Anders Nordström

Anders Nordström (born 9 March 1960) is a Swedish physician who served as Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) from 22 May 2006 to 8 November 2006.

Nordström trained as a physician at Karolinska Institutet and has experience in the field of national and international health policy and planning and strategic leadership. Nordström worked with the Swedish Red Cross in Cambodia and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Iran. He has also worked for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) for over 12 years, including 3 years in Zambia.

In 2002, he was the Interim Executive Director for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He became Assistant Director-General for General Management at WHO in July 2003 and, on May 2006, Acting Director-General on the death of Lee Jong-wook.^[1] Later named WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Systems and Services, one of his main contributions was to advance policy for manpower in health services, especially for low-income countries.

He was Director general for Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency from January 2008 to May 2010. He was dismissed as Sida's head in May 2010 amid controversy over fraud and corruption in the agency's development aid program in Zambia, with Nordström singled out for attention over lack of proper management.^[2][3][4]

References

1. ↑ "Dr Anders Nordström becomes Acting Director-General of the World Health Organization." Geneva, WHO Press, 22 May 2006.
2. ↑ "Sweden sacks aid agency chief in major overhaul." The Local: Sweden's News in English, 27 May 2010.
3. ↑ "There’s lack of political will in corruption fight - SACCORD." By Ernest Chanda, The Post Online, 2 June 2010.
4. ↑ Pamoja Consulting. "Top Bilateral Donors: A Primer" - 9. Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Accessed 23 June 2011.