Zsuzsanna Jakab
Profile
Zsuzsanna Jakab is a Hungarian public health expert who served as the Deputy Director-General of the World Health Organization from 2019 to 2024. Throughout her distinguished career, she held several high-profile international and national positions, including serving as the founding Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm and as the Regional Director for the WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen. Before her international tenure, she worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Health, managing preparations for European Union accession in the field of public health. She is recognized for her extensive contributions to global health policy and strategic management.
Details
- Born
- 1951-05-17 · 75 years old
- Birth place
- Budapest, Hungary
- Education
- Eötvös Loránd University, University of Political Sciences (Budapest), Nordic College for Public Health (Gothenburg), National Institute of Public Administration and Management (Hungary)
