WHO Patient Safety Secretariat
The WHO Patient Safety Secretariat has a staff of dedicated and talented people, most of whom operate out of WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and the WHO Office for Patient Safety in London, UK. WHO Patient Safety has established patient safety focal points in the six WHO Regional Offices who lead regional patient safety work in collaboration with the Secretariat.
WHO Envoy for Patient Safety
Sir Liam Donaldson
Staff at WHO headquarters
Dr Edward Kelley
Coordinator, Patient Safety Programme
Dr Benedetta Allegranzi
Deputy Lead, "Clean Care is Safer Care", Patient Safety Programme
Dr Sepideh Bagheri Nejad
"Clean Care is Safer Care", Patient Safety Programme
Claire Kilpatrick
Programme Manager, "Clean Care is Safer Care", Patient Safety Programme
Dr Itziar Larizgoitia
Research for Patient Safety, Patient Safety Programme
Dr Angela Lashoher
Patient Safety Programme
Dr Agnès Leotsakos
Leader, Patient Safety Education and Global Capacity Building, Patient Safety Programme
Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier
Manager, Small Grants for Patient Safety Research, Patient Safety Programme
John Shumbusho
Budget & Finance Officer, Patient Safety Programme
Dr Shams Syed
Programme Manager, African Partnerships for Patient Safety, Patient Safety Programme
Administrative Staff
Gheorghe Banica
Armorel Duncan
Gabriela Garcia Castillejos
Sooyeon Hwang
Laura Pearson
Staff at the WHO Office for Patient Safety in London, UK
Rachel Gooden
African Partnerships for Patient Safety, Patient Safety Programme
Julie Storr
African Partnerships for Patient Safety, Patient Safety Programme
Anna Lee
Patients for Patient Safety, Patient Safety Programme