Members
WHO / Sergey Volkov
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Chair
H.E.
Mia Amor
Mottley
Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Minister of National Security and the Civil Service, BARBADOS
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Vice-chair
Mr Jakob Forssmed
Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, SWEDEN
Biography
Jakob Forssmed has been the Swedish Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health since 2022. Mr Forssmed has an academic background in political science, graduating from the University of Gothenburg with studies equivalent to a Degree of Master in Political Science. He has since been active in national politics as a key person for his political party, the Christian Democrats, serving as chief of staff, economic policy spokesperson and as a state secretary, working closely with the Prime Minister. Forssmed has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag for three terms of office, from 2003 until recently, when he was delegated to the position of Minister. Sweden has along-standing reputation as a front-runner in the work against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a field that Mr Forssmed is devoted to developing even further, while also enabling and strengthening global cooperation through the great expertise this network provides.
Members
Mr Mohammed Mousa Alameeri
Assistant Undersecretary for the Food Diversity Sector, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Dr Ahmed Mohammed Obaid Al Saidi
Former Minister of Health, SULTANATE OF OMAN
Ms Beatrice Atim Odwong Anywar
Minister of State for Environment, UGANDA
Ms Anahit Avanesyan
Minister of Health, Republic of ARMENIA
Prof C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu
Former Minister of Health, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, NIGERIA
Dr Guilherme Antônio da Costa Júnior
Federal Agricultural Auditor at the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, BRAZIL
Dr Mekdes Daba
Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of ETHIOPIA
Prof Dame Sally Davies
UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, UNITED KINGDOM
Dr Jamie Jonker
Science and Programme Coordination Committee Chair, International Dairy Federation, USA
Prof Dr Ernst Kuipers
Former Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, NETHERLANDS
Mr Fernando Lugris
Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of URUGUAY
Ms Ummy Mwalimu
Member of Parliament and former Minister of Health United Republic of TANZANIA
Ms Sunita Narain
Director-General, Centre for Science and Environment, INDIA
Dr Maria Panayiotou
Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Republic of CYPRUS
Mr Yasuhisa Shiozaki
Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Member of the House of Representatives, JAPAN
Prof Lothar H. Wieler
Chair of the Digital Health Cluster, Hasso Plattner Institute and Prof of Digital Global Public Health, GERMANY
Ms Jennifer Zachary
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, MSD, Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Ex-Officio Members
Ms Inger Andersen
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme
Dr QU Dongyu
Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General, World Health Organization
Dr Emmanuelle Soubeyran
Director General, World Organisation for Animal Health