Monday, January 27, 2020

Peter Salama


WHO mourns passing of 

Dr Peter Salama



24 January 2020 
Statement
 
Geneva, Switzerlan
The World Health Organization announces with deep sadness the sudden death of
Dr Peter Salama, Executive Director of WHO’s Division for Universal Health Coverage –
Life Course.
The Organization extends its most profound sympathies and condolences to
Dr Salama’s family, friends and colleagues. He was 51 and leaves behind his wife
and three children.
“Pete embodied everything that is best about WHO and the United Nations –
professionalism, commitment and compassion,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO Director-General. “Our hearts are broken.”
Dr Salama, a medical epidemiologist from Australia, joined WHO in 2016 as Executive
Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies programme, which he led until 2019.
Before joining WHO, Dr Salama was Regional Director for the Middle East and
North Africa at UNICEF, an organization that he joined in 2002.
Dr Salama led UNICEF’s global response to Ebola, served as its Representative in
Ethiopia and Zimbabwe (2009–2015), Chief of Global Health and Principal Advisor on
HIV/AIDS in New York (2004–2009), and Chief of Health and Nutrition in Afghanistan
(2002–2004).
He had also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières and Concern Worldwide in several
countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

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