Chadia Wanous
One Health Senior Specialist and Global Coordinator, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Dr. Wannous is a public health professional who serves as the One Health Senior Specialist and Global Coordinator for the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
Dr. Wannous work focuses on prevention of health threats at the human-animal-environment interface through the One Health approach, including on zoonotic and vector borne diseases, AMR, and integrating the environment in One Health initiatives.
Before joining WOAH, Dr. Wannous worked in the UN System for more than a decade on health emergencies prevention, preparedness, and response, including serving as the Senior Policy Advisor to the UN Special Envoy on Ebola response in West Africa and to the UN System Influenza Coordination.
She has a PhD in International Health and Development from Tulane University School of Public Health (New Orleans, USA 2008) and a MSc from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (London,1999), MPH in Public Health (Damascus, 1993) following a first degree in Dentistry (Damascus, 1991).