Succeeded by	Margaret Chan
Personal details
Born	9 March 1960
Nationality	Swedish

Anders Nordström (born 9 March 1960) is a Swedish physician who served as Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 22 May 2006 to 8 November 2006.

Nordström trained as a physician at Karolinska Institutet and has experience in the field of national and international health policy and planning and strategic leadership. Nordström worked with the Swedish Red Cross in Cambodia and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iran. He has also worked for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for over 12 years, including 3 years in Zambia.

In 2002, he was the Interim Executive Director for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He became Assistant Director-General for General Management at WHO in July 2003 and, on May 2006, Acting Director-General on the death of Lee Jong-wook.[1] Later named WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Services, one of his main contributions was to advance policy for manpower in health services, especially for low-income countries.

He was the Director General for Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency from January 2008 to May 2010. In May 2010, after the effects of the Swedish aid-budget decline due to the financial crisis, Nordström was requested to step down from his position because of the agency's financial difficulties. [2][3][4]

Later, in April 2012, the Minister for International Development Co-operation Gunilla Carlsson appointed Nordström as the declared "world's first Global Health Ambassador". [1] On behalf of the Swedish Government he has the formal title as Ambassador and leads a team to oversee and strategically advise the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on a substantial global health portfolio. He still holds this position, with a two year break from April 2015, when Mr Nordström was appointed back to WHO as the organisation's country representative to Sierra Leone.

In April 2015, after a tenure as Sweden's Ambassador for Global Health, Mr Nordström was appointed back to WHO as the organisation's country representative to Sierra Leone.

Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by Lee Jong-wook	Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization 2006	Succeeded by Margaret Chan

References

"Dr Anders Nordström becomes Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization." Geneva, WHO Press, 22 May 2006.
"Sweden sacks aid agency chief in major overhaul." Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Local: Sweden's News in English, 27 May 2010.
"There’s lack of political will in corruption fight - SACCORD." Archived 11 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine By Ernest Chanda, The Post Online, 2 June 2010.
Pamoja Consulting. "Top Bilateral Donors: A Primer" - 9. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 23 June 2011.

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[1] "Dr Anders Nordström becomes Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization." Geneva, WHO Press, 22 May 2006.

[2] "Sweden sacks aid agency chief in major overhaul." Archived 1 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Local: Sweden's News in English, 27 May 2010.

[3] "There’s lack of political will in corruption fight - SACCORD." Archived 11 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine By Ernest Chanda, The Post Online, 2 June 2010.

[4] Pamoja Consulting. "Top Bilateral Donors: A Primer" - 9. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 23 June 2011.