Devpolicy Talks

Stephen O’Brien on the Roll Back Malaria Partnership's role and the challenges of fighting Malaria

Episode Summary

Stephen O’Brien has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for nearly 15 years. For two and a half years from 2010 he was a development minister in the Department for International Development. He is currently the UK Prime Minister’s envoy to the Sahel. A few weeks ago Jonathan Pryke sat down with Stephen, who was visiting Canberra in his capacity as the Global Advocate for the Roll back Malaria Partnership (RMP), an area in which he has had a personal passion for more than 30 years. This is a podcast of that interview. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/the-roll-back-malaria-partnership-global-advocate-stephen-obrien-on-its-role-and-the-challenges-of-fighting-malaria-20140704/

Episode Notes

Stephen O’Brien has been a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for nearly 15 years. For two and a half years from 2010 he was a development minister in the Department for International Development. He is currently the UK Prime Minister’s envoy to the Sahel. A few weeks ago Jonathan Pryke sat down with Stephen, who was visiting Canberra in his capacity as the Global Advocate for the Roll back Malaria Partnership (RMP), an area in which he has had a personal passion for more than 30 years. This is a podcast of that interview.

Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/the-roll-back-malaria-partnership-global-advocate-stephen-obrien-on-its-role-and-the-challenges-of-fighting-malaria-20140704/