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Babatunde Osotimehin

Title Executive Director
Organization UNFPA

On 1 January 2011, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin became the fourth Executive Director of UNFPA. He holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Before this appointment, Dr. Osotimehin had served as the Minister of Health of Nigeria. Prior to that position, he was the Director-General of the Nigerian National Agency for the Control of AIDS, which coordinates all HIV and AIDS work in a country of about 160 million people.

Posts By Babatunde Osotimehin

The Philippines Break-Through Family Planning Law

Women who lack the power and means to decide how many children often become caught in a life-long downward cycle of poverty, exclusion, poor health, and even maternal death and disabilities.

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Family Planning Summit Could Mark Turning Point for Maternal Health

Having spearheaded the fight to extend voluntary family planning to all who want it, we at UNFPA are excited by the potential of this initiative.

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