Dr Santino Severoni

Dr. Santino Severoni is the Director of the Health and Migration Programme (PHM), Office of the Deputy Director-General.

He worked for WHO, governments, NGOs, and foundations in Eastern Africa, the Balkans, Central Asia, and Europe with a focus on global health, focusing on health sector reforms, health systems strengthening, health diplomacy, aid coordination/effectiveness, management of complex emergencies. He was also a WHO Representative in Albania and Tajikistan. From 2011 to 2020 he led the WHO EURO work on health and migration as Special Representative of the Regional Director and Director a.i. on health systems and public health. In June 2020, Dr. Severoni was appointed Director of the Health and Migration Programme at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva to lead the WHO global work on health and migration.