148th session of the Executive Board of World Health Organisation.

The 148th session of the Executive Board take place on 18-26 January 2021. The Executive Board is composed of 34 technically qualified members elected for three-year terms. The annual Board meeting is held in January when the members agree upon the agenda for the World Health Assembly and the resolutions to be considered by the Health Assembly.

The affiliations appear in the style and the language used by the corresponding member of the Board.

AFRICA

• BOTSWANA (2020-2023)

Dr Lemogang Kwape

Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation

Gaborone

• BURKINA FASO (2019-2022)

Professeur Adama Traore

Chef de Service Dermatologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo

Ouagadougou

• GABON (2018-2021)

M. Martin Essono Ndoutoumou

Conseiller technique du Ministère de la Santé

Ministère de la Santé

Libreville

• GHANA (2020-2023)

Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu

Minister for Health

Accra

• GUINEA-BISSAU (2020-2023)

Mr Silvino Ndafa Braba

Director General of Health System Administration

Ministry of Public Health

Bissau

• KENYA (2019-2022)

Dr Patrick Amoth

Acting Director General for Health, Ministry of Health

Nairobi

• MADAGASCAR (2020-2023)

Professeur Jean Louis Rakotovao Hanitrala

Ministre de la Santé publique

Antananarivo

AMERICAS

• ARGENTINA (2019-2022)

Sra. Carla Moretti

Directora Nacional de Relaciones Sanitarias Internacionales

Ministerio de Salud

Buenos Aires

• CHILE (2018-2021)

Dr. Enrique Paris Mancilla

Ministro de Salud

Santiago

• COLOMBIA (2020-2023)

Sr. Luis Alexander Moscoso Osorio

Viceministro de Salud Pública y Prestación de Servicios

Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social

Bogota

• GRENADA (2019-2022)

Mr Nickolas Steele

Minister for Health, Social Security and International Business

Saint-Georges

• GUYANA (2019-2022)

Dr Franck C.S. Anthony

Minister of Public Health

Georgetown

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2018-2021)

Admiral Brett Giroir

Assistant Secretary of Health

Department of Health and Human Services

Washington D.C.

SOUTH-EAST ASIA

• BANGLADESH (2019-2022)

Mr Zahid Maleque

Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Dhaka

• INDIA (2020-2023)

Dr Harsh Vardhan

Minister of Health and Family Welfare

New Delhi

• INDONESIA (2018-2021)

Professor Dr Nila Farid Moeloek

Jakarta

EUROPE

• AUSTRIA (2019-2022)

Dr Clemens Martin Auer

Special Envoy for Health, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection

Vienna

• FINLAND (2018-2021)

Dr Päivi Sillanaukee

Ambassador for Health and Wellbeing

Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Helsinki

• GERMANY (2018-2021)

Mr Björn Kümmel

Deputy Head, Division Global Health

Federal Ministry of Health

Berlin

• ISRAEL (2018-2021)

Professor Itamar Grotto

Associate Director General

Ministry of Health

Jerusalem

• ROMANIA (2018-2021)

Professor Alexandru Rafila

President, Romanian Institute of Microbiology

Bucharest

• RUSSIAN FEDERATION (2020-2023)

Mr Mikhail Albertovič Murashko

Minister of Health

Moscow

• TAJIKISTAN (2019-2022)

Professor Salomuddin Yusufi

Vice-Principal of Scientific Affairs, State Medical University

Dushanbe

• UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND (2020-2023)

Professor Chris Whitty

Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Care

London

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

• DJIBOUTI (2018-2021)

Dr Saleh Banoita Tourab

Secrétaire général

Ministère de la Santé

Djibouti

• OMAN (2020-2023)

Dr Ahmed Mohammed Al Saidi

Minister of Health

Muscat

• SUDAN (2018-2021)

Dr Osama Ahmed Abdelrahim

Acting Minister of Health

Khartoum

• TUNISIA (2019-2022)

Dr Faical Ben Salah

Directeur général de la Santé,

Ministère de la Santé publique

Tunis

• UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (2019-2022)

Mr Abdulrahman Al Owais

Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs

Abu Dhabi

WESTERN PACIFIC

• AUSTRALIA (2018-2021)

Ms Caroline Edwards

Associate Secretary

Department of Health

Canberra

• CHINA (2018-2021)

Ms Zhang Yang

Director General, Department of International Cooperation

National Health Commission

Beijing

• REPUBLIC OF KOREA (2020-2023)

Mr Kim Ganglip

Minister, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety

Seoul

• SINGAPORE (2019-2022)

Dr Janil Puthucheary

Senior Minister of State (Health and Communications and Information)

Ministry of Health and Ministry of Communications and Information

Singapore

• TONGA (2019-2022)

Dr Amelia Afuha’amango Tu’ipulotu

Minister for Health

Nuku’alofa

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