General Director of F.S.A.A. Resigns

The Retiring Director-General

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Message from the Director - General

Evaluation of the election of the Director-General

1. The Sixty-fifth World Health Assembly decided, in resolution WHA65.15 (2012), that an evaluation, open to all Member States, 1 will be conducted by the Executive Board 2 within one year from the appointment of the next Director-General of the World Health Organization, to assess the efficacy of the revised process and methods for the election of the Director-General, in order to discuss any ...

Reimagining WHO: leadership and action for a new Director-General.

Three candidates to be the next WHO Director-General remain: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, David Nabarro, and Sania Nishtar. The World Health Assembly's ultimate choice will lead an organisation facing daunting internal and external challenges, from its own funding shortfalls to antimicrobial resistance and immense health inequities. The new Director-General must transform WHO into a 21st century...

Message from Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization.

An example of our fruitful collaboration and teamwork was the reciprocal and complementary contributions for the development of UNSCEAR and WHO reports related with the Chernobyl and Fukushima-Daichi nuclear accidents. Our successful cooperation also included the evaluation of risks of the exposure to radon and other natural radiation sources as well as the assessment and communication of radia...