Eyitayo Lambo
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Eyitayo Lambo was appointed the Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

n Federal Minister of Health in July 2003, holding office until May 2007 during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo.

Background

Lambo was born on 28 December 1944. He attended the University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria...

, University of Rochester
University of Rochester
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 (USA) and University of Lancaster (UK).

He earned B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in economics and a Ph.D. degree in operations research applied to health systems. Professor Lambo taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Universities of Ibadan, Ilorin and Bendel State, 1974 to 1992.

He was elected a Fellow for Operations Research (England) in 1986. He was a consultant lecturer to the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria, the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank and the African Development Bank.

He was also external examiner to several Universities, including the City University of London.

Lambo was the Regional Adviser for health sector reforms, health care financing and health in socioeconomic development in the World Health Organization
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's regional office for Africa from 1990 to 1999.

He was Director of the Change Agent (for Health Sector Reform) Program developed by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK with the Federal Government of Nigeria from October 2001 to July 2003.

Professor Lambo has published over sixty papers, articles and books in the areas of quantitative economics, modeling, operations research applied to health, strategic management, and health economics.

Minister of Health

In July 2003, Lambo was appointed Minister of Health of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, holding office until May 2007. He was one of the few politically neutral technocrats to serve under the administration. He had a strong focus on long term health sector reform and good governance.
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