A MEMOIR
Seeing Through the Storm
Leading Through Crisis and Change
Dr. Olive Sono Shisana has spent four decades at the front lines of global public health — from apartheid South Africa to the World Health Organization in Geneva, from the HIV/AIDS crisis to COVID-19, from exile to advising leaders. Her memoir is the story of how purpose can bend the arc of history.
Foreword & Advance Praise
"Her journey exemplifies values that are urgently needed in today's uncertain world: leadership grounded in empathy, courage rooted in truth, and a steadfast belief that societies flourish when equity and human dignity are upheld."
— Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization
"Olive's story is both deeply personal and universally relevant… proof that resilience, guided by purpose, can indeed bend the arc of history."
— Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Olive Sono Shisana
Dr. Olive Sono Shisana is an internationally respected public health scientist, policy strategist, and institution-builder. She has served as Director-General of South Africa's National Department of Health, Executive Director at the World Health Organization in Geneva, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council, and Special Advisor on Social Policy to the President of South Africa. She is the recipient of the national Order of the Baobab. Learn more.
