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
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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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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