Muhammad Ali Pate

Muhammad Ali Pate CON (born 6 September 1968) is a Nigerian physician and politician who is the current Minister of Health and Social Welfare of Nigeria since 2023. He's also a professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University.^[1][2] He formerly served as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population^[3] and director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) at the World Bank Group.^[4] Pate is also the former Minister of State for Health in Nigeria.^[5][6][7][8]

Muhammad Ali Pate CON
Muhammad Ali Pate at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, China 2012
Minister of Health and Social Welfare
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 August 2023
President	Bola Tinubu
Minister of State	Tunji Alausa
Preceded by	Osagie Ehanire
Minister of State for Health
In office 14 July 2011 – 23 July 2013
President	Goodluck Jonathan
Minister	Onyebuchi Chukwu
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency of Nigeria
In office 14 November 2008 – 11 July 2011
Personal details
Born	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 (age 55) Misau, Northern Region (now in Bauchi State), Nigeria
Political party	All Progressives Congress
Children	6
Alma mater	Ahmadu Bello University University of Rochester Medical Center Duke University University College London London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Occupation	Politician physician

On Tuesday, 11 October 2022, Pate, along with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,^[9] and Amina J. Mohammed^[10] were conferred with Nigeria's national honours. Pate was conferred with Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON).^[11]

Earlier in 2019, Pate was appointed Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.^[12] Pate was also the former Minister of Health in Nigeria.^[13] His appointment in July 2011^[14] followed his role as the executive director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency in Abuja.^[15][16] He resigned as Nigeria's minister of State for Health effective 24 July 2013 to take up the position of professor in Duke University's Global Health Institute, USA.^[17][18] He is formerly the chief executive officer of Big Win Philanthropy^[19][20] and an adjunct professor of Global Health of the Duke University Global Health Institute.^[21][22]

On 1 September 2021, Pate returned to Harvard University as a Julio Frenk Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.^[23]

In February 2023, Muhammad Ali Pate was appointed chief executive officer of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, which works to provide vaccines in low-income countries.^[24]

Early life and education

Muhammad Ali Pate was born on 6 September 1968 in the present day Misau local government area of Bauchi State in Nigeria and was raised in the northern part of the country.^[25] He is the son of a fulani herdsman.

The first in his family to complete a secondary school education, Pate graduated from high school to enter the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) medical school in Kaduna State, Nigeria. He graduated from ABU and moved to the Gambia where he worked in rural hospitals for a few years. He then became a fellow in infectious diseases at the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States.^[26] He is an American Board-Certified MD in both Internal medicine and Infectious diseases, with an MBA (Health Sector Concentration) from Duke University, USA. Prior to this he studied at the University College London.^[27] He also has a Masters in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.

Early career

Prior to his appointment to the NPHCDA in 2008, Pate had an extensive career spanning over 10 years at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. and held several senior positions including Senior Health Specialist and Human Development Sector Coordinator for the East Asia/Pacific Region and Senior Health Specialist for the African Region.^[28] While at the World Bank, a major project led by Pate was the far-reaching health sector reform programmes in Africa, East Asia and other regions of the World Bank.^[29] Of note is his initiation of landmark Public–private partnership to replace a National Referral Hospital in Lesotho.^[30]

Other board, commission, and committee memberships

• Co-chair (along with Margaret Kruk^[31]), The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems. Report was launched on September 6, 2018^[32] • Member, Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication^[33] -ongoing • Member, Lancet Commission on the Future of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa^[34] (report 09/2017) • Member, Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative^[35] • Board member, American International Health Alliance,^[36] Washington D.C. 2015–2022 • Board member, Aceso Global,^[37] Washington DC 2015–2022 • Board member, Healthcare Leadership Academy^[38] • Member, Investment Committee, Flint Atlantic Capital^[39] • Member, Steering Committee on the Value of Vaccination Research Network, Harvard University^[40] • Member, Steering Committee, Study on the Assessment of the Impact of Polio Eradication on Routine Immunization and Primary Health Care, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2011–2012 • Editorial advisory board, BMJ Global Health • Advisory Board member, Ethiopian International Primary Health Care Institute • Senior Fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI), Inducted at Yale University, New Haven Connecticut, April 2015 • Co-chair, Private Sector Health Alliance of Nigeria^[41]

Recognition

• 2012 – Harvard Health Leader, awarded by the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program^[42]

Personal life

Pate is married and has four daughters and two sons. He resides in northern Nigeria. He is a practicing Muslim. Pate holds the equivalent of a knighthood title as "Chigarin Misau" from the village where he was born.

