WHO appoints Europe and Africa regional directors
21 January 2010
The World Health Organization Executive Board has appointed Mrs Zsuzsanna Jakab as the new WHO Regional Director for Europe and re-appointed Dr Luis Gomes Sambo as the WHO Regional Director for Africa. Mrs Jakab, a Hungarian national was most recently Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ( ECDC) and will take up her new post on 1 February 2010.
WHO is currently holding its 126th session in Geneva, and is also discussing recommendations for governments to protect children from marketing of unhealthy food and beverage products that pay particular attention to international marketing.
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