David Nabarro

Who is David Nabarro?

Dr. David Nabarro, studied at Oxford and London Universities and qualified as a physician in 1973. Dr. Nabarro worked as the Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza at United Nations Headquarters in New York. He was seconded to this position from the World Health Organization.

In September 2005, Dr. Nabarro joined the office of the UN Secretary General as Senior Coordinator for Avian and Pandemic Influenza.

In January 2009 he was given the additional responsibility of coordinating the UN system’s High Level Task Force on Global Food Security and was appointed, in October, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Food Security and Nutrition.

Since January 2010 he has worked with the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and was appointed SUN Movement co-ordinator in January 2012.