Recent publications

• Nkengasong, John N.; Raji, Tajudeen; Ferguson, Stephanie L.; Pate, Muhammad A.; Williams, Michelle A. (10 June 2021). "Nursing leadership in Africa and health security". eClinicalMedicine. 36: 100930. doi:10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100930. PMC 8207179. PMID 34169244.
• Bali, Sulzhan; Stewart, Kearsley A; Pate, Muhammad Ali (9 November 2016). "Long shadow of fear in an epidemic: fearonomic effects of Ebola on the private sector in Nigeria". BMJ Global Health. 1 (3): e000111. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000111. PMC 5321397. PMID 28588965.
• Moon, Suerie; Sridhar, Devi; Pate, Muhammad A; Jha, Ashish K; Clinton, Chelsea; Delaunay, Sophie; Edwin, Valnora; Fallah, Mosoka; Fidler, David P; Garrett, Laurie; Goosby, Eric; Gostin, Lawrence O; Heymann, David L; Lee, Kelley; Leung, Gabriel M; Morrison, J Stephen; Saavedra, Jorge; Tanner, Marcel; Leigh, Jennifer A; Hawkins, Benjamin; Woskie, Liana R; Piot, Peter (2015). "Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola". Lancet. 386 (10009): 2204–2221. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00946-0. PMC 7137174. PMID 26615326.
• Okoli, Ugo; Morris, Laura; Oshin, Adetokunbo; Pate, Muhammad A; Aigbe, Chidimma; Muhammad, Ado (12 December 2014). "Conditional cash transfer schemes in Nigeria: potential gains for maternal and child health service uptake in a national pilot programme". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14: 408. doi:10.1186/s12884-014-0408-9. PMC 4273319. PMID 25495258.
• Abubakar, Ibrahim; Dalglish, Sarah L; Angell, Blake; Sanuade, Olutobi; Abimbola, Seye; Adamu, Aishatu Lawal; Adetifa, Ifedayo M O; Colbourn, Tim; Ogunlesi, Afolabi Olaniyi; Onwujekwe, Obinna; Owoaje, Eme T; Okeke, Iruka N; Adeyemo, Adebowale; Aliyu, Gambo; Aliyu, Muktar H; Aliyu, Sani Hussaini; Ameh, Emmanuel A; Archibong, Belinda; Ezeh, Alex; Gadanya, Muktar A; Ihekweazu, Chikwe; Ihekweazu, Vivianne; Iliyasu, Zubairu; Kwaku Chiroma, Aminatu; Mabayoje, Diana A; Nasir Sambo, Mohammed; Obaro, Stephen; Yinka-Ogunleye, Adesola; Okonofua, Friday; Oni, Tolu; Onyimadu, Olu; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Salako, Babatunde L; Shuaib, Faisal; Tsiga-Ahmed, Fatimah; Zanna, Fatima H (19 March 2022). "The Lancet Nigeria Commission: investing in health and the future of the nation". Lancet. 399 (10330): 1155–1200. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02488-0. PMC 8943278. PMID 35303470.
• Wood, Stacy; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Schulman, Kevin (14 October 2021). "Novel strategies to support global promotion of COVID-19 vaccination". BMJ Global Health. 6 (10): e006066. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2021-006066. PMC 8521672. PMID 34649869.
• Swaminathan, Soumya; Sheikh, Kabir; Marten, Robert; Taylor, Martin; Jhalani, Manoj; Chukwujekwu, Ogochukwu; Pearson, Luwei; Allotey, Pascale; Gough, Jean; Scherpbier, Robert W; Gupta, Anuradha; Wijnroks, Marijke; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Sorgho, Gaston; Levine, Orin; Goodyear-Smith, Felicity; Sundararaman, Thiagarajan; Montenegro, Hernan; Dalil, Suraya; Ghaffar, Abdul (18 December 2020). "Embedded research to advance primary health care". BMJ Global Health. 5 (12): e004684. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004684. PMC 7751205. PMID 33355263.
• Yamey, Gavin; Schäferhoff, Marco; Hatchett, Richard; Pate, Muhammad; Zhao, Feng; McDade, Kaci Kennedy (2020). "Ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines". Lancet. 395 (10234): 1405–1406. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30763-7. PMC 7271264. PMID 32243778.
• Kruk, Margaret E; Gage, Anna D; Arsenault, Catherine; Jordan, Keely; Leslie, Hannah H; Roder-DeWan, Sanam; Adeyi, Olusoji; Barker, Pierre; Daelmans, Bernadette; Doubova, Svetlana V; English, Mike; Elorrio, Ezequiel García; Guanais, Frederico; Gureje, Oye; Hirschhorn, Lisa R; Jiang, Lixin; Kelley, Edward; Lemango, Ephrem Tekle; Liljestrand, Jerker; Malata, Address; Marchant, Tanya; Matsoso, Malebona Precious; Meara, John G; Mohanan, Manoj; Ndiaye, Youssoupha; Norheim, Ole F; Reddy, K Srinath; Rowe, Alexander K; Salomon, Joshua A; Thapa, Gagan; Twum-Danso, Nana A Y; Pate, Muhammad (2018). "High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution". The Lancet. Global Health. 6 (11): e1196–e1252. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30386-3. PMC 7734391. PMID 30196093.
• Upfill-Brown, Alexander M; Lyons, Hil M; Pate, Muhammad A; Shuaib, Faisal; Baig, Shahzad; Hu, Hao; Eckhoff, Philip A; Chabot-Couture, Guillaume (4 June 2014). "Predictive spatial risk model of poliovirus to aid prioritization and hasten eradication in Nigeria". BMC Medicine. 12: 92. doi:10.1186/1741-7015-12-92. PMC 4066838. PMID 24894345.
• Tulenko, Kate; Møgedal, Sigrun; Afzal, Muhammad Mahmood; Frymus, Diana; Oshin, Adetokunbo; Pate, Muhammad; Quain, Estelle; Pinel, Arletty; Wynd, Shona; Zodpey, Sanjay (1 November 2013). "Community health workers for universal health-care coverage: from fragmentation to synergy". Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 91 (11): 847–852. doi:10.2471/BLT.13.118745. PMC 3853952. PMID 24347709.
• Gupta, Neeru; Maliqi, Blerta; França, Adson; Nyonator, Frank; Pate, Muhammad A; Sanders, David; Belhadj, Hedia; Daelmans, Bernadette (24 June 2011). "Human resources for maternal, newborn and child health: from measurement and planning to performance for improved health outcomes". Human Resources for Health. 9: 16. doi:10.1186/1478-4491-9-16. PMC 3157412. PMID 21702913.
• Abimbola, Seye; Okoli, Ugo; Olubajo, Olalekan; Abdullahi, Mohammed J.; Pate, Muhammad A. (1 May 2012). "The Midwives Service Scheme in Nigeria". PLOS Medicine. 9 (5): e1001211. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001211. PMC 3341343. PMID 22563303.
• Gupta, Neeru; Maliqi, Blerta; França, Adson; Nyonator, Frank; Pate, Muhammad A; Sanders, David; Belhadj, Hedia; Daelmans, Bernadette (December 2011). "Human resources for maternal, newborn and child health: from measurement and planning to performance for improved health outcomes". Human Resources for Health. 9 (1): 16. doi:10.1186/1478-4491-9-16. PMC 3157412. PMID 21702913. Gale A265232619.
• Pate, Muhammad Ali; Gyapong, John O.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Hopkins, Adrian; Hozumi, Dairiku; Malecela, Mwelecele; Tyson, Stewart (2011). "Group Report: Designing Elimination or Eradication Initiatives that Interface Effectively with Health Systems". Disease Eradication in the 21st Century. pp. 273–286. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016735.003.0019. ISBN 978-0-262-01673-5.
• Wassilak, Steven; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Wannemuehler, Kathleen; Jenks, Julie; Burns, Cara; Chenoweth, Paul; Abanida, Emmanuel Ade; Adu, Festus; Baba, Marycelin; Gasasira, Alex; Iber, Jane; Mkanda, Pascal; Williams, A. J.; Shaw, Jing; Pallansch, Mark; Kew, Olen (April 2011). "Outbreak of Type 2 Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Nigeria: Emergence and Widespread Circulation in an Underimmunized Population". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 203 (7): 898–909. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiq140. PMC 3068031. PMID 21402542.
• Jenkins, Helen E.; Aylward, R. Bruce; Gasasira, Alex; Donnelly, Christl A.; Mwanza, Michael; Corander, Jukka; Garnier, Sandra; Chauvin, Claire; Abanida, Emmanuel; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Adu, Festus; Baba, Marycelin; Grassly, Nicholas C. (24 June 2010). "Implications of a Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Nigeria". New England Journal of Medicine. 362 (25): 2360–2369. doi:10.1056/nejmoa0910074. PMID 20573924.

