ANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes

Anne-Claire AMPROU is the French Ambassador for Global Health. French negotiator for the international agreement on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response from 2022 to 2024, she then co-chaired the negotiations at the World Health Organization until the adoption of the pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly in May 2025. Anne-Claire Amprou is involved in the governance of several global health initiatives, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Pandemic Fund. In December 2025, she has also been appointed Chair of Unitaid. These experiences give her a cross-cutting view of the global health ecosystem and priority issues.

After starting her career as director of hospital, she joined the Inspectorate-General of Social Affairs. She was a member of the Ebola task force and then Deputy Director General for Health at the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health. Before coordinating the French response to the Covid-19 crisis in 2021, she was Chief General Manager of Universcience, a cultural and scientific institute.

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