Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate

Profile Summary

Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate has a track record of significant leadership in global health, with management experience spanning both Governmental and non-Governmental sectors. He has technical expertise on the subject matter of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; a track record of creating impactful and sustainable strategic partnerships; operational management and execution experience in various countries within multi-lateral development contexts; and leadership experience in senior levels in Government. His public-sector experience includes serving as Minister of State for Health in Nigeria for two years, following a successful tenure as Executive Director/Chief Executive of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), where he played decisive role in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s efforts in Nigeria. Prior to his public service in Nigeria he served in various capacities in the Africa and East Asia and Pacific regions of the World Bank Group based in Washington, DC. He also currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Big Win Philanthropy, a UK- and US-registered private foundation, whose projects include a partnership to accelerate the elimination of mother-to-child HIV infection in Kenya. He also has significant experience working with the private sector to achieve public health outcomes, including serving as an Advisor on the Merck for Mothers initiative. Dr. Pate is an American-trained specialist physician with board certifications in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He has a strong academic background, holding a medical degree from Nigeria, an MBA degree with a health sector concentration from Duke University, USA, and a Masters in Health System Management from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK. He is currently an adjunct professor at Duke Global Health Institute. He is married and a proud father of four daughters and two sons.


Philanthropic Leadership and Management: Founding CEO, responsible to the Board Chair for overall leadership and management of Big Win Philanthropy’s operational and administrative functions.

Led the definition of the strategic direction and vision for the new UK and US-based philanthropic foundation with substantial endowed assets.

Managed execution of the organization’s strategic agenda of supporting national leaders who aspire to transform their countries’ economic trajectory by investing in human capital focused on children and youth.

Collaborated with the Chief Operating Officer to ensure that the organization’s structure, operational policies and other business processes are developed to standards expected of world-class charitable organizations, and that financial resources are planned and utilized efficiently and effectively, ensuring value for money while upholding the highest ethical standards and full compliance with regulatory stipulations.

Promoted the image of the organization to external stakeholders in governments, multi-lateral institutions and other non-governmental organizations, through public speaking roles as well as strategic media outreach


Promoted the image of the organization to external stakeholders in governments, multi-lateral institutions and other non-governmental organizations, through public speaking roles as well as strategic media outreach.

Achieved, within an 18-month period, a good working environment for staff deployed in US, UK, Germany and Kenya, to deliver on a portfolio that includes investments to support: the African Development Bank (AfDB); Harvard’s Ministerial Leadership Program for Health, Education and Finance Ministers; Kenya’s Council of Governors; and the Liberian Presidency and its Ministry of Education.


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Professional Experience

Chief Executive Officer, Big Win Philanthropy July 31, 2015 - Present

Richard L. and Ronay Menschel Senior Leadership Fellowship 3 2016, Division of Policy Translation and Leadership Development Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA, August - October 2016


Young Professional/Health Specialist, Africa Region, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA, August 2000 – June 2001


Instructor in Medicine and Infectious Diseases Fellow, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA, July 1998 – July 2000


Co-Chair and Founding Board member, Private Sector Health Alliance (PHN) 4 of Nigeria (supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), June 2010 - Present


Member of Advisory Board, Merck for Mothers, Merck & Co. USA, June 2014 - Present

Co-chair of Harvard-London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Independent Panel on the Global Ebola Response, February 2014 - December 2015


Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chigari Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria, May 2014 - Present


Visiting Professor, Duke Global Health Institute 6 , Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA, July 2013 - July 2015


Chair and Vice-Chair, Global Agenda Council on Population Growth, World Economic Forum (WEF), June 2011 – June 2013


Federal Cabinet Minister (Minister of State for Health), Federal Republic of Nigeria, July 2011 – July 2013


Chief Executive, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Abuja, Nigeria, November 2008 – July 2011


Human Development Sector Coordinator/Senior Health Specialist, East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA, May 2006 – October 2008


Senior Health Specialist (2005–2006) and Public Health Specialist (2002–2005), World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA, November 2001 – May 2006


Health Specialist, seconded from World Bank to the District of Columbia Government Department of Health, USA, June 2001 – November 2001



Resident Physician and Chief Resident (in 1998), Howard University Hospital, DC General Hospital Greater South East Community Hospital, Washington, DC, July 1995 – July 1998

Medical Officer, British Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia, February 1993 – June 1995


Assistant Lecturer/Senior House Officer, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Nigeria, August 1992 – February 1993

Medical Officer, Nassarawa Hospital, Kano, Nigeria, July 1991 – August 1992

House Officer, Ahmadu Bello University Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, July 1990 – July 1991

Academic Qualifications

Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree and Certificate in Health Sector Management, Duke University, Durham, NC (USA), June 2006

Master of Science (MSc.) in Health Systems Management, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, August 2000

Medical Doctor Degrees (MB; BS) Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, June 1990

Other Awards and Recognition

Senior Fellow of the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI), Inducted at Yale University,

New Haven Connecticut, April 2015

Geneva Health Forum Award, Geneva, Switzerland,

May 2014, for outstanding contribution to global health and development

Harvard Health Leadership Award 2012, Harvard Ministerial Leaders Forum, Harvard School of Public Health/Kennedy School, Boston MA,

June 2012 Honored as Chigarin Misau, by HRH Alhaji Muhammadu Manga III, Emir of Misau, Bauchi State, Nigeria 2014, and Dan Iyan Ibbi, in Taraba State, Nigeria 2015

World Bank Spot Award for Effective Team Leadership in 2008, awarded by Country Director for the Pacific Department