Book chapters and technical reports

• Baris, E., Silverman, R., Wang, H., Zhao, F., Pate, M., Walking the Talk: Reimagining Primary Healthcare in the post-COVID-19 era. Published by the World Bank, April 2022.
• Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 17th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2021.
• Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 16th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2019.
• Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 15th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2018.
• Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 14th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2017.
• Emmanuel Jimenez and Muhammad Pate. Reaping a Demographic Dividend in Africa's Largest Country: Nigeria. In: Hans Groth & John F. May, eds. "Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend", Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2017 (ISBN 978-3-319-46887-7).
• Muhammad Pate. Contributor to "The Art and Science of Delivery": McKinsey's Voices on Society, Published 2013 in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum.
• Pate, Muhammad Ali; Gyapong, John O.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Hopkins, Adrian; Hozumi, Dairiku; Malecela, Mwelecele; Tyson, Stewart (2011). "Group Report: Designing Elimination or Eradication Initiatives that Interface Effectively with Health Systems". Disease Eradication in the 21st Century. pp. 273–286. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016735.003.0019. ISBN 978-0-262-01673-5.
• Pate, Muhammad Ali; Schoppig, Joel (2012). "Africa's Growing Giant – Population Dynamics in Nigeria". Population Dynamics in Muslim Countries. pp. 211–224. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27881-5_13. ISBN 978-3-642-27880-8.
• Pate M.A., Beeharry G., Abramson W. Improving health care access for the poor: A case study of the Washington, D.C. public health care reforms. Presented at the 4th Europe and the Americas conference on health sector reforms, February 2002, Malaga, Spain.

External links

Personal website: https://muhammadpate.com

Lancet Global Health Commission profile: https://www.hqsscommission.org/people/muhammad-a-pate/

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