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Assistant Directors-General

Denis Aitken

Denis Aitken

Representative of the Director-General for Partnership and UN Reform

Ala Alwan

Ala'din Alwan

Assistant Director-General - Health Action in Crises

Tim Evans

Tim Evans

Assistant Director-General - Information, Evidence and Research

David L. Heymann

Assistant Director-General - Communicable Diseases

Catherine Le Galès-Camus

Catherine Le Galès-Camus

Assistant Director-General - Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health

Daisy Mafubelu

Assistant Director-General - Family and Community Health

Hiroki Nakatani

Hiroki Nakatani

Assistant Director-General - AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Anders Nordström

Anders Nordström

Assistant Director-General - Health Systems and Services
Former Acting Director-General (23 May 2006 - 3 January 2007)

Andrey V. Pirogov

Andrey V. Pirogov

Assistant Director-General - Executive Director of the WHO Office at the UN

Namita Pradhan

Namita Pradhan

Assistant Director-General - General Management

Suzanne Weber-Mosdorf

Assistant Director-General - Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments

Howard Zucker

Assistant Director-General - Health Technology and Pharmaceuticals

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