Robert Mugabe has been controversially appointed as health ambassador for the World Health Organisation.
The 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe - who oversaw plummeting life expectancy in his own country - will supposedly co-ordinate the United Nations organisation's battle against heart disease, cancer and diabetes across Africa.
The role - which comes with the title of 'WHO goodwill ambassador' - will be to encourage African governments to introduce policies to reduce smoking and drinking, improve diets and increase exercise.
Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe's foreign affairs minister, said the appointment was a 'major diplomacy coup' for the country and claimed Mugabe is 'very passionate about non-communicable diseases'.



The 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe - who oversaw plummeting life expectancy in his own country - will supposedly co-ordinate the United Nations organisation's battle against heart disease, cancer and diabetes across Africa

Mugabe took power in Zimbabwe in 1980, overseeing the worst episode of hyperinflation and economic collapse ever seen anywhere in the world.
Life expectancy in Zimbabwe dropped from 61 in 1985 to 44 in 2003, according to World Bank figures, largely down to the nation's crumbling economy and widespread poverty.
Life expectancy has since recovered to about 60 - but is still not as high as it was in the mid-1980s.
Mugabe is credited as the architect of his country's economic crisis by breaking up the farms that had provided the back-bone of his country's infrastructure, seizing the land from white farm owners and redistributing it to gain political support.
At the height of the crisis in 2009, the UN was feeding seven million Zimbabweans, more than two-thirds of the population. Yet Mugabe has pledged never to give up the presidency.


Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5001502/Robert-Mugabe-appointed-goodwill-ambassador-WHO.html


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I hope Okorocha wud also unveil the statue of Mugabe

both who and UNESCO are confused

Lolzzz.. Well considering he's still full of health at 93 and suffers any know ailment associated with old age, he's in a beta position to b an ambassador for health..

This man squandered a chance to be another Mandela