Stewart Tyson
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Stewart Tyson has been appointed to the post of Chief Executive Office of LATH. He joins LATH from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) where he was the Head of Profession for Health from 2004-2008, providing expert advice on the strategic direction and quality of DFID’s policies, research agenda and country support.
He has worked in international health development over the past 25 years including periods with the Overseas Development Administration (ODA) and DFID, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the European Commission, Save the Children UK and the Government of Vanuatu. He has broad experience across the international health agenda including sexual and reproductive health including HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, district health service delivery, and communicable disease control. He is particularly interested in delivery of more effective aid through sector wide working and in broad based efforts to strengthen national health systems in low income settings.
He trained in medicine in Liverpool and holds a Masters degree in Community Health in Developing Countries from LSTM.
