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WONCA EXECUTIVE MEMBERS MEET WITH WHO REPRESENTATIVES IN GENEVA
WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal, WONCA CEO, Harris Lygidakis, and Professor Val Wass, Executive Member-atLarge and WHO Liaison, led key meetings with representatives of the World Health Organization at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
In a short but fruitful stay in the Swiss city, President Stavdal began her agenda meeting Dr Bente Mikkelsen, director of the division of Noncommunicable Diseases of the WHO. Also presentatthemeetingwereDrTemoWaganivalu, and Dr Slim Slama, unit leaders at the NCDs DepartmentattheWHO.
During the meeting, Dr Stavdal highlighted the mission of WONCA and the crucial role of family doctors and Primary Care professionals in global advocacy to improve the lives of people with NCDs.
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Dr Temo Waganivalu, Dr Slim Slama, WONCA President Anna Stavdal, Dr Bente Mikkelsen, WONCA CEO, Harris Lygidakis, and Professor Val Wass at the WHO headquarters in Geneva
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Professor Val Wass, WONCA President Anna Stavdal, Prof Bettina Borisch (World Federation of Public Health Associations, Hoi Shan Fokeladeh ICN) and WONCA CEO, Harris Lygidakis.
WONCA representatives also met with Prof Bettina Borisch, Executive Director of the World Federation of Public Health Associations, and Hoi Shan Fokeladeh, Policy Advisor at the International Council of Nurses (ICN), to brainstorm upcoming efforts to promote and advocateforuniversalhealth.
WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal, WONCA CEO, Harris Lygidakis, and Professor Val Wass, Executive Member-at-Large and WHO Liaison
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On the second day, WONCA Executive members first held a meeting with WHO representatives Dr Denis Porignon (Policy Advisor), Dr Teri Reynolds (Clinical Services and Systems Lead), Dr John Fogarty (Senior Technical Advisor), and Dr Theadora Swift Koller (Senior Technical Advisor in Equity). WONCA executives also met with Maria Neira, Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health; Heather AdairRohani, technical officer on energy and health; and Dr Anshu Banerjee, Director for the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and AdolescentHealthandAgeingoftheWHO.
WONCA at the WHO Headquarters: Heather AdairRohani, WONCA President Anna Stavdal, Prof Val Wass, Maria Neira, and Dr Harris Lygidakis
Dr John Fogarty and D r Teri Reynolds with WONCA representatives, Prof Val Wass, WONCA President Anna Stavdal, and WONCA CEO, Harris Lygidakis.
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