Regional Director
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge is the WHO Regional Director for Europe. His term began on 1 February 2020, following his nomination by the WHO Regional Committee for Europe and appointment by the WHO Executive Board.
Throughout his career, beginning as a family doctor in Belgium, along a journey to Somalia, Liberia, the prisons in Siberia, former Soviet Union countries, Myanmar and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and most recently leading the Division of Health Systems and Public Health at WHO/Europe for a decade, Dr Kluge has always been committed to achieving better health for all with a focus on the vulnerable.
As Regional Director, Dr Kluge’s vision for the WHO European Region is “United action for better health”, working in partnership to achieve universal health coverage, address health emergencies and promote healthier populations.
Dr Kluge is from Belgium. He is married and has two daughters.
Dr Kluge's biographyTop story
Risk of #COVID19 resurgence is never far away, but now we know how to target the virus instead of targeting societyThe European Region has registered 3.9 million cases corresponding to 17% of the global total, that is approaching 22 million cases. In the last two months, new cases have been steadily increasing every week in the Region. There were 40,000 more cases in the first week of August, compared to the first week of June, when cases were at their lowest. Every day now the European Region reports an average of over 26,000 new COVID-19 cases.
News
- Risk of #COVID19 resurgence is never far away, but now we know how to target the virus instead of targeting society
- Announcing the Pan-European Commission on Health and Sustainable Development: Rethinking Policy Priorities in the light of Pandemics
- Sustainability of health care frameworks during the pandemic
About Dr Kluge
My dream is that of a society where no one is left behind. A WHO European Region where health is taken into account in major government policies to enable all people of all ages to live healthy lives. A Region where people-centred and sustainable public health and health-care services are available to all people.
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