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Chief of Staff, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Marijke Wijnroks joined the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as its Chief of Staff on 15 July 2013.
In her position she has abroad responsibility and a particular focus on gender and human rights and on engaging with all partners in the cause of global health. Before joining the Global Fund Marijke Wijnroks was Ambassador for HIV/AIDS and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and also Deputy Director of the Social Development Department, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands.
In that position she has overseenpolicy and strategy development in areas related to HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, education and civil society.
She earned a medical degree from Maastricht University in the Netherlands and a degree intropical health and medicine from the Institutefor Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium.