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Encyclopedia > WHO Goodwill Ambassador

WHO Goodwill Ambassadors are celebrity advocates of the World Health Organization (WHO) and utilize their talent and fame to advocate for health and well-being. 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. ... Health can be defined negatively, as the absence of illness, functionally as the ability to cope with everyday activities, or positively, as fitness and well-being. ...


WHO Goodwill Ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:

  • Martina Hingis, tennis player. Goodwill Ambassador to the Expanded Programme on Immunization. (1997)
  • Mia Farrow, actress. Goodwill Ambassador to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (2001?)
  • Tracy Trinita, model. Goodwill Ambassador and anti-smoking envoi in Indonesia. (2002?)
  • Liya Kebede, model. Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (2005)
  • Sylvie Vartan, singer. Goodwill Ambassador for Maternal and Child Health in the European Region. (2005)

Hingis at the 1995 US Open Martina Hingis, originally Martina Hingisová Molitorová (September 30, 1980–), is an accomplished professional tennis player from Switzerland. ... Mia Farrow, an American actress, born Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow but always known as Mia, February 9, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director John Farrow (1904-1963) and his wife Maureen OSullivan (1911-1998), the actress who played Jane to Johnny Weissmullers Tarzan. ... Liya Kebede is a supermodel born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ... Sylvie Vartan (born 1944) is a French pop singer and music hall impressario. ...

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Goodwill’s purpose is not merely to provide a chance, but to offer disadvantaged individuals an opportunity and a means toward self-sufficiency…and a foundation for self-worth.
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