Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku
Government meeting, 2021
Deputy Minister of Health
Assumed office
March 2021
PresidentGlauk Konjufca (acting)
Vjosa Osmani
Prime MinisterAlbin Kurti
MinisterArben Vitia
Herself (acting)
Rifat Latifi
Minister of Health (acting)
In office
1 October 2021 – 16 November 2021
PresidentVjosa Osmani
Prime MinisterAlbin Kurti
Preceded byArben Vitia
Succeeded byRifat Latifi
Assumed office
7 October 2021
Preceded byRifat Latifi
Personal details
BornGjakova, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
(now Kosovo)
NationalityKosovan Albanian
Political partyVetëvendosje
EducationUniversity of Prishtina

Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku is a Kosovar Albanian epidemiologist and current deputy minister of health of the Republic of Kosovo. After a successful career with the Kosovo Institute of Public Health, she joined the second Kurti government as deputy minister in March 2021. She acted as minister from 1 October to 16 November 2021.[1][2]

Education

Gexha-Bunjaku received her MD degree from the University of Prishtina in 2004, after a hiatus during the Kosovo War and its aftermath. In 2011, she completed her residency with the National Institute of Public Health and obtained an MBA in health management from a joint program of the University of Prishtina and the University of Vienna.

Career

From 2000 to 2013, Gexha-Bunjaku worked with the World Health Organization office in Prishtina, HLSP Institute, and other health-related programs and consultancies assisting the Ministry of Health. In January 2008, she joined the National Institute for Public Health as an epidemiologist – a position she held for over 13 years, until her current government position.[3]

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo, while part of the national public health institute, Gexha-Bunjaku helped draft prevention and control measures that received international praise. She also served as the Kosovo coordinator for the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and co-designed the family medicine program supported by WHO and the UK Royal College of General Practitioners.[4]

Gexha-Bunjaku's research on HIV and communicable diseases has been published internationally.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku, ushtruese e detyrës së ministres së Shëndetësisë". Telegrafi. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku". Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kosovo. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku". LinkedIn. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Profili i u.d.ministres së Shëndetësisë, Dafina Gexha-Bunjaku". Albinfo.ch. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Dafina Gexha Bunjaku". Research Gate. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
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