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