Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme (IOAC)
The IOAC is mandated to oversee and guide the WHO Health Emergencies Programme in coordinating all of WHO’s work in emergencies, to advise the Director-General on issues within its mandate and to report its findings to the World Health Assembly.
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IOAC Membership
The Committee consists of up to 12 members drawn from national governments, NGOs, the UN system, donors, the private sector, academia, and civil society, with extensive experience in a broad range of disciplines.
Members serve in their personal capacity and exercise their responsibilities with full regard for the paramount importance of independence.
Chair
Professor Walid Ammar
Director of the Doctorate and Research in Public Health Program at St. Joseph University in Beirut
Members of the committee
Mr Elhadj As Sy
Former Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Emeritus Professor Christopher Baggoley
Former Chief Medical Officer, Australia
Dr Felicity Harvey
Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, former Director General for Public and International Health, HMG UK
Mr Jeremy Konyndyk
President, Refugees International
Professor Samba O. Sow
Director-General of the Center for Vaccine Development
Dr Theresa Tam
BMBS (UK), FRCPC, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada
Former members
Dr Hiroyoshi Endo
Professor Emeritus, Graduate School of Public Health, St.Luke’s International University, Tokyo
Dr Geeta Rao Gupta
United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues
Ms Malebona Precious Matsoso
Director of the Health Regulatory Science Platform, a division of the Wits Health Consortium at the University of the Witwatersrand
Dr Hiroki Nakatani
Professor for Global Initiatives at Keio University
Dr Michael Ryan
Executive Director, WHO Health Emergencies Programme