Dr Fred Binka is coordinator of the Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance in Cambodia for the World Health Organization (WHO) Mekong Malaria Elimination Project. Prior to joining WHO, he served as the foundation vice-chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana. Previously, he was dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Ghana. Dr Binka worked with the Ministry of Health, Ghana for over 20 years. During this time, he established the internationally acclaimed Navrongo Health Research Centre, where he conducted research on insecticide treated bed nets. A pioneer in health and population research, he has worked in 24 countries across Africa and Asia and also established the INDEPTH Network.

Dr Binka has served on more than a dozen WHO expert committees and panels, including the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee since its inception, and is a trustee of several health-focused international non-governmental organizations, including IVCC and the Malaria Consortium. He is a member of the board of the International Vaccine Institute in Korea and the Council of the Ghana Health Service. Honors received by Dr Binka include: the Rudolf Geigy Award from the R. Geigy Foundation, the Ronald Ross Medal from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and an honorary fellowship at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. He is also the first recipient of the Dr Pascoal Mocumbi Prize from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership and an Officer of the Order of the Volta from the Government of Ghana.

Dr Binka earned a bachelor’s degrees in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Ghana, master’s degree in Public Health from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology from the University of Basel.