On 23rd March 2023, Dr. Daniel Ngamije Madandi, MD, MPH has been appointed as the Director of the Global Malaria Programme by WHO, effective 8 April 2023. 

Dr. Ngamije served as the Minister of Health for Rwanda from February 2020 to November 2022, leading the development and implementation of the COVID-19 response plan. 

In a previous role, he served as the National Programme Officer for Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the WHO Rwanda country office. 

He spent 10 years coordinating the mobilization of resources and implementation of projects for the Rwandan Ministry of Health and was the coordinator of Rwanda’s National Malaria Control Programme. 

Dr. Ngamije is the former Co-chair of the Pandemic Fund and a member of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB).