Gertrudes Jose Machatine

Gertrudes Jose Machatine is Director of Planning and Co-operation in the Ministry of health in Mozambique.

Dr Gertrudes Machatine, is Director of Planning and Cooperation at the Ministry of Health in Mozambique. She is responsible for organizing the planning process in order to ensure coherency among Mission, Vision, and General Objectives. In the area of cooperation, she co-ordinates the cooperation process with multilateral and bilateral partners and she is also responsible for negotiating loans with different financial institutions.

In her previous position she was Director of Administration and Management in the Ministry of Health. She was responsible for management of funds, supply of equipment and other medical materials, excluding drugs.

She is a qualified medical doctor with a Masters in International Health from Copenhagen University. Since 2000, Dr Machatine has been Assistant Lecturer at Eduardo Mondlane University and a Public Health Specialist since 2010.