WHO national counterpart and national technical focal points

WHO national counterpart

Professor Itamar Grotto
Director
Public Health Services
Ministry of Health

WHO national technical focal points

Communicable diseases

Dr Emilia Anis
Director
Division of Epidemiology
Ministry of Health

Noncommunicable diseases

Dr Lital Keinan
Deputy Director
Division of Epidemiology
Ministry of Health

Mental health

Dr Tal Bergman-Levy
Head
Israeli Mental services
Ministry of Health

Violence and injury prevention

Professor Kobi Peleg
Director
National Center for Trauma&Emergency Medicine Research
The Gertner Institute for Health Policy&Epidemiology

Promoting health throughout the life-course

Ms Ruth Weinstein
Director
Department of Health Education and Promotion
Ministry of Health

Equity and social determinants of health

Ms Shlomit Avni Ouaknine
Director
Reduction of Health Inequalities Unit Administration for Strategic and Economic Planning
Ministry of Health

Health and the environment

Dr Isabella Karakis
Head
Environmental Epidemiology Department
Ministry of Health

Health systems

Dr Eyal Jacobson
Acting Deputy Director
Medical Affairs
Ministry of Health

Subnational policies: regions and cities

Dr Michal Cohen- Dar
Head
Medical Health Officer of the Northern Region
Ministry of Health

Preparedness, surveillance and response

Dr Roee Singer
Deputy Director
Division of Epidemiology
Ministry of Health

Leadership and governance, strategic planning, resource coordination and reporting

Mr Nir Kaidar
Acting Senior Deputy Director General
Srategic and Economic Planning
Ministry of Health

Strategic communications

Dr Zohar Mor
Head
International Relations
Ministry of Health