The following persons are Board members. Details on the composition of the Board can be found here.
Chair
H.E. Dr Jagat Prakash Nadda
Honourable Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Government of India
Dr. Jagat Prakash Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare; and also Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the Government of India since 11 June 2024. He was born on 2 December 1960 in Patna, Bihar, and holds a B.A. from Patna University and LL.B. from the Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.
Dr. Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Previously, he was Minister of Forest, Environment, Science, and Technology from 2007 to 2012 and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs from 1998 to 2003 in the Himachal Pradesh Government.
Vice-Chair
Mr. Arinze Austin Obiefuna
Executive Director, Afro Global Alliance
Ghana
Mr. Obiefuna Austin Arinze took office as Stop TB Partnership Board Vice-Chair in January 2022. He is a Law graduate from Nigeria resident in Ghana. He used to be a Member of the Developing Country NGO Constituency Delegation to the Stop TB Partnership. Mr. Obiefuna is the Executive Director of Afro Global Alliance. He has chalked many successes including advising governments, CSOs and other partners on public health design and implementation and integrated support programmes including behavioral change, human rights and building partnerships. He has also served in other capacities, was a member and former Vice-Chair of the Ghana Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism CCM, former member of the Ghana National TB Advisory Board, and was the founding National Coordinator of the Stop TB Partnership Ghana. He represents Africa on the Executive Board of the International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases Paris and the Secretary-General of the UNION Africa Region. Mr. Obiefuna is a World Health Organisation consultant and a member of the WHO AFRO Regional Green Light Committee.
