WHO’s Covid-19 special envoy David Nabarro dies at age 75
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Dr David Nabarro called for more global cooperation and aid to poorer countries at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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- Dr David Nabarro, WHO's special envoy for Covid-19 and champion of global health, has died at 75, announced by WHO on July 26.
- He advocated for global cooperation during the pandemic, describing it as "nothing like anything else we've ever seen".
- Nabarro was also co-director at Imperial College and was a WHO director-general candidate in 2017.
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LONDON - Dr David Nabarro, the World Health Organisation's special envoy for Covid-19 since the early stages of the outbreak in 2020, has died at the age of 75, the WHO said on July 26.
“David was a great champion of global health and health equity, and a wise, generous mentor to countless individuals,” World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said of the Briton in a post on X.
Dr Nabarro was also co-director of the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College in London.
At the height of the pandemic in 2021, Dr Nabarro called for more global cooperation and aid to poorer countries during a health crisis he said was “nothing like anything else we’ve ever seen in my professional life”.
In 2017, he was a candidate for WHO director-general, finishing second to Dr Tedros in the election. REUTERS
