Michael Rabbow

Dr. Michael Rabbow is appointed doctor in General Medicine and holds a MSc degree in Community Health. He currently covers the postition as Chairman of the Privat Sector Advisory Board at the GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) and holds the Position as Senior Advisor at E&P Focus Africa Consulting. He is formerTeam Leader with Corporate Public Affairs at Boehringer Ingelheim. His responsibilities included access policy development, liaison with international, bilateral and national government institutions and development organisations. Michael was the Executive Director of the company's Access to Health Care Conference dealing with all healthcare related aspects in developing countries. He was the liaison official for health care supporting activities. Also, he renderd strategic support to Making more Health, a joint Boehringer Ingelheim/Ashoka initiative to support social entrepreneurship globally. Michael is board member of German Africa Foundation (DAS), board member of the German-Namibian Association (DNG). He has 29 years of working experience in the field of International Health. Previous positions include Head of Dept of Health Care at a German consulting agency working for EC projects in South-and South East Asia, Senior Researcher at the Dept of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health at Heidelberg University and Head of Programmes at the former German Foundation for International Development (DSE). From 1991 to 1998 he was Chief Medical Officer at the Directorate of PHC and Nursing Services, Ministry of Health and Social Services.in Windhoek, Namibia, dealing mainly with communicable diseases control in the SADC region. In Namibia he also worked in a mission hospital during the struggle in the North in the mid-1980s.