Dr. David Nabarro (born in 1949),is the current Executive Director of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments, a department under the World Health Organization. He is also the Senior Policy Advisor to the Director General of the WHO and Head of its Crisis Management Team. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Flag of World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... Who can refer to: WHO, World Health Organization The Who, a British rock band The Guess Who, a Canadian rock band who (pronoun), an English language interrogative pronoun. ...

Son of Sir John David Nunes Nabarro, he attended Oundle School leaving in the summer of 1966. In a gap year between school and university, Nabarro was a Community Service Volunteer. He spent a year as the Organiser of Youth Action, York. A BBC television documentary was made about his volunteer work. Oundle School is a public school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...

Nabarro became a qualified physician in the UK in 1973. After that, he worked in the UK's National Health Service. From 1976 to 1978, Nabarro worked as District Child Health Officer in Dhankuta District, Nepal. Later, he moved to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and in 1982, he became Regional Manager for the Save the Children Fund in South Asia, based in the region. In 1985 he joined the Liverpool School of Medicine as a Senior lecturer in International Community Health. He moved to the British Overseas Development Organization as a Strategic Adviser for Health and Population in East Africa, based in Nairobi in 1989. Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The logo of the NHS for England. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Dhankuta is a both a hill town and the name of a district in the eastern part of Nepal. ... Categories: Stub | University of London | Schools of Medicine | Health in London ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Save the Children is an international non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid. ... South Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ...

Having had a good experience with helping third world countries in the field of medical care,he then took up the post of Chief Health and Population Adviser, at the ODA London Office in 1990, and moved on to become Director of Human Development (as well as Chief Health Adviser) as ODA was transformed to the Department for International Development in 1997. For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... Health care or healthcare is the prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions [1]. The organised provision of such services may constitute a healthcare system. ...

Nabarro joined WHO in January 1999, as Project Manager, Roll Back Malaria, then moved to the Office of the Director-General, as Executive Director, from March 2000. He transferred to the Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments cluster in 2003. Who can refer to: WHO, World Health Organization The Who, a British rock band The Guess Who, a Canadian rock band who (pronoun), an English language interrogative pronoun. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

He was appointed Representative of the Director General for Health Action in Crises in July 2003. Since then he has been responsible for taking forward efforts to improve WHO's performance in crisis settings, with an emphasis on preparedness, response and recovery.

Nabarro was stationed in the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, when it was bombed on the afternoon of August 19, 2003. The blast targeted the United Nations, which had used the hotel as its headquarters in Iraq since 1991. [1] The Canal Hotel after the bombing. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

He coordinated support for health aspects of crises response operations in Darfur, Sudan, and in countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and Tsunami. In September 2005 was seconded from WHO and appointed Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, to ensure that the United Nations system makes an effective and coordinated contribution to the global effort to control the epidemic of avian influenza (or “bird flu”). Darfur (Arabic دار فور, meaning home of the Fur) is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. ... The tsunami caused by the December 26, 2004 earthquake strikes Ao Nang, Thailand. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Avian influenza (also known as bird flu, avian flu, influenzavirus A flu, type A flu, or genus A flu) is a flu (influenza) due to a type of influenza virus that is hosted by birds, but may infect several species of mammals. ...

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On September 29, 2005, Dr. Nabarro told the Associated Press that a global avian influenza pandemic could kill between 5 million and 150 million people worldwide.[2] The WHO promptly downplayed the statement as "scaremongering," adding that the press should not expect Dr. Nabarro to make such claims publicly again.[3] Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... Avian influenza (also known as bird flu, avian flu, influenzavirus A flu, type A flu, or genus A flu) is a flu (influenza) due to a type of influenza virus that is hosted by birds, but may infect several species of mammals. ... A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. ...

Nabarro is married to an Oxfordshire GP, Susanna Belle Graham-Jones, by whom he has three children, Thomas Adam Nabarro, Oliver Mark Nabarro and Polly Frances Graham-Jones Nabarro.