WHO is making gender mainstreaming a priority across its offices in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The Organization’s country office in Pakistan offers a good example. In June 2021, Regional Director Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari and WHO Representative to Pakistan Dr Palitha Mahipala inaugurated a well-equipped daycare centre in the office to support...

Sudan faces multiple health challenges. Approximately 94% of the country’s people are not vaccinated against COVID-19, and its case-fatality ratio of 7.69% is among the highest in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Simultaneously, it is confronting outbreaks of other communicable diseases such as dengue fever, malaria and hepatitis E. And a military...

Regional Human Resource Manager Gerard Mc Donnell Managers and staff are being urged to explore modalities of work that give staff opportunities to broaden their experience while helping WHO meet changing business needs. Surge support and short-term developmental assignments offer both immediate and long-term benefits to staff members and the...

The Regional Transformation Team has been reactivated with new members. The team is part of the overall Transformation structure initially established in July 2019, and the Regional Director issued a new circular in March 2022 to reinforce the Transformation structure. WHO Transformation seeks to revamp the Organization’s business models and...

We are now in the fourth year of WHO Transformation and remain committed to moving forward. Embracing change in how we perform our duties in the Region is an essential part of our work to build back fairer for health. We still have much to do. The evaluation and audit in 2021 found that Transformation requires additional efforts in our regional and...

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