Special Envoy to WHO DG on COVID-19
Special Envoy to WHO DG on COVID-19
Professor Dr. Maha El Rabbat is a former Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Executive Director of the Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum and Professor of Public Health, Cairo University. She has been appointed as special envoy to director general of WHO on COVID 19 for EMR. She has held several high-level political, academic and leadership positions and has accumulated more than 30 years of strategic leadership, policy, advocacy and operational expertise. She has also worked closely with national, regional, and international organizations as a public health expert on a wide range of public health issues and priorities in various contexts, such as deprived areas and among vulnerable groups. She has built a strong understanding of the global variations and transformational health needs of the region and of the existing vulnerabilities, challenges and opportunities for promoting health, preventing disease, building emergency preparedness and sustaining results. She seeks through her work to strengthen health systems and human development in countries in the region particularly in middle and lower income countries through evidence-based policy, knowledge exchange and networking.
