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Soumya Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan was appointed the WHO’s first chief scientist in 2019. A paediatrician from India and a globally recognised researcher on tuberculosis and HIV, she was previously secretary to the Government of India for health research and served as director general of the Indian Council of Medical Research from 2015 to 2017. From 2009 to 2011, she was coordinator of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Geneva.

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