Global Health Council (Washington, DC)
10 June 2008
press release
Washington, DC — The Global Health Council is pleased to announce that Susan Dentzer, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, has been named chair of the Global Health Council's Board of Directors. Dentzer began her two-year term, heading the board of the world's largest membership alliance of public health organizations and professionals working throughout the developing world, at the Council's annual board meeting on May 29.
Dentzer assumed the job of editor-in-chief on May 1, 2008, after a decade as the on-air health correspondent for The NewsHour. Health Affairs, which has been called the nation's health policy "Bible," is a peer-reviewed journal that appears bimonthly in print with additional online entries published weekly. The journal and website, based in Bethesda, MD, are published by Project Hope, the health education and humanitarian assistance organization that operates programs in 36 countries around the world.
"The Global Health Council has appreciated Susan Dentzer's leadership and vision as a member of our Board of Directors for several years now," said Dr. Nils Daulaire, president of the Global Health Council. "As she begins her tenure as chair of the Board of Directors, we look forward to her fresh perspective on global health issues that emanates from her career as a widely respected journalist as well as her collegial and perceptive leadership style."
During her tenure at The NewsHour, Dentzer led a unit dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of health care and health policy and Social Security. Dentzer is the recipient of multiple journalism awards, including the American Society on Aging National Media Award for a two-part series on our current understanding of the causes of Alzheimer's disease, efforts under way to speed treatments to patients, and the enormous burden faced by caregivers of Alzheimer's patients. The NewsHour's health unit pieces on a paralyzed and brain damaged soldier who was severely wounded in Iraq, won the 2005 Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism from the Association of Health Care Journalists. The same pieces also earned both a CINE Golden Eagle and New York Festival award.
Dentzer was the first woman to serve as the chair of Dartmouth College's Board of Trustees, and has also been a member of the Board of Overseers of Dartmouth Medical School.
The Global Health Council's Board of Directors represents a wealth of experience and perspective that reflects global society and stakeholders who work to improve the health of the world's poorest people. Most board members were born outside the United States, and all have extensive experience addressing health care in developing countries. They represent the public and private sectors from government, corporate and nongovernmental organizations to philanthropic, medical, faith-based and academic institutions.
Other recent changes and additions to the Global Health Council's Board of Directors include:
William Foege, MD, MPH, a native of the United States, has become chair-emeritus of the Global Health Council's Board of Directors. Foege is a fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a professor emeritus in the Department of International Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health.
Alvaro Bermejo, MD, MPH, serves now as secretary of the Global Health Council's Board of Directors. Bermejo, a Spanish national born in London, is the executive director of the International AIDS Alliance, Europe's largest NGO dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS.
Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD, a native of Mexico, joins the Global Health Council Board of Directors this year. He serves as senior fellow at the Global Health Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is the chairman of the Board of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. In Mexico City, he is the president of the CARSO Health Institute. Frenk served as minister of health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006.
Jim Kolbe, a native of the United States, joins the Council Board of Directors this year. He currently serves as a senior transatlantic fellow for the German Marshall Fund United States. He also serves as an adjunct professor in the College of Business at the University of Arizona. Kolbe served in the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 2007.
Joy Phumaphi, MSc, a Botswana national, also joins the Council's Board of Directors this year. She is currently vice president of the World Bank's Human Development Network and has served as assistant director general for Family and Community Health at the World Health Organization in Geneva. From 1994-2003, Phumaphi served variously as a member of parliament, a cabinet minister with responsibility for lands and housing, and minister for health.
The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to saving lives by improving health throughout the world. The Council serves and represents public health organizations and professionals working in more than 140 countries on six continents.
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