Keiji Fukuda

Keiji Fukuda is the assistant director-general for health security at the World Health Organization. Fukuda has extensive public health and research experience working on influenza. At WHO, he has helped shape the global approach to pandemic preparedness, helped manage the response to the influenza H1N1 pandemic, strengthened surveillance, and played an instrumental role in facilitating intergovernmental discussions over the sharing of influenza viruses and related benefits. He has participated in many field investigations including the earliest outbreaks of avian H5N1 influenza and the emergence of SARS.

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Time for decisive action on antimicrobial resistance

over 10 years ago // #WHA68

Although antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, only about one-quarter of countries have national plans to tackle this problem. This is far too few, and needs to change. A guest op-ed from Keiji Fukuda, WHO's assistant director-general for health security.

World Health Day 2015: From farm to plate, make food safe

almost 11 years ago // World Health Day

Foodborne diseases kill hundreds of thousands of people annually. But it often takes a highly publicized event to create public awareness about food safety, and even then interest dies down as swiftly as it flares up. A guest commentary from Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO assistant director-general for health security, for World Health Day.

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