Following the sudden death of Dr LEE Jong-wook, Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Anders Nordström – currently Assistant Director-General for General Management – will serve as Acting Director-General.
Dr Nordström was appointed by the Director-General as his deputy in November 2003. However, the appointment stated that Dr Nordström would not perform the functions of Deputy Director-General unless Dr Lee were unable to perform the functions of his office.
Under the Rules of Procedure of the World Health Assembly, and in accordance with the decision of the Director-General, Dr Nordström, as senior officer of the Secretariat, will serve as Acting Director-General.
Anders Nordström also has been Executive Director of the Interim Secretariat for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. www.globalfundatm.org
“Dagens Nyheter” skriver mandag, at “han har tidigare arbetat för Sida, där han varit chef för hälsoenheten under avdelningen för demokratifrågor och hälsa”.
För Sida har Anders Nordström också arbetat som regional hälsorådgivare i Zambia. Som läkare för Röda korset har han tidigare tjänstgjort i Kambodja och Iran, anfører Stockholm-avisen.
Kilde: www.who.org
