World Health Organization

The link of today is- http://www.searo.who.int/

Dr Nata Menabde is the WHO Representative to India.
She holds a PhD degree in Clinical Pharmacology, diplomas in Health Management and Leadership from USA and in Health Care Economics from UK. She also studied Public Health at Nordic School of Public Health, Sweden.
Dr Menabde has a robust public health academic background and 28 years of experience as a health professional, during which she has built an extensive track record in public health and health systems at country and international levels.
Prior to taking up her current job in India she worked as Deputy Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Dr Menabde has led WHO Regional office’s work on Health Systems and their relationships with health and wealth which culminated in adoption of Tallinn Charter on health systems.
Dr Menabde’s track record also includes accomplishments in the areas of tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, noncommunicable diseases and risk factors, climate change and other environmental concerns, health security, intellectual property rights and the social determinants of health.
Dr Menabde has successfully partnered with key stakeholders such as the Council of Europe, the European Union, the European Commission, UNICEF, the World Bank, OECD, the Global Fund, the European Investment Bank and others to increase the effectiveness of WHO’s work.
Dr Menabde’s current interests are related to health and health systems governance and policies, and to promoting evidence based decision making, and accountability though performance of health systems, as well as addressing public health concerns in other sector policies.