New leadership for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: exceptional election in an exceptional time

Samer Jabbour; Sameen Siddiqi; Rita Giacaman; Hani Serag; Jawad Al-Lawati; Amirhossein Takian; Habiba Ben Romdhane; Elsheikh Badr; Laith J. Abu-Raddad; Aida Seif El-Dawla; Salwa Najjab; Driss Moussaoui; Mustafa Khogali; Yousef Khader; Bothaina Attal; Iman Nuwayhid

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31029-8

New leadership for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: exceptional election in an exceptional time

Samer Jabbour, Sameen Siddiqi, Rita Giacaman, Hani Serag, Jawad Al-Lawati, Amirhossein Takian, Habiba Ben Romdhane, Elsheikh Badr, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Aida Seif El-Dawla, Salwa Najjab, Driss Moussaoui, Mustafa Khogali, Yousef Khader, Bothaina Attal, Iman Nuwayhid

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1879-1881
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	391
Issue number	10133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31029-8
State	Published - May 12 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Jabbour, S., Siddiqi, S., Giacaman, R., Serag, H., Al-Lawati, J., Takian, A., Ben Romdhane, H., Badr, E., Abu-Raddad, L. J., El-Dawla, A. S., Najjab, S., Moussaoui, D., Khogali, M., Khader, Y., Attal, B., & Nuwayhid, I. (2018). New leadership for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: exceptional election in an exceptional time. The Lancet, 391(10133), 1879-1881. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31029-8

Jabbour, S, Siddiqi, S, Giacaman, R, Serag, H, Al-Lawati, J, Takian, A, Ben Romdhane, H, Badr, E, Abu-Raddad, LJ, El-Dawla, AS, Najjab, S, Moussaoui, D, Khogali, M, Khader, Y, Attal, B & Nuwayhid, I 2018, 'New leadership for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: exceptional election in an exceptional time', The Lancet, vol. 391, no. 10133, pp. 1879-1881. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31029-8

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