World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Goodwill Ambassadors
- Alisson Becker (Brazil), football player, GWA for Health Promotion
- Dr Natália Loewe Becker (Brazil), medical doctor and health advocate, GWA for Health Promotion
- Michael R. Bloomberg (U.S.), Founder of Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, GWA for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries
- Gordon Brown (U.K.), former Prime Minister of the U.K., GWA for Global Health Financing
- Ray Chambers (U.S.), philanthropist and humanitarian, GWA for Technology and Health Financing
- James Chau (China, U.K.), broadcaster, GWA for Sustainable Development Goals and Health
- Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), footballer, GWA for Sports and Health
- Renée Fleming (U.S.), opera singer, GWA for Arts and Health
- Cynthia Germanotta (U.S.), President of Born This Way Foundation, co-founded with her daughter Lady Gaga, GWA for Mental Health
- The Lacks Family (U.S.) - Lawrence, Victoria Baptiste, Alfred Lacks Carter, Jr., and Veronica Robinson, GWAs for Cervical Cancer Elimination
- Peng Liyuan (China), opera singer and actress, GWA for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
- Yohei Sasakawa (Japan), Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, GWA for Leprosy Elimination
- Pretty Yende (South Africa), opera singer, GWA for Arts and Health
WHO's Goodwill Ambassador website
Contact in New York
Ms. Angelica Spraggins, Programme Coordinator aspraggins@whoun.org
Contact in Geneva
Mr. Gaudenz Silberschmidt, Director, Health and Multilateral Partnerships silberschmidtg@who.int
Mrs. Vismita Gupta-Smith, Team Leader, Corporate Identity and Branding guptasmithv@who.int