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Dr. Pécoul earned a medical degree from the French University of Clermont Ferrand, France, and a Master’s of Public Health from Tulane University in the U.S. He joined Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) as a volunteer physician in 1983; in Honduras, he provided healthcare to refugees from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. In 1985, still with MSF, he moved to Thailand and Malaysia, managing public health projects for refugees from Vietnam, Burma, and Laos. He was a co-founder and director of research and training from 1988-1991 at Epicentre, an epidemiological research organization in Paris, France. Then, from 1991-1998, he was the Executive Director of the French section of MSF, where he oversaw 100 field projects in 40 countries. From 1998 to 2003, Dr. Pécoul was Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières’ Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines, whose goal is to increase access to essential medicines in developing countries by advocating for a combination of policies: lower drug prices on a sustainable basis, increased research on neglected diseases, and production of unprofitable but medically necessary drugs. While at MSF, Dr. Pécoul had been active in the creation of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi), which was finally launched as a foundation in July 2003. In October 2003, he was selected as Executive Director of the fledgling Initiative. DNDi is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to develop and make available drugs that treat neglected diseases (such as sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease) that afflict the poor in developing countries. As executive director, Bernard is coordinating the entire research and development initiative and managing a team of project managers and scientists who are located in various parts of the world, particularly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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Bernard Pécoul has been Executive Officer of the Geneva-based Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) since its inception in 2003.
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