WHO has reshuffled its leadership team again, with Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the health emergencies program, taking on the additional role of deputy director-general, per a scoop from my colleague Jenny Lei Ravelo.
That means congratulations are in order to former deputy director-general Zsuzsanna Jakab, who finally managed to retire in February. Controversially, she was already older than WHO’s retirement age when she was appointed in 2019 and had originally planned to stop working in 2022. But WHO chief Dr. Tedros asked her to postpone it to help the organization deal with a leadership scandal at its Western Pacific office.
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