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World Health Organization Director-General names senior team
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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:

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