Dr Sylvie Briand, WHO Director of Global Infectious Hazards Preparedness, photographed at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 20219. 

Dr Michael Ryan, WHO Executive Director of Health Emergencies Preparedness and Response photographed at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 20219. 

Dr Jaouad Mahjour, Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations.

Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken. 

Title of WHO staff and officials reflects their respective position at the time the photo was taken. WHO Executive Director, Health Emergencies Programme (HEO), Dr Michael Ryan



As Executive Director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Michael Ryan leads WHO’s response to disease outbreaks, humanitarian crises and other public health emergencies. 

In March 2023, the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence convened a workshop of National Public Health Agencies (NPHAs) in Geneva, focusing on building essential capacities in health emergency preparedness and response. 

Press conference on Coronavirus outbreak ( COVID-19 ).

WHO Health Emergencies Programme's Director of Strategic Planning & Performance Management Scott Pendergast.

Title of officials and WHO staff reflects their respective positions at the time the photo was taken.

Read the transcript: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/transcripts/who-audio-executive-board-eb146-coronavirus-briefing-script-04feb2020-final.pdf?sfvrsn=70a66dfc_2 

Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director-General for the Division of Health Emergency Intelligence and Surveillance Systems in the Emergencies Programme.



Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu leads the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. In this role, he brings together a global collaboration of partners from multiple sectors that supports countries and stakeholders to address future pandemic and epidemic risks with better access to data, better analytical capacities, and better tools and insights for decision-making. 

WHO Director of Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Mike Ryan, WHO Director Strategic planning and Partnerships, Mr Pendergast Scott, WHO technical Lead HEP, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove and WHO Director, Global Infections Hazard preparedness, Dr Sylvie Briand at the media briefing on COVID-19 - during the WHO Executive Board, 5 February 2020.



The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly. 

The Board meets at least twice a year. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work. 

Nevien Attalla, a Logistics Manager and Pharmacist at the World Health Organization based at the organisation’s warehouse in the International Humanitarian City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

WHO Director Strategic planning and Partnerships, Mr Pendergast Scott at the media briefing on COVID-19 - during the WHO Executive Board, 5 February 2020.



The Executive Board is composed of 34 individuals technically qualified in the field of health, each one designated by a Member State elected to do so by the World Health Assembly.



The Board meets at least twice a year. The main functions of the Executive Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work. 

In March 2023, the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence convened a workshop of National Public Health Agencies (NPHAs) in Geneva, focusing on building essential capacities in health emergency preparedness and response. 

Dr Maja Al Baalkaki (left), a Logistics Officer with the World Health Organization, along with a DHL team member (center), the organization's logistic shipping partner, conducting an inspection of medical supplies at the organization's warehouse located in the International Humanitarian City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Dr Maja Al Baalkaki, a Logistics Officer with the World Health Organization, reviews inventory documents while inspecting medical supplies at the organization's warehouse in the International Humanitarian City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Sami Raci, a WHO Logistics officer performs a comprehensive inventory check on the humanitarian aid supplies stock at the World Health Organisation's warehouse situated in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Sami Raci, a WHO Logistics officer performs a comprehensive inventory check on the humanitarian aid supplies stock at the World Health Organisation's warehouse situated in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Dr Maja Al Baalkaki, a Logistics Officer with the World Health Organization, enters the temperature-controlled section of the organization's warehouse to inspect medical supplies at the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Sami Raci, a WHO Logistics officer is performing a comprehensive inventory check of the humanitarian aid supplies stock at the World Health Organisation's warehouse situated in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Dr Maja Al Baalkaki (left), a Logistics Officer with the World Health Organization, along with a DHL team member (center), the organization's logistic shipping partner, conducting an inspection of medical supplies at the organization's warehouse located in the International Humanitarian City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Sami Raci, a WHO Logistics officer (on the left) and a DHL Warehouse staff (on the right), are preparing medical supplies for distribution within a temperature-controlled chamber at the World Health Organization's warehouse located in the International Humanitarian City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 

Press conference on Coronavirus outbreak ( COVID-19 ).

From left to right : WHO Executive Director of Health Emergencies Programme (HEO) Dr Michael Ryan, WHO Health Emergencies Programme's Director of Strategic Planning & Performance Management Scott Pendergast, WHO Technical Lead on the COVID-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove and WHO Director of department of Infectious Hazard Management (IHM) Dr Sylvie Briand.

Title of officials and WHO staff reflects their respective positions at the time the photo was taken.

Read the transcript: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/transcripts/who-audio-executive-board-eb146-coronavirus-briefing-script-04feb2020-final.pdf?sfvrsn=70a66dfc_2