@article{61ba9d381ad84e13b5bbcda17e21afe9,
title = "New leadership for the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean: exceptional election in an exceptional time",
author = "Samer Jabbour and Sameen Siddiqi and Rita Giacaman and Hani Serag and Jawad Al-Lawati and Amirhossein Takian and \{Ben Romdhane\}, Habiba and Elsheikh Badr and Abu-Raddad, \{Laith J.\} and El-Dawla, \{Aida Seif\} and Salwa Najjab and Driss Moussaoui and Mustafa Khogali and Yousef Khader and Bothaina Attal and Iman Nuwayhid",
note = "Funding Information: SJ was a WHO EMRO staff member between 2013 and 2015. SS was a WHO EMRO staff member until Dec 31, 2017. JA has served as a temporary advisor to WHO Geneva as well as to WHO EMRO on several occasions; on two occasions, JA received payments against agreement for performance of work from WHO EMRO. LJA has received research funding from WHO, acted as temporary advisor for WHO, and served on committee/advisory/reference boards for WHO. The other authors declare no competing interests.",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31029-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "391",
pages = "1879--1881",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier BV",
number = "10133",
}