Zsuzsanna Jakab (dr. Jakab Ferencné) (b. 17 May 1951) is, since March 2005 the Hungarian head of the newly formed European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) located in Stockholm (Solna Municipality), Sweden. She is Europe's top health official, taking on the task of defending the European Union against infectious diseases. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (138th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is an agency of the European Union. ... Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th Century Population (April 2007)  - City 782,885  - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ... Solna Municipality (unofficial name: City of Solna, or Swedish: Solna Stad) is a Swedish municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden, located north of Stockholms city centre. ... This false-colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ...

Education

From 1969 to 1974 she obtained a Master’s Degree in political sciences at the Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences in Budapest. From 1977 until 1979 she studied at the University of Political Sciences in Budapest, where she obtained a Postgraduate university degree in macroeconomics, political sciences, and history of religions. In 1998 and [1999]] she studied public health and epidemiology (two courses) at the Nordic School of Public Health in Göteborg, Sweden. In 2002 - 2003 she studied at the National Institute of Public Administration and Management (Hungary), where she obtained a postgraduate degree in public administration and management. For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      Public administration can be broadly described as the study and implementation of policy. ... Look up Management in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Career

From December 1975 until December 1991 she worked for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Hungary. From 17 December 1991 until September 2002, she worked for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, where she was in charge of the Administration and Management Support. Before she became head of the ECDC, she was Secretary of State in Hungary’s Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs. She was responsible for overseeing Hungary’s implementation and management of the EU integration, regarding health policies. Zsuzsanna Jakab was the first national from one of the Member States that joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 to become the head of an agency of the European Union. December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The agencies of the European Union (or decentralised bodies of the European Union) are bodies which are distinct from the European Unions institutions, in that they have not been created by the treaties but rather by acts of secondary legislation, in order to accomplish a very specific task. ...

See also

• Surgeon General of the United States

US Public Health Service US Public Health Service Collar Device US Public Health Service Cap Device The Surgeon General of the United States is the head of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and, ex officio, is the leading spokesperson on matters of public health in the government...

Source

• ECDC Executice Committee
• Zsuzsanna Jakab
• CV