Brazzaville – As a part of the method for the election of the following World Well being Group Regional Director for Africa, a digital reside candidates’ discussion board shall be held on Wednesday 2 April 2025 from 09:30 to 16:00 Brazzaville time.
The digital discussion board, agreed by WHO Member States within the Area, is among the many measures adopted to strengthen the transparency of the electoral course of. It will likely be presided by Honourable Louise Mapleh Kpoto, Minister of Well being and Social Welfare of Liberia and present First Vice-Chairperson of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
The discussion board is a platform offered to the candidates to element their expertise and experience, and to current their imaginative and prescient of what they hope to realize throughout their tenure to ship on the core mandates of WHO within the African Area.
The 4 candidates (in nation alphabetical order) are:
- Dr Michel N’da Konan Yao, proposed by Cote d’Ivoire
- Dr Mohamed Lamine Dramé, proposed by Guinea
- Professor Janabi Mohamed Yakub, proposed by United Republic of Tanzania
- Professor Moustafa Mijiyawa, proposed by Togo
The candidates will every give a presentation of not more than 20 minutes.
Choice of questions
Every Member State becoming a member of the digital discussion board could ask questions if it so needs. Member States are invited to point the candidate(s) to whom they want to ask a query by writing to the Regional Workplace on the following electronic mail deal with GoverningBodiesAfro [at] who.int (GoverningBodiesAfro[at]who[dot]int) no later than 26 March 2025, at 17:00 Brazzaville time. The tokens bearing the names of the Member States wishing to ask questions shall be positioned within the related baggage (one for every candidate). Member States that nominated a candidate are usually not anticipated to ask the candidate they nominated a query.
After every candidate has made an oral presentation, the Chair will decide the tokens randomly, one-by-
one, till the allotted time is exhausted. After every token is drawn, the corresponding Member States shall be invited to ask a query, and the candidate invited to supply a solution.
Questions and solutions
Member States can have as much as one minute to ask one query solely. A number of half questions won’t be permitted. Candidates can have as much as three minutes to reply to every query. Every interview will conclude when the 40 minutes for the interview have elapsed, even when there are pending questions. Nonetheless, a candidate shall be permitted to finish their reply to the query being addressed when the 40 minutes elapse.
Timekeeping
A clock shall be displayed on the display screen to help the individuals to maintain throughout the closing dates throughout each elements of the interview.
The occasion shall be livestreamed in English, French and Portuguese on WHO Regional Workplace for Africa social media channels and web site by the hyperlinks under:
- X
- WHO AFRO
- YouTube
