Dr Malau appointed as ESP administrator

The former Secretary for Health, Dr Clement Malau, had been appointed as the Provincial Administrator for East Sepik Province.

The National Executive Council made the decision on Tuesday.

Dr Malau took over from the acting Administrator Richard Kombo.

Dr Malau’s credentials include being PNG’s Health Secretary from 2007 to 2011, working with the World Health Organization in Fiji, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Divine Word University and his role in helping to strengthen health systems in Timor Leste.

Dr Malau prior to his appointment said he was motivated to support a leader like East Sepik Governor Governor Allan Bird in his aspirations to make a difference for the people of the East Sepik Province and be an example to the rest of PNG.  

He said he is capable of taking up the provincial administrator’s position despite a background in health due to his credentials with Harvard University.

Malau added that Harvard public health taught him the values of humanity: Fairness, justice, equality, and using evidence for decision making in public health practice.

Dr Malau said this opportunity of being a provincial administrator therefore, excited him to go beyond the health focus and manage other factors that enable all our people to be happy, healthy and wise.

Author: 
Freddy Mou