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Pate served as the Executive Director of Nigeria's National Primary Health Care Development Agency,[6][7] and was later appointed as Nigeria's Minister of State for Health in July 2011.[8] He resigned on 24 July 2013 to take up a professorship at Duke University Global Health Institute.[9][10][11][12] He later served as the Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy and as the Global Director for Health, Nutrition, and Population.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
Before his appointment to the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in 2008, Pate had a 10-year career at the World Bank, where he led health sector reform programs in Africa, East Asia, and other regions.[22] He held senior positions, such as Senior Health Specialist and Human Development Sector Coordinator for the East Asia/Pacific Region and Senior Health Specialist for the African Region.[23] He initiated a public-private partnership to replace a national referral hospital in Lesotho.[24]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed him in August 2023 as Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. During his tenure, he has announced initiatives related to healthcare delivery and social welfare programs.[27] With Nigeria’s population exceeding 220 million in 2023, his tenure has focused on addressing healthcare accessibility and social welfare challenges.[28] His policies have addressed issues including healthcare accessibility, poverty, and literacy.[27]
He has overseen changes at the National Health Insurance Authority of Nigeria, including efforts to expand coverage and lower healthcare costs.[29] In 2023 and 2024, he oversaw the extension of basic healthcare provisions, distributing 45,900,000,000 naira to 8,800 Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC),[30] expanding the malaria vaccine (RTSS) rollout, and improving immunization and maternal health programs in rural Nigerian PHCs.[31] Furthermore, he introduced solutions that improved maternal health across 172 local government areas of Nigeria,[32] community health engagement and social welfare integration,[33] and introduced primary healthcare sustainability through domestic financing and private-sector partnerships by mobilizing domestic resources.[34]
Recognitions and awards
Among several national and international accolades he has received for his contributions to the health sector in Nigeria,[35][36] he was included in Time magazine's "100 Health 2025" list, where he was recognized for shaping Nigeria's healthcare system.[37]
Other details
In 2012, the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program awarded him the title of Harvard Health Leader.[38] He holds the traditional title of Chigari (or Knight) in Misau.
Pate, Muhammad Ali; Gyapong, John O.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Hopkins, Adrian; Hozumi, Dairiku; Malecela, Mwelecele; Tyson, Stewart (2011). "Group Report: Designing Elimination or Eradication Initiatives that Interface Effectively with Health Systems". Disease Eradication in the 21st Century. pp.273–286. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016735.003.0019. ISBN978-0-262-01673-5.
Baris, E., Silverman, R., Wang, H., Zhao, F., Pate, M., Walking the Talk: Reimagining Primary Healthcare in the post-COVID-19 era. Published by the World Bank, April 2022.
Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 17th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2021.
Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 16th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2019.
Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 15th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2018.
Liam Donaldson, Thomas Frieden, Susan Goldstein, Muhammad Pate. Every virus. 14th Report of the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). June 2017.
Emmanuel Jimenez and Muhammad Pate. Reaping a Demographic Dividend in Africa's Largest Country: Nigeria. In: Hans Groth & John F. May, eds. "Africa's Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend", Dordrecht: Springer Publishers, 2017 (ISBN 978-3-319-46887-7).
Muhammad Pate. Contributor to "The Art and Science of Delivery": McKinsey's Voices on Society, Published in 2013 in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum.
Pate, Muhammad Ali; Gyapong, John O.; Dowdle, Walter R.; Hopkins, Adrian; Hozumi, Dairiku; Malecela, Mwelecele; Tyson, Stewart (2011). "Group Report: Designing Elimination or Eradication Initiatives that Interface Effectively with Health Systems". Disease Eradication in the 21st Century. pp.273–286. doi:10.7551/mitpress/9780262016735.003.0019. ISBN978-0-262-01673-5.
Pate, Muhammad Ali; Schoppig, Joel (2012). "Africa's Growing Giant – Population Dynamics in Nigeria". Population Dynamics in Muslim Countries. pp.211–224. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-27881-5_13. ISBN978-3-642-27880-8.
Pate M.A., Beeharry G., Abramson W. Improving health care access for the poor: A case study of the Washington, D.C. public health care reforms. Presented at the 4th Europe and the Americas conference on health sector reforms, February 2002, Malaga, Spain.
↑ "Muhammad A. Pate". The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
↑ "Muhammad A. Pate". The Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era. 2 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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