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The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017, [2] and re-appointed on 24 May 2022. [3] The Director-General also leads the World Health Organization Secretariat and is also the ex-officio Secretary of the World Health Assembly , the World Health Organization Executive Board, and of all commissions ...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Tigrinya: ቴዎድሮስ አድሓኖም ገብረኢየሱስ, sometimes spelled ቴድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ገብረየሱስ; [1] [a] born 3 March 1965) [2] is an Ethiopian [2] public health official, researcher, [3] diplomat, and the Director-General of the World Health Organization since 2017.
The head of the organization is the director-general, elected by the World Health Assembly. [209] The term lasts for five years, and directors-general are typically appointed in May, when the Assembly meets. The current director-general is Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was appointed on 1 July 2017. [210]
The Biden-Harris Administration is pleased to express its strong support for the candidacy of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director General of the WTO." [59] Okonjo-Iweala was unanimously appointed as the next Director-General on 15 February. [60] She began her career as Director General of the WTO on 1 March 2021. [61]
Stewart Simonson is the Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization responsible for the WHO Office at the United Nations and the WHO-US Liaison Office. [1] He also serves as the Director-General's Special Representative for UN Reform.
Audrey Azoulay (French pronunciation: [o.dʁɛ a.zu.lɛ]; born 4 August 1972) is a French-Moroccan civil servant and politician who has served as the 11th Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2017, becoming the second female leader of the organization.
In her role as global patron of The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood, and chair of the Maternal Mortality Campaign, Sarah Brown gave the keynote speech at the World Health Organization's 62nd WHA, alongside United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, [20] asking "Where is the M in MCH?' [maternal and child health]" in an echo of ...
Rajiv Bahl is an Indian paediatrician and public health researcher known for his research on maternal and child health research and health policy. He was the Head of Research on Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) from 2013 to 2022 and is currently the Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research.