Professor Salomon, Director General of Health, joins the management team of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva on Monday, April 17.
Several other appointments have also taken place, specifies the UN body.
In a press release, the WHO specifies that this professor of medicine, who had become a familiar figure to the French during the Covid health crisis, holds the position of Deputy Director General for Universal Health Coverage and Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases.
In this role, he will oversee a broad portfolio of technical programs covering, among others, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis, malaria, mental health issues as well as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer.
Dr Salomon, who holds a doctorate in epidemiology, was already a member of the WHO executive board before his appointment and has "
extensive experience in the management of health systems, communicable diseases and international public health
", indicates the organization.
Five other nominations
The WHO appointed a total of five new personalities on Monday to the management team of its headquarters in Geneva, some of which had already been announced a few months ago.
These appointments follow the reappointment last year of Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as head of the WHO.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, who headed Britain's Wellcome Trust research foundation, will become the organization's chief scientist from May 8.
In his position, says the WHO, this clinician-researcher will bring together the best brains from around the world in the fields of science and innovation “
to design and implement quality health policies and services
”.
Prior to joining the Wellcome Trust in 2013, he headed the Clinical Research Unit at the Vietnam Hospital for Tropical Diseases for 17 years, where his research focused on global health and, more specifically, infectious diseases. emerging.
Dr Razia Pendse, from the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, will become, from May 4, the new Chief of Staff to the Director-General, replacing Catharina Boehme in this position.