World Health Day

Contacts for World Health Day 2008

International Organizations should contact WHO headquarters:

World Health Day 2008 - headquarters contacts

Dr Maria Neira
Director
Department of Public Health and Environment
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 791 5526
Fax: +41 22 791 4127
E-mail: whd2008@who.int

Nada Osseiran
World Health Day 2008 Coordinator
Communications and Advocacy Officer
Department of Public Health and Environment
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 22 791 4475
Fax: +41 22 791 4127
E-mail: whd2008@who.int

National and local organizations should contact the respective WHO country office. In countries where there is no WHO country office, the relevant WHO regional office should be contacted.

Regional organizations should contact the respective WHO regional offices:

WHO regional office contacts

WHO African Region

Dr Lucien Manga
Regional Adviser
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Telephone: +47 241 39338
E-mail: mangal@afro.who.int

Sam Ajibola
Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Telephone: +1 321 953 9378
Fax: +47 241 39503
E-mail: ajibolas@afro.who.int

WHO Region of the Americas

Dr Luiz Augusto Cassanha Galvão
Manager
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health Area
Pan American Health Organization
Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization
Washington DC, USA
Telephone: +1 202 974 3156
Fax: +1 202 9743645 E-mail: galvaolu@paho.org

Daniel Epstein
Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
Washington D.C., USA
Telephone: +1 202 974 3459
E-mail: epsteind@paho.org

WHO South-East Asia Region

Dr Yoosuf A. Sattar
Regional Adviser
Department of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environment
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
New Delhi, India
Telephone: +91 11 2337 0804
E-mail: yoosufa@searo.who.int

Vismita Gupta-Smith
Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
New Delhi, India
Telephone: +91 11 2337 0971
E-mail: guptasmithv@searo.who.int

WHO European Region

Dr Bettina Menne
Medical Officer
Global Change and Health
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Rome, Italy
Telephone: +39 06 4877546
Mobile: +39 348 0192306
Fax: +39 06 4877599
E-mail: bme@ecr.euro.who.int

Cristiana Salvi
Technical Officer
Communications and Advocacy
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Rome, Italy
Telephone: +39 06 4877543
Mobile: +39 348 0192305
Fax: +39 06 4877599
E-mail: csa@ecr.euro.who.int

Liuba Negru
Press and Media Relations Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark
Telephone: + 45 39 17 13 44
Fax: + 45 39 17 18 80
E-mail: lne@euro.who.int

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

Dr Mohamed Elmi
Regional Adviser
Food & Chemical Safety
World Health Organization
Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo, Egypt
Telephone: +202 27 65 384
Fax: +202 670 2492 / +202 67 2494
E-Mail: elmim@emro.who.int

Ibrahim Kerdany
Communications Officer
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo, Egypt
Telephone: +202 27 65037
Mobile: + 20 10 6019087
E-mail: kerdanyi@emro.who.int

WHO Western Pacific Region

Dr Hishahi Ogawa
Regional Adviser
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Manila, Philippines
Telephone: +63 2 528 8001
Fax: +63 2 521 1036 / +63 2 526 0279 / +63 2 526 0362
E-mail: ogawah@wpro.who.int

Peter Cordingley
Public Information Officer
WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
Manila, Philippines
Telephone: +63 2 528 9992
E-mail: cordingleyp@wpro.who.int