WHO AFRO names Ghana’s Dr Asamoah-Baah as Public Health Champion

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) has named Dr Anarfi Asamoah-Baah as a Public Health Champion in recognition of his outstanding contribution to global public health.

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The award was conferred on Dr Asamoah-Baah and other public health figures at the WHO 75 anniversary awards held at the margins of the 73rd WHO Regional Committee for Africa Meeting held in Gaborone, Botswana.

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“This award is in recognition of your outstanding service to public health and promotion of the wellbeing of the people of the people of Africa,” reads the citation presented to Dr Asamoah-Baah by the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti.

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Dr Asamoah-Baah is a Ghanaian public health professional who joined WHO in 1998 and served the global public health for 19years, rising to become the Deputy Director-General of WHO in 2007 until his retirement in 2017.

He was instrumental in the establishment of the 2005 International Health Regulations and the raising of Global Visibility for Neglected Tropical Diseases

“Dr Asamoah-Baah is a distinguished global public health expert who truly deserved this recognition,” says the WHO Representative to Ghana, Prof Francis Kasolo

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