WHO appoints new Director for the Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dr Mwelecele Ntuli Malecela has been appointed as the new Director of the WHO Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Until her appointment, Dr Malecela was Director in the Office of the Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo where she provided policy, managerial and diplomatic advice to the Regional Director, coordinated and facilitated the plan of work for all units under the Cluster, and monitored the implementation of policy decisions of WHO governing bodies.

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