Dr Fikri from United Arab Emirates nominated for WHO Regional Director

6 October 2016 – The World Health Organization congratulates Dr Mahmoud M. Fikri on his nomination as Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region during the 63rd Regional Committee, which has just concluded in Cairo, Egypt.  The nomination will be submitted to WHO’s Executive Board which meets in January 2017 when the election for the Regional Director will be conducted. Once officially elected, the new Regional Director will take office on 1 February 2017.  Currently, Dr Fikri is the Adviser to the Minister of Health of United Arab Emirates, and was previously the Undersecretary for Preventive Medicine and Health Policies Affairs in the Ministry (1995–2013). He served as member of the Board of Directors of the WHO Centre for Health and Development and Research in Japan (Kobe) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Gulf Cooperation Council Health Council to 2005. He was also a member of the WHO Executive Board from 1997 to 2000.   Dr Fikri holds a diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in the United Kingdom (1984) and a Master’s Degree in Dermatology and Venereology from the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt (1989). He pursued his postgraduate studies and obtained his PhD in Dermatology from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Carol Devila, Romania (1999).  Read more...
Source: WHO EMRO News - Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news