Luís Gomes Sambo
{{Short description|Angolan physician and politician}}
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| office = Regional Director of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa
| term_start = 2005
| predecessor = Ebrahim M. Samba
| successor = Matshidiso Moeti
| office2 = National Assembly Member
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| office3 = Vice Minister of Health
| term_start3 = 1983
| term_end3 = 1988
| president3 = José Eduardo dos Santos
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| education = University of Angola, Portuguese Medical Association, University of Hull
| occupation = Physician, politician
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Luís Gomes Sambo (born {{abbr|c.|circa}} 1950) is an Angolan medical doctor and politician who served as vice minister of health. He previously worked at the World Health Organization (WHO) in various positions before rising to the position of regional director in 2005.{{Citation |date=2012-10-19 |title=African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development |volume=12 |issue=54 |doi=10.18697/ajfand.54 |issn=1684-5374|doi-access=free }} His term as director ended on 31 January 2015.
Education
Sambo studied for a bachelor's degree in medicine at the University of Angola and a diploma in Public Health at the Portuguese Medical Association. After his medical studies, he enrolled for a PhD in Management at the University of Hull, United Kingdom.{{Cite journal |last=Kapp |first=Clare |date=February 2005 |title=Luis Gomes Sambo takes over as WHO's AFRO chief |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17852-0 |journal=The Lancet |volume=365 |issue=9458 |pages=467 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(05)17852-0 |s2cid=32872667 |issn=0140-6736}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afro.who.int/regional-director/former-regional-director/dr-luis-gomes-sambo|title=Dr Luis Gomes Sambo|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=2023-11-14}}
Career
Sambo entered civil service in the ministry of health. He was director of Health Services in Cabinda Province and later became the director of the International Cooperation department of the Ministry of Health. After this he was appointed vice-minister of health serving concurrently as chair of the National Health Committee and coordinator of public hospitals in Luanda.{{Cite journal |last1=Sambo |first1=Luis Gomes |last2=Kirigia |first2=Joses Muthuri |date=2014-10-28 |title=Investing in health systems for universal health coverage in Africa |journal=BMC International Health and Human Rights |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=28 |doi=10.1186/s12914-014-0028-5 |pmid=25345988 |pmc=4422225 |s2cid=16254306 |issn=1472-698X|doi-access=free }} At the international level, he served as WHO's regional director for Africa, director of programme management, and director of the Division of Health Services Development. He later became country representative for Guinea Bissau and chief of the Inter-Country Strategic Support Team for Southern/East African countries.{{Cite journal |date=1998-12-04 |title=SLAC Chief Steps Down |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.282.5395.1811c |journal=Science |volume=282 |issue=5395 |pages=1811c–1811 |doi=10.1126/science.282.5395.1811c|s2cid=172202929 }}{{Cite journal |last= |date=May 2006 |title=The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called for a "special approach" to address the needs of children with HIV infections/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria |journal=Inpharma Weekly |volume= |issue=1537 |pages=3 |doi=10.2165/00128413-200615370-00003 |s2cid=195110411 |issn=1173-8324|doi-access=free }}
He belongs to multiple medical organizations including the Portuguese Medical Association, International Editorial Board of the Global Library of Women's Medicine, and the International Society of Systems Sciences. He is currently a member of the Angolan parliament.
References
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{{succession box|title=WHO Regional Director for Africa||before=Ebrahim M. Samba
1995-2005|after=Matshidiso Moeti
2015-present |years=2005-2015}}
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Category:21st-century Angolan politicians
Category:Agostinho Neto University alumni
Category:World Health Organization officials