Bente mikkelsen

Dr. Mikkelsen brings over 11 years of senior management experience from the World Health Organization (WHO). As the Director of Non-Communicable Diseases , Rehabilitation and Disability at WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, as well as Director NCDs and Promoting Health through the Life course, WHO EURO Regional Office, Copenhagen, Denmark she has played a pivotal role in advancing international efforts to combat non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Her tenure at WHO was marked by her ability to implement global health decisions at the country level, effectively exercising the WHO reform as a method of work as well as establishing new initiatives like the Global Coordination Mechanism for NCDs, Global Platform for Access to Childhood Cancer medicines (GPCCAM), Global Diabetes Compact and leading the Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative (CCEI) as well as the HEARTS initiative.