New York. Bharatvanshi Anil Soni, the world’s renowned health expert, has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the newly formed WHO Foundation. The Foundation will work closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to solve health-related challenges worldwide. In a statement released on Monday by the foundation, it is said that Sony will take over on January 1 next year.
The WHO Foundation is headquartered in Geneva. It was launched in May this year. Prior to joining the WHO Foundation, Anil was at Sony Healthcare Company Viatries. There he was the head of the Global Infection Disease. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes has named Sony as a proven innovator in world health, having spent more than two decades among communities suffering from HIV, AIDS and other infectious diseases.
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