Muhammad Ali Pate serves as Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare and was formerly the Julio Frenk Professor of Public Health Leadership at Harvard T.H. Chan School. He leads transformative health sector reforms, including an executive order to enhance local production of healthcare products, reducing costs and fostering economic growth. Pate advocates for maternal health and strengthens health system governance, driving policy innovation to improve health outcomes across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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