Santino Severoni

Dr Severoni he is Director of the Migration Health Programme, Office of the Deputy Director General at the WHO headquarter in Geneva. Since 2000 he has held senior positions at the World Health Organization European Office. He is a medical doctor, health economist, epidemiologist and experienced system management. He has over 24 years of experience as international senior technical advisor and executive, worked for governments, multilateral organizations, NGOs and foundations in Eastern Africa, Balkans, Central Asia and Europe. During his professional career he has dedicated his work to global health with focus to health sector reforms, health system strengthening, health diplomacy, aid coordination/effectiveness, management of complex emergencies and as WHO Representative in Albania and Tajikistan. Since 2011 have been establishing and leading the public health aspect of migration work for the WHO Regional Office for Europe. Dr Severoni lead WHO’s inputs to the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact on Orderly, Safe and Regular Migration, established the Knowledge Hub on Health and Migration and coordinated the first WHO report on the health of refugees and migrants in the WHO European Region. In June 2020 was appointed Director of the Migration Health Programme at the WHO Headquarter in Geneva with the responsibility of leading the WHO global work on health and migration.