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WHO Offices in Countries, Territories and Areas Valid from 23 May 2016 WHO Offices in countries, territories and areas N.B. Some countries, territories and areas do not have a WHO office but administratively and programmatically are covered by other HWOs in nearby field offices or by the regional office. AFRICAN REGION Regional Office: Brazzaville, Republic of Congo No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Algeria Alger Keita, Dr Bah Angola Luanda Agudelo, Dr Hernando Benin Cotonou Mpele-Kilebou, Dr Pierre Botswana Gaborone Ovberedjo, Dr Martins Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Diarra-Nama, Dr Alimata Burundi Bujumbura Kazadi Mulombo, Dr Walter Cabo Verde Praia Salazar Castellón, Dr Mariano Cameroon Yaoundé Roungou, Dr Jean-Baptiste Central African Republic (the) Bangui 3 Yao, Dr Michel Chad N’Djamena 6 Yameogo, Dr Jean-Marie Vianny Comoros (the) Moroni Soares Da Silva, Dr Rosa Congo (the) Brazzaville Diallo, Dr Fatoumata Binta T. Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan Cabral, Dr Djamila Democratic Republic of the Congo (the) Kinshasa 11 Allarangar, Dr Yokouide Equatorial Guinea Malabo Kandolo Wenye, Dr Pierre Eritrea Asmara Namboze, Dr Josephine Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Ethiopia Addis-Ababa Babaniyi, Dr Olusegun Ayorinde Gabon Libreville Sambo, Dr Boureima Hama Gambia (the) Banjul Sagoe-Moses, Dr Charles Ghana Accra 1 Kaluwa, Dr Owen Laws Guinea Conakry 2 Abou Beckr, Dr Gaye Guinea-Bissau Bissau Codex Ayigan, Dr Kossi Akla Kenya Nairobi 1 Mandlhate, Dr Custodia Lesotho Maseru Atsyor, Dr Cornelia Liberia Monrovia Gasasira, Dr Alex Ntale Madagascar and Réunion (French Madagascar Antananarivo Ndiaye, Dr Charlotte Overseas Department) Malawi Lilongwe Nyarko, Dr Eugene Mali Bamako Manga, Dr Lucien Mauritania Nouakchott Baptiste, Dr Jean-Pierre Mauritius Port Louis Nundoochan, Mr Ajoy Mozambique Maputo de Graeve, Dr Hilde Namibia Windhoek Islam, Dr Quazi Monirul Niger (the) Niamey Pana, Dr Assimawe Nigeria Ikoyi, Lagos 37 Vaz, Dr Rui Rwanda Kigali Olu, Dr Olushayo Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tomé Zitsamele-Coddy, Dr Rene Senegal Dakar Nshimirimana, Dr Deo Seychelles Victoria Mahe Karamagi, Dr Humphrey Sierra Leone Freetown Nordström, Dr Anders South Africa Pretoria Barber, Dr Sarah Louise South Sudan Juba 10 Usman, Dr Abdulmumini Swaziland Mbabane Mengestu, Dr Tigest Ketsela Togo Lomé Imboua-Niava, Dr Lucile Marie Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Uganda Kampala 2 Alemu, Dr Wondimagegnehu United Republic of Tanzania (the) Dar es Salaam 5 Chatora, Dr Rufaro Zambia Lusaka Mufunda, Dr Jacob Zimbabwe Harare Okello, Dr David Ojut REGION OF THE AMERICAS Regional Office: Washington, D.C., USA No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Argentina Buenos Aires Birmingham, Dr Maureen Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Bahamas (the) Nassau, New Providence Isreal, Dr Kathleen Islands PAHO/WHO Office of the Eastern Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Bridgetown 7 Caribbean Coordination; and Office Xuereb, Dr Godfrey C. Countries for Caribbean Program Coordinator Belize Belize City Escoto, Dr Luis Bolivia (Plurinational State of) La Paz Leanes, Dr Luis Fernando Brazil Brasília, DF Molina, Dr Joaquin French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Caribbean Program Coordination Bridgetown, Barbados Schutt-Aine, Mrs Jessie Martinique Chile Santiago Cuchi, Dr Paloma Colombia Santa Fé de Bogotá, DC 7 Watson, Dr Gina Costa Rica San José Reneau-Vernon, Dr Lilian Cuba La Habana Morales, Dr Cristian Dominican Republic (the) Santo Domingo Morales Salinas, Dr Alma Ecuador Quito Tambini, Dr Gina El Salvador San Salvador Garzón, Dr Carlos Guatemala Guatemala 2 Barreneche, Dr Oscar Guyana Georgetown Adu Krow, Dr William Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Haiti Port-au-Prince Poncelet, Dr Jean-Luc Honduras Tegucigalpa, MDC Solis-Ortega Treasure, Ms Ana Emilia Bermuda, The Cayman Islands and Jamaica Kingston Jack, Dr Noreen Jamaica Mexico México, DF 1 Eijkemans, Dr Gerarda Nicaragua Managua Gross, Dr Socorro Panama Panamá Hernández Pimentel, Dr José Federico Paraguay Asunción Castillo Solórzano, Dr Carlos Peru Lima Gonzales-Montero, Dr Raul Suriname