Facts: - residence: brazzaville republic of the congo - title: '' for africa ' regional director '' ' who regional office - years active: 1980s -- present - known for: administrative skills , integrity - home town: gaborone - name: rebecca moeti - citizenship: botswana - nationality: botswana - birth place: botswana - religion: christian - alma mater: '' -rrb- '' ' london school of hygiene and tropical medicine ' '' ' -lrb- - -rrb- university of london '' ' -lrb- - - occupation: physician , public health specialist & medical administrator Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rebecca moeti .
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dr. matshidiso rebecca moeti is a physician , public health specialist and medical administrator .she is the current regional director of the who regional office for africa -lrb- afro -rrb- , headquartered in brazzaville , the republic of the congo .she was appointed to that position on 27 january 2015 , by the world health organization 's executive board , sitting at its 136th session , in geneva , switzerland .she assumes office on 1 february 2015 , to serve a renewable five year term .this followed the endorsement of the health ministers of the 47 member countries in the africa region , at their meeting in cotonou , benin , in november 2014 .she replaced dr. luis gomez sambo of angola , who served as the director of afro from 2005 until 2015 .