World Health Organization Director-General names senior team
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:
- Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, as previously announced, as Deputy Director-General
- Dr Ala Alwan, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Health Action in Crises (formerly a WHO programme)
- Dr Tim Evans, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Information, Evidence and Research
- Dr David Heymann, Assistant Director-General for Communicable Diseases and Representative of the Director-General for the Polio Eradication Initiative
- Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus continues as Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health
- Dr Elizabeth Mason, Assistant Director-General, ad interim, for Family and Community Health
- Dr Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director-General for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Dr Anders Nordström, Assistant Director-General of a new cluster for Health Systems and Services
- Ms Namita Pradhan, Assistant Director-General for General Management
- 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
- 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:
- Mr Denis Aitken as Representative of the Director-General for a new programme on Partnerships and UN Reform
- Dr Bill Kean to continue as Executive Director of the Director-General's Office
- Mr Liu Peilong to continue as an Adviser to the Director-General
- Mr Andrey Pirogov to continue as Assistant Director-General of the WHO Office at the United Nations in New York
- Dr Ian Smith to continue as an Adviser to the Director-General.
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Iain Simpson
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