A doctor who led the UN in the crises of Covid and Ebola

Its role was also important in other sanitary emergencies. He coordinated the UN in the Ebola epidemic and the first outbreaks of avian flu, for example.

Nabarro was decorated by King Charles 3rd. He received the title of Knight in 2023. Earlier, in 2018, he received the World Food Prize, the “Nobel Nobel for Food” for his efforts to fight hunger.

The Briton survived an attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003. At the time, 22 people died and dozens were injured. “We found first aid kits, took bandages and turned people aside. We were working as in a mist, with moans and shouts everywhere,” he said later.

Nabarro leaves his wife, five children and seven grandchildren.

David was a great defender of global health and health equity, as well as a generous mentor to countless people.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of WHO