UAE doctor becomes first Emirati woman to join WHO pandemic advisory group

UAE doctor becomes first Emirati woman to join WHO pandemic advisory group

Dr Farida AlHosani is well known as the face of the country's Covid response

Dr Farida Al Hosani, official spokesperson for the UAE health sector.

Published: Fri 4 Mar 2022, 12:12 PM

Dr Farida AlHosani becomes the first Emirati female to join World Health Organisation’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework Advisory Group

Dr Farida Al Hosani, UAE’s official spokesperson for the health sector has joined the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework (PIP Framework) Advisory Group as a Member for the period 2022-2024.

Dr Hosani is an infectious disease expert and executive director of infectious diseases at the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (APHC), the region’s first dedicated Centre protecting the physical, mental and social wellbeing of Abu Dhabi residents by raising public and preventative healthcare awareness.

APHC said in a press release that members of the advisory group are appointed by the director-general of WHO.

“They serve, in their personal, expert capacity, for a period of three years. The key goal of the framework is to improve and strengthen the sharing of information about influenza viruses with human pandemic potential, and to increase the access to vaccines and other pandemic related supplies for developing countries,” read the release.

The PIP Framework is focused on the sharing