Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi of Tanzania nominated as next director of WHO African Region
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Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi was today nominated as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region during a Special Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Geneva ahead of the World Health Assembly.

Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi was [on 18 May 2025] nominated as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region during a Special Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Geneva ahead of the World Health Assembly.

I also came across the CV: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/files/RD Elections - 2024/RD Elections - 2025/CURRICULUM VITAE Pr Mohamed Yakub Janabi_E.pdf

  1. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cardiology, 2004, Osaka University Hospital, Japan.
  2. PhD in Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, 2000, Osaka, Japan.
  3. Master of Tropical Health, 1994, Queensland Medical School,Australia.
  4. Doctor of Medicine, 1989, Kharkov Medical Institute, Ukraine.