How Prof Janabi won delegates’ support for top WHO Africa job

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Prof Mohammed Janabi, the newly elected WHO’s director for Africa.  PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s Prof Mohammed Yakub Janabi has been elected as the new Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organisation (WHO), following a vote by the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Geneva.

Prof Janabi’s nomination came after a convincing plea for votes in which he laid out a bold, seven-pillar agenda for transforming health systems across Africa.