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'''Zsuzsanna Jakab''' (dr. Jakab Ferencné) (born 17 May 1951) is |
'''Zsuzsanna Jakab''' (dr. Jakab Ferencné) (born on 17 May 1951) is Director of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. She became Regional Director on 1 February, 2010, succeeding [[Marc Danzon]]. A native of [[Hungary]], she has held a number of high-profile national and international public health policy positions in the last three decades. |
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Before her election as Regional Director, Jakab served as the founding Director of the European Union's [[European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control]] (ECDC) in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]. Between 2005 and 2010, she built ECDC into an internationally respected centre of excellence in the fight against infectious diseases. |
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From 1969 to 1974 she obtained a Master’s Degree in political sciences at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences in [[Budapest]]. From 1977 until 1979 she studied at the University of Political Sciences in Budapest, where she obtained a Postgraduate university degree in macroeconomics, political sciences, and history of religions. In 1998 and [[1999]] she studied public health and epidemiology (two courses) at the Nordic School of Public Health in [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]]. In 2002 - 2003 she studied at the National Institute of Public Administration and Management (Hungary), where she obtained a postgraduate degree in [[public administration]] and [[management]]. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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From December 1975 until December 1991 she worked for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Hungary. From 17 December 1991 until September 2002, she worked for the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, where she was in charge of the Administration and Management Support. Before she became head of the ECDC, she was Secretary of State in [[Hungary]]’s Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs. She was responsible for overseeing Hungary’s implementation and management of the EU integration, regarding health policies. Zsuzsanna Jakab was the first national from one of the Member States that joined the [[European Union]] on 1 May 2004 to become the head of an [[Agencies of the European Union|agency of the European Union]]. |
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Between 2002 and 2005, Ms Jakab was State Secretary at the [[Hungarian]] Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs, where she managed the country’s preparations for [[European Union]] accession in the area of public health. She played a key role in the negotiations leading up to the Fourth WHO Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, held in [[Budapest]] in June 2004. |
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Between 1991 and 2002, Zsuzsanna Jakab worked at the WHO Regional Office for Europe in a range of senior management roles, including as Director of Administration and Management Support. Before this, as Director of Country Health Development, she was in charge of external relations and strategic partnerships: coordinating collaboration with the 51 Member States in the WHO European Region and international partners. During her long tenure with the organization, she also served as Director of the Division of Information, Evidence and Communication and Coordinator of the EUROHEALTH programme. |
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Jakab began her career in [[Hungary]]’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 1975, being responsible for external affairs, including relations with WHO. |
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Jakab holds a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest; a postgraduate degree from the University of Political Sciences, Budapest; a diploma in public health from the Nordic School of Public Health in [[Göteborg]], [[Sweden]]; and a postgraduate diploma from the National Institute of Public Administration and Management, [[Hungary]]. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[World Health Organization]] |
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* [[Surgeon General of the United States]] |
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Revision as of 18:29, 31 July 2010
Zsuzsanna Jakab (dr. Jakab Ferencné) (born on 17 May 1951) is Director of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. She became Regional Director on 1 February, 2010, succeeding Marc Danzon. A native of Hungary, she has held a number of high-profile national and international public health policy positions in the last three decades.
Before her election as Regional Director, Jakab served as the founding Director of the European Union's European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, Sweden. Between 2005 and 2010, she built ECDC into an internationally respected centre of excellence in the fight against infectious diseases.
Career
Between 2002 and 2005, Ms Jakab was State Secretary at the Hungarian Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs, where she managed the country’s preparations for European Union accession in the area of public health. She played a key role in the negotiations leading up to the Fourth WHO Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health, held in Budapest in June 2004.
Between 1991 and 2002, Zsuzsanna Jakab worked at the WHO Regional Office for Europe in a range of senior management roles, including as Director of Administration and Management Support. Before this, as Director of Country Health Development, she was in charge of external relations and strategic partnerships: coordinating collaboration with the 51 Member States in the WHO European Region and international partners. During her long tenure with the organization, she also served as Director of the Division of Information, Evidence and Communication and Coordinator of the EUROHEALTH programme.
Jakab began her career in Hungary’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 1975, being responsible for external affairs, including relations with WHO.
Education
Jakab holds a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest; a postgraduate degree from the University of Political Sciences, Budapest; a diploma in public health from the Nordic School of Public Health in Göteborg, Sweden; and a postgraduate diploma from the National Institute of Public Administration and Management, Hungary.
See also
Source
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