Dr Tedros announced his decision to keep the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergency programme (IOAC) and the composition of the membership for 2018-2020.
The IOAC 2018-2020 will start its term of office from 27 May 2018, immediately after the WHA71.
- Dr Felicity Harvey (Chair), Visiting Professor, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London
- Prof Walid Ammar, Director-General of Health, Lebanon
- Dr Hiroyoschi Endo, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Health at St Luke’s International University in Japan
- Dr Geeta Rao Gupta, Executive Director, 3D Program, UN Foundation
- Mr Jeremy Kondyndyk, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development
- Ms Precious Matsoso (honorary member), Director-General, Department of Health, South Africa
- Dr Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada.