PHA-Exchange> New WHO team announced

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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
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> 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.
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> :: Director-General's Office=
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> The senior team:=
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>  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 Gal=E8s-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 Nordstr=F6m, 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=
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> 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.=