E-DRUG: Re: New Leadership in WHO (13)
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Excerpt from BMJ 1998;317:492 ( 22 August )
News
The new WHO cabinet looks refreshingly different
The top ranks of the World Health Organisation look dramatically
different since Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland swept into office on
21 July, writes Adrea Mach
The average age of WHO's new cabinet has dropped by almost a decade,
from 59.2 to 49.9 years. Not that "youth" in itself is a solution to
the problems that Dr Brundtland has inherited. But the new cabinet
provides a welcome infusion of energy, skills, and diversity, which
seems to be reviving a latent innovative spirit throughout the
organisation. The new team was chosen with an eye to technical skills,
a broad perspective, and team spirit. Of the 10 cabinet members, eight
come from outside the WHO and six are women. Members are evenly split
between the North and the South, and all of the WHO's six regions are
represented. Many of the external recruits have come to the WHO from
positions with more people, pay, and power in order to participate in
this experiment of renewal. The motivation? In a word, Brundtland.
Full article can be accessed via the internet from the BMJ
website: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7157/492
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