01410nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001800066653002600084653002600110653001100136653003000147653001200177653001100189653001200200653002400212653001800236100001200254245007200266300001100338490000700349520077400356022001401130       2006                            d  c2006 Aug10aAfrica10aGlobal health10aHistory, 20th Century10aHistory, 21st Century10aHumans10aInternational Cooperation10aleprosy10aNorway10aPoverty10aPreventive Medicine10aPublic health1 aCrump A00aTore Godal: pragmatic opportunist championing global public health.  a378-840 v223 a<p>Recently retired as head of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) secretariat and as a health advisor to leading global entities, Tore Godal is now a Special Advisor to the Norwegian Prime Minister. He is nevertheless continuing to fight for better global health, cogently articulating the needs of the world's poor and disadvantaged. He is a leading leprosy expert, ex-director of the world's premier agency for research and training in tropical diseases, instigator and prime mover of some global innovative public-private health sector partnerships, adept fund mobilizer, and advocate of the 'let's get it done' school of leadership. Few individuals are, therefore, more experienced or better suited for such a crucial and much-needed role.</p>  a1471-4922