Paramaribo Gebre, Dr Yitades Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain Theodore-Gandi, Dr Bernadette Uruguay Montevideo 1 Levcovitz, Dr Eduardo Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Caracas the Netherlands Antilles and Di Fabio, Dr José Luis Venezuela EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION Regional Office: Cairo, Egypt No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Afghanistan Kabul 8 Peeperkorn, Dr Richard Bahrain EMRO (Cairo) Abdel Moneim, Dr Adham Djibouti Djibouti Ritter von Xylander, Dr Severin Egypt Cairo Jabbour, Dr Jean Iran (Islamic Republic of) Tehran Siddiqi, Dr Sameen Iraq Amman (Jordan) 5 Musani, Dr Altaf Sadrudin Jordan Amman Profili, Dr Maria Cristina Kuwait EMRO (Cairo) Riedner, Dr Gabriele Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Lebanon Beirut Riedner, Dr Gabriele Libya Tripoli Hussain, Dr Syed Jaffar Morocco Rabat, Méchouar Souteyrand, Mr Yves Oman Muscat Mahjour, Dr Jaouad Pakistan Islamabad 4 Thieren, Dr Michel Qatar EMRO (Cairo) Mataria, Dr Awad Saudi Arabia Riyadh Moshni, Dr Ezzeddine Somalia Nairobi (Kenya) 3 Popal, Dr Ghulam Rabani Sudan (the) Khartoum 6 Al Gasseer, Dr Naeema Syrian Arab Republic (the) Damascus 3 Hoff, Ms Elizabeth Tunisia Tunis Hussain, Dr Syed Jaffar United Arab Emirates EMRO (Cairo) Langar, Dr Houda Jerusalem (Israel) *Special Technical Assistance West Bank and Gaza Strip Programme (STAP) – PSRAs 2 Rockenschaub, Dr Gerald Palestinian Self-Rule Areas by resolution WHA 54.15 Yemen Sana’a 1 Shadoul, Dr Ahmed EUROPEAN REGION Regional Office: Copenhagen, Denmark No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Albania Tirana Lazeri, Dr Ledia Armenia Yerevan Hakobyan, Dr Tatul Azerbaijan Baku Garakhanov, Dr Kamran Belarus Minsk Zaitsev, Dr Egor Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1 Olsavszky, Dr Victor Bulgaria Sofia Okoliyski, Dr Michail Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Croatia Zagreb Kaic-Rak, Dr Antoinette Czech Republic (the) Prague Steflova, Dr Alena Estonia Tallinn Reinap, Mrs Marge Georgia Tbilisi Klimiashvili, Dr Rusudan Hungary Budapest Pusztai, Dr Zsofia Kazakhstan Astana Vujnovic, Dr Melita Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Habicht, Dr Jarno Latvia Riga Rurane, Dr Aiga Lithuania Vilnius Zurlytè, Ms Ingrida Montenegro Podgorica Brajovic, Ms Mina Poland Warsaw Miskiewicz, Dr Paulina Marianna Pristina Pristina Syla, Dr Skender Republic of Moldova (the) Chisinau Hajrulahovic, Mr Haris Romania Bucuresti Butu, Dr Andreea Russian Federation (the) Moscow Nikogosian, Dr Haik Serbia Belgrade Grbic, Dr Miljana Slovakia Bratislava Sedláková, Dr Darina Slovenia Ljubljana Ivanusa, Dr Marijan Tajikistan Dushanbe Pokanevych, Dr Igor The former Yugoslav Republic of Skopje Chichevalieva, Ms Snezhana Macedonia Turkey Cankaya, Ankara 1 Ursu, Dr Pavel Turkmenistan Ashgabat 1 Karriyeva, Dr Bahtygul Ukraine Kiev 6 Nitzan Kaluski, Dr Dorit Uzbekistan Tashkent Gozalov, Dr Ogtay Valid from 23 May 2016 SOUTH-EAST ASIA REGION Regional Office: New Delhi, India No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Bangladesh Dhaka Paranietharan, Dr Navaratnasamy Bhutan Thimphu Lincetto, Dr Ornella Democratic People's Republic of Korea Pyongyang Fernando, Dr Thushara (the) India New Delhi 7 Bekedam, Dr Hendrik Jan Indonesia Jakarta 2 Tawilah, Dr Jihane Farah Maldives Male Mathur Dr Arvind Myanmar Yangon Luna, Dr Jorge Nepal Kathmandu Vandelaer, Dr Jos Sri Lanka Colombo Kumaresan, Dr Jacob Thailand Nonthaburi Kertesz, Dr Daniel Timor-Leste Dili Pandav, Dr Rajesh WESTERN PACIFIC REGION Regional Office: Manila, the Philippines No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Cambodia Phnom Penh Ahn, Dr Dong-Il China Beijing Schwartlander, Dr Bernhard South Pacific: The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, the South Pacific Suva (Fiji) Marshall Islands, Micronesia Liu, Dr Yunguo (Federated State of), Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Valid from 23 May 2016 No. of sub- Additional countries, territories or Country, territory or area Location of WHO Office Head of WHO Office country offices areas covered by WHO Office Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Nukuro, Dr Ezekiel (Kiribati) Kiribati Tarawa Liu, Dr Yunguo
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