Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi appointed WHO Regional Director for Africa

Geneva – The World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on the present time appointed Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi as Regional Director of WHO African Quandary following his nomination all the blueprint by strategy of a Special Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held on 18 Would possibly presumably additionally 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

“I offer my warm congratulations to Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi, and to the authorities and folk of the United Republic of Tanzania, for your appointment by the Executive Board as Regional Director for Africa,” stated WHO Director-Overall Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “We are grateful for your leadership and experience as we work collectively to navigate the challenges we face, and region our Organization to be stronger, extra sustainable and extra efficient, utilizing the hot disaster as a likelihood.” 

Professor Janabi expressed gratitude and pledged to intensify efforts to pork up the neatly being of the contributors of the African Quandary.

“It’s with profound humility and a deep sense of responsibility that I settle for the honor of serving as the recent Regional Director for Africa. I’m deeply honoured and sincerely grateful for the belief and self belief you’ve placed in me,” stated Professor Janabi. “Strengthening the foundation of WHO’s work in the blueprint remains a core precedence for me. By aligning every action we clutch with nation priorities we are able to raise measurable, lasting influence that transforms lives.”
A famed coronary heart specialist, neatly being strategist and world neatly being diplomat, Professor Janabi has dedicated his career to strengthening neatly being systems, advancing equitable care, and championing innovation and collaboration to pork up neatly being outcomes in Africa.

Professor Janabi will lead WHO’s work in supporting the 47 Member States of the African Quandary in their efforts to pork up the neatly being and neatly-being of the population. Alongside with partners, WHO in Africa works across a fluctuate of areas — from neatly being map strengthening, to illness prevention and emergency response — to advertise, shield and provide neatly being for all.
His term begins on 30 June 2025 for the next 5 years and is eligible for reappointment as soon as. He succeeds Dr Matshidiso Moeti, who led WHO in the African Quandary since 2015.