Programme Committee Members
Danjuma Adda
WHS 2024 Committee Co-Chair
WHA President
Meg Doherty
WHS 2024 Committee Co-Chair
Director Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes
World Health Organization
Ricardo Baptista Leite
President of the Board
UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
Maria Buti
Professor of Medicine Hospital Universitario VAlle Hebron
EASL Public Health Councilor
Chari Cohen
President
Hepatitis B Foundation
Erika Duffell
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Philippa Easterbrook
Global Hepatitis Programme
World Health Organization
Oriel Fernandes
Senior Director, Viral Hepatitis
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Ricardo Fuertes
Advisor for the Secretary of State of Health Promotion
Ministry of Health, Portugal
Kimberly Green
Global Program Director, Primary Health Care
PATH
Dr Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine: Consultant Internist, Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist
St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
Rachel Halford
WHA President-elect
Saeed Hamid
Professor of Medicine, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Director Clinical Trials Unit
Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Jessica Hicks
WHA Director
Cary James
WHA CEO
Giten Khwairakpam
Program Manager
TREAT Asia/amfAR
Funmi Lesi
Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes Lead
World Health Organization
Niklas Luhmann
Technical Officer
Testing, prevention and populations team
World Health Organization
Luís Mendão
Advocacy, Health Policies and External Relations Director
GAT Portugal
Marcelo Naveira
Medical Officer
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Homie Razavi
Managing Director
Center for Disease Analysis Foundation
Daniel Simões
Strategic Information Manager
Coalition PLUS
Rui Tato Marinho MD, PhD
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
President of National Program for Viral Hepatitis for the Directorate General of Health, Ministry of Health
Dr John Ward
Director, Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination (CGHE)
Ernst WISSE
Harm Reduction Advisor
Médecins du Monde - France