[afro-nets] World Health Organization Director-General names senior team

["Claudio Schuftan" <claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn>]

World Health Organization Director-General names senior team
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New structure reflects WHO's core areas of work

22 FEBRUARY 2007 | GENEVA -- Today, Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), named her senior team to lead the health programmes, or "clusters" at WHO headquarters. Dr Chan also announced a revised structure including three new clusters, in order to realign WHO's structure with the six core areas she has identified to take WHO's work forward: health development, health security, health systems capacity, evidence and information, partnership, and performance.

The senior team: 

  a.. Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, as previously announced, as Deputy Director-General 
  b.. Dr Ala Alwan, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Health Action in Crises (formerly a WHO programme) 
  c.. Dr Tim Evans, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Information, Evidence and Research 
  d.. Dr David Heymann, Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases and Representative of the Director-General for the Polio Eradication Initiative 
  e.. Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus continues as Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health 
  f.. Dr Elizabeth Mason, Assistant Director-General, ad interim, for Family and Community Health 
  g.. Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director-General for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 
  h.. Dr Anders Nordström, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Health Systems and Services 
  i.. Ms Namita Pradhan, Assistant Director-General for General Management 
  j.. Ms Susanne Weber-Mosdorf continues as Assistant Director-General for Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, and Representative of the Director-General on European Union Affairs 
  k.. Dr Howard Zucker continues as Assistant Director-General for Health, Technology and Pharmaceuticals and Representative of the Director-General on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Public Health 

In addition, Dr Chan has announced: 
  a.. Mr Denis Aitken as Representative of the Director-General for a new programme on Partnerships and UN Reform 
  b.. Dr Bill Kean to continue as Executive Director of the Director-General's Office 
  c.. Mr Liu Peilong to continue as an Adviser to the Director-General 
  d.. Mr Andrey Pirogov to continue as Assistant Director-General of the WHO Office at the United Nations in New York 
  e.. Dr Ian Smith to continue as an Adviser to the Director-General. 

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Claudio Schuftan
mailto:claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn