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DR A.J.M. SULAIMAN
CHAIRMAN OF WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD
Dr A.J.M. Sulaiman, Director-General of
Health Affairs in the Ministry of Health of Oman, was elected as Chairman of the World
Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board at its 104th session on May 26 1999.
Dr Sulaiman is to serve as Chairman of the Board for one year. He succeeds Dr Kenneth
Calman, Vice-Chancellor and Warden, University of Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
The Executive Board is composed of 32 persons who are technically
qualified in the field of health, each designated by a Member State that has been elected
to so by the World Health Assembly. Member States are elected for three-year terms.
The Executive Board announced that its 105th session will
take place from 24 to 29 January 2000. The 53rd World Health Assembly will be
held in Geneva, 15 – 20 May 2000.
Following the election of ten new Member States to designate members of
the Executive Board during the World Health Assembly last week, here is the Board's
composition:
EXECUTIVE BOARD: LIST OF MEMBERS
Dr A.J.M. Sulaiman
Director-General of Health Affairs, Ministry of Health, Muscat |
Chairman |
Oman |
Mr H. Voigtländer
Director, Directorate for European Union Affairs, International Cooperation in the Field
of Health, Federal Ministry for Health, Bonn |
Vice-Chairman |
Germany |
Dr A. Meloni
Director General Oficina de Financiamiento, Inversiones y Cooperacion Externa, Ministerio
de Salud
Lima |
Vice-Chairman |
Peru |
Mr N.S. de Silva
Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine, Suwasiripaya, Colombo |
Vice-Chairman |
Sri Lanka |
Professeur M. Kakou Guikahue
Ministre de la Santé publique, Abidjan |
Rapporteur – French |
Côte d'Ivoire |
Mrs M. Adel
Director of Public Health, Port Vila |
Rapporteur – English |
Vanuatu |
Professor S.M. Ali
Director, National Institute of Ophthalmology, Dhaka |
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Bangladesh |
M.M. Colla
Ministre de la Santé publique et des Pensions, Bruxelles |
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Belgium |
Dr J.M. Kariburyo
Ministre de la Santé publique, Bujumbura |
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Burundi |
Mrs M. Jean
Special Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs On Health, Brussels |
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Canada |
Dr J.B. Ferreira Medina
Ministre de la Santé et de la Promotion sociale, Praia |
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Cape Verde |
Professeur J-L. Mamdaba
Chef du Service de Chirurgie infantile, Bangui |
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Central African Republic |
Dr M.E. Mbaiong
Directeur général adjoint,Ministère de la Santé publique, N'Djamena |
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Chad |
Dr J.Jiménez da la Jara
Profesor Auxiliar, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Salud Publica Santiago |
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Chile |
Mr Liu Peilong
Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Health,
Beijing |
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China |
Dr M. Toyb
Directeur général de la Santé, Moroni |
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Comoros |
Dr D. Bodzongo
Directeur général de la Santé, Brazzaville |
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Congo |
Mr T. Faireka
Minister of Health, Rarotonga |
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Cook Islands |
Dr C. Komodikis
Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Nicosia |
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Cyprus |
Professeur J-F. Girard
Conseiller d'Etat, Paris |
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France |
Dr C. Andrade Lara
Viceministro de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Guatemala |
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Guatemala |
Mr Y.N. Chaturvedi
Secretary for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi |
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India |
Dr Ponmek Dalaloy
Ministre de la Santé publique, Vientiane |
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Lao People's Democratoc Republic |
Dr K. Karam
Ministre de la Santé, Beyrouth |
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Lebanon |
Dr G.M. van Etten
Head, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague |
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Netherlands |
Dr A. Alvik
Director-General of Health, Norwegian Board of Health, Oslo |
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Norway |
Dr K.A. Al-Jaber Qatar
Director, Department of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Public Health, Doha |
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Qatar |
Mr N.N. Fetisov
Director, International Relations Department, Ministry of Health, Moscow |
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Russian Federation |
Profeseur T. Zeltner
Directeur, Office fédéral de la Santé publique, Département fédéral de
l'Intérieur, Berne |
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Switzerland |
Dr H. Rafeeq
Minister of Health Trinité-et-Tobago, Port-of-Spain |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Dr J.I. Boufford
Special Adviser to the Assistant Secretary for Health/Surgeon General, Office of Public
Health and Science, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. |
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United States of America |
Dr A.O. Al-Sallami
Under-Secretary for Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Public Health, Sana'a |
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Yemen |
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