{"id":2535,"date":"2017-10-17T23:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/dr-tedros-who-director-general-announces-with-great-sadness-the-death-of-dr-mahmoud-m-fikri-who-regional-director-for-the-eastern-mediterranean-region\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:11:58","slug":"dr-tedros-who-director-general-announces-with-great-sadness-the-death-of-dr-mahmoud-m-fikri-who-regional-director-for-the-eastern-mediterranean-region","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/dr-tedros-who-director-general-announces-with-great-sadness-the-death-of-dr-mahmoud-m-fikri-who-regional-director-for-the-eastern-mediterranean-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General announces with great sadness the death of Dr Mahmoud M Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"post-3340 media-3340\" class=\"align-none break-container\">\n<figure id=\"post-3340 media-3340\" class=\"align-none break-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.world-heart-federation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IMG_4392-e1508281860304.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;min-height: 13.8px\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span>Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization announces with great sadness the death of Dr Mahmoud M Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The Organization extends its sincere condolences to Dr Fikri\u2019s family and his colleagues and friends throughout WHO and the EMRO region.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Fikri assumed his duties as Regional Director on 1 February 2017. He was on his way to attend the Global NCD Summit in Montevideo, Uruguay when he died.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Fikri had previously served as Advisor to the Minister of Health of United Arab Emirates, and had been a prominent regional public health figure for many years.<\/p>\n<p>The World Heart Federation expresses their most sincere condolences on the passing of Dr Fikri.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization announces with great sadness the death of Dr Mahmoud M Fikri, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 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