World Bank Spot Award for Effective Team Leadership in 2006, awarded by Director East Asia Human Development

World Bank Spot Award for Effective Team Leadership in 2005, awarded by Director, Africa Region Human Development

World Bank Spot Award for Contribution to the HDNHE 2002, awarded by Director Health Nutrition and Population

Excellence Award, awarded for Peer Review of the US Journal of the National Medical Association, 2003


Outstanding Performance Award, Howard University Hospital Internal Medicine, 1998

Merit Award, American College of Physicians, 1997

Outstanding Performance Award, Howard University Hospital Internal Medicine, 1996

Merit Award, Ahmadu Bello University Medical Students Association, 1992

Service Award, International Federation of Medical Students Association, 1990

Merit Award, Federation of African Medical Students Association, 1989

Distinctions in Anatomy and Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, 1987

Distinction in Anatomy, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria 1986

Contributions to Peer-reviewed Publications and Book Chapters

About 45 publications

1. Bali S, Stewart KA, Pate MA. Long shadow of fear in an epidemic: fearonomic effects of Ebola on the private sector in Nigeria. BMJ Global Health 2016;1: e000111. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2016-

2. Moon, S. et al Will Ebola change the game? Ten essential reforms before the next pandemic. The report of the Harvard-LSHTM Independent Panel on the Global Response to Ebola. The Lancet, Volume 386, Issue 10009, 2204-2221


3. Emmanuel Jimenez and Muhammad Pate. Reaping a Demographic Dividend in Africa’s Largest Country: Nigeria. Africa’s Population: In Search of a Demographic Dividend. Eds. Hans Groth, John May. Springer. (In Press, due 2017)


4. Upfill-Brown, Alexander M., Hil M Lyons, Muhammad A. Pate et al. "Predictive spatial risk model of poliovirus to aid prioritization and hasten eradication in Nigeria." BMC Medicine 12 (2014): 92. Academic OneFile. Web. 23 July 2014.

5. Ugo Okoli, Laura Morris, Adetokunbo Oshin, Muhammad A Pate, et al. Conditional cash transfer schemes in Nigeria: potential gains for maternal and child health service uptake in a national pilot program. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014 14: 408. doi: 10.1186/s12884-014-0408-9.


6. Abimbola S, Okoli U, Olubajo O, Abdullahi MJ, Pate MA (2012) The Midwives Service Scheme in Nigeria. PLoS Med 9(5): e1001211. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001211

7. Goitom G. Weldegebriel, Alex Gasasira, Pauline Harvey, Balcha Masresha, James L. Goodson, Muhammad A. Pate et al. Measles Resurgence Following a Nationwide Measles Vaccination Campaign in Nigeria, 2005 – 2008. The Journal of Infectious Diseases 204 Suppl 1(suppl 1): S226-31 · July 2011

8. Jimoh L, Pate MA, Lin L, Schulman KA. A model of adoption of ICT by health workers in Africa. International Journal of Med. Informatics. 2012 Nov;81(11):773-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Sep 15



30. Pate M.A., Doh F., Perlin E., Chisholm R., Dawkins F. “AIDS-Associated Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in an African-American Population”. Journal of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human Retrovirology. Volume 14, Number 4, April 1997 (also presented as poster at the First National AIDS Malignancy Conference, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA).

31. Pate M.A., Adegbola R.A., Ison C., Corrah T. “Neisseria gonorrhoea endocarditis”. Tropical Doctor, 1996, 26: 131.

32. Pate M.A. “Peak of the Season”. Annals of Internal Medicine. Journal of the American College of Physicians. 1996. 124: 69

33. Pate M.A. “Neuroimmunological Pathogenesis of Protein Energy Malnutrition: A Hypothesis”. Accepted for Publication by the Journal of Medical Hypothesis, November 5, 1993.

34. Mukhtar A.S., Pate M.A., Egler J.L. “Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of fresh Nigerian graduates on the prevention of HIV transmission”. Abstract no 26, 9th International Conferences on AIDS and 4th Sexually Transmitted Diseases World Congress, Berlin, Germany. June 1993.

35. Abdulkadir S.A., Pate M.A. “Vitamin B Complex in Chloroquine Induced Pruritus” (letter). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 1990. 84 (6): 898 36. Pate M.A.

“The Health Problems of ‘Almajiris’ in Zaria City, Northern Nigeria”. Thesis submitted to the Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the MB: BS degrees, June 1990.

Racoon your input is need here.

Racoon:
Happy for Prof Pate. He is a thorough bred. Kudos to Tinubu for that but he is still seating on a fraudulent electoral mandate. Thank goodness former Atiku Badaru and Gandollar didn't enter that list.

You are starting to talk like Reno Omokiri. That's good.

Minister of health. Tinubu didn't disappoint us.

God bless jagaban the president of the federal republic of Nigeria and biafra Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu Jagaban the Eze-Chukwu of Igbo land

Excellent pick.. we hope they all perform very well

Coordinating Minister of Health.

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I have heard a lot about the guy and I believe he'll work to fix our health sector.. he should revamp Federal Ministry of Health, NAFDAC and ensure they work together with SON, Consumers Protection agency and co. to protect Nigerians from poisonous foods and drugs now being released into the Nigerian markets. Too many cancerous products now in our markets.
Another thing I want him to check is the influx of Genetically Modified Foods and Seeds (GMOS) with approval from Nigeria's Bio Regulation Agencies. Those harmful modified organisms shouldn't be entering Nigeria at the rate they are entering.