2023-04-17 14:15:25
The French Director General of Health, a familiar figure during the Covid crisis, will oversee a large portfolio of technical programs, including covering HIV, for the UN agency.
The French Director General of Health, Professor Jérôme Salomon, joins the management team of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on Monday, said the UN agency, which announced several other appointments.
In a press release, the WHO specifies that this professor of medicine, who had become a familiar figure to the French during the Covid-19 health crisis, holds the position of Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage and Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases. transmissible.
In this role, he will oversee a broad portfolio of technical programs covering, among others, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, mental health issues as well as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer.
Five new personalities named
Dr Salomon, who holds a doctorate in epidemiology, was already a member of the WHO executive board before his appointment and has “extensive experience in health systems management, communicable diseases and international public health”, indicates the organization.
The WHO appointed a total of five new personalities to the management team at its headquarters in Geneva on Monday, some of whom had already been announced a few months ago. These appointments follow the reappointment last year of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as head of the WHO.
Dr. Jeremy Farrar named chief scientist
Dr Jeremy Farrar, who headed Britain’s Wellcome Trust research foundation, will become the organization’s chief scientist from May 8.
In his post, says the WHO, this clinician-researcher will bring together the best brains from around the world in the fields of science and innovation “to design and implement quality health policies and services”. Prior to joining the Wellcome Trust in 2013, he headed the Clinical Research Unit at the Vietnam Hospital for Tropical Diseases for 17 years, where his research focused on global health and, more specifically, infectious diseases. emerging.
Dr Razia Pendse, from the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, will become, from May 4, the new Chief of Staff to the Director-General, replacing Catharina Boehme in this position.
1681742248
#Frenchman #Jérôme #Salomon #joins #management
