Helga Fogstad

Helga Fogstad took up the role of UNICEF’s director of health in December 2023. She is a health economist with more than 30 years of public health experience. Before joining UNICEF, she was the executive director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. She has also held several roles at the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, including director of the Department of Global Health, Education and Research.

Health

Preventing child deaths in conflict and humanitarian settings is a political choice

Despite incredible progress in reducing preventable deaths, malnutrition and disease rates, there...