Indian-origin health expert Anil Soni has been appointed as the first CEO of the newly launched The WHO Foundation, which works alongside the WHO to address pressing health challenges across the world.
Indian-origin global health expert Anil Soni has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of the newly launched The WHO Foundation, which works alongside the World Health Organization to address most pressing health challenges across the world.
Soni will assume his role
as The WHO Foundation's inaugural Chief Executive Officer on January 1 next
year. In his new role, Soni will accelerate the Foundation's "work to
invest in innovative, evidence-based initiatives that support WHO in delivering
on its mission to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all,"
the Foundation said in a press statement on Monday.
The WHO
Foundation, an independent grant-making agency headquartered in Geneva, was
launched in May 2020 to work alongside the World Health Organization (WHO) and
the global health community to address the world's most pressing global health
challenges.
Soni joins the Foundation
from Viatris, a global healthcare company, where he served as Head of Global
Infectious Diseases.
WHO Director-General Dr
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described Soni as a proven innovator in global
health who has spent two decades in service of communities affected by HIV/AIDS
and other infectious diseases.
He earned my trust when he
and his team at the Clinton Health Access Initiative worked side-by-side with
the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to expand access to treatment and strengthen
the management of our health centers, Ghebreyesus said adding that Soni has a
unique" set of skills that spans the public and private sectors, and his
leadership of the Foundation will provide invaluable support to the mission of
the WHO and the billions of people who depend on it.
On his appointment, Soni
said the world is at a critical juncture for global public health.
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