Michel Zaffran is Regional Vice-Chair for south Europe of Rotary International « Countdown to History campaign Committee ».
He was the End Polio Now Coordinator for Region 14 (France, French speaking Belgium, Andorra, and Monaco) for the period 2021-2023.
He is currently the chair of the PolioPlus commission for District 1710 (Lyon Region) and the past President of his Rotary Club (Gex-Divonne)
During the period 2016-2021, Michel Zaffran was the Director of the Polio Eradication programme at the World Health Organization. During that time, he was also the chair of the Strategy Committee of the Global Polio Eradication initiative (GPEI).
He retired from WHO In March of 2021 after 33 years of service during which he has held several positions:
- Director of the Expanded Programme on Immunization.
- Director of project Optimize, a WHO-PATH collaboration aimed at catalyzing a shared vision of the future of immunization logistics and supply chain systems.
- Coordinator in charge of Vaccine Prequalification, Vaccine Supply Chain Management, and Financing of immunization programmes.
- WHO representative on the Working Group which designed and Launched Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Deputy Executive Secretary of Gavi 2006-2007.
Michel Zaffran is a French National born in Algeria. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale (France) and a certificate in Tropical Epidemiology