世卫组织西太平洋
区域主任
WHO Regional
Director for the
Western Pacific
Saia Mau Piukala医生
Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala
Saia Mau Piukala医生简历
Biography
Saia Ma’u Piukala医生是世卫组织西太平洋区域主任，也是首位来自于太平洋岛国的区域主任。他于2023年10月获西太平洋区域委员会提名，于2024年1月获世卫组织执行委员会任命，于2024年2月1日就职。
Piukala医生是一位政治家、公共卫生领导者和外科医生，有着近30年在汤加及太平洋地区的工作经验。他倡导通过多部门合作来应对非传染性疾病和气候变化带来的健康威胁，领导着全民健康覆盖和新发传染病防治工作，并一直大力推动青少年健康、烟草控制、安全手术以及备灾和救灾工作。
在当选区域主任前，Piukala医生是汤加王国议会议员兼卫生部长；2022年10月-2023年10月，Piukala医生任世卫组织西太平洋区域委员会副主席；2023年9月，在汤加主办的太平洋卫生部长会议中任主席；2019-2022年，任世卫组织执行委员会委员；2018-2020年，任世卫组织非传染性疾病独立高级别委员会委员。
此前，Piukala医生曾在汤加的主要转诊医院Vaiola医院任医务主任，在汤加和斐济、瑙鲁、纽埃和图瓦卢等其他太平洋岛国任高级医疗官和普通外科医生。
Piukala医生拥有南太平洋大学斐济医学院的内外科学士学位（1995 年）、外科研究生文凭（2005 年）和外科医学硕士学位（2009 年）。
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Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala is WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific and the first Pacific islander to take up this role. He was nominated for this position by the Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in October 2023, appointed by the WHO Executive Board in January 2024 and took office on 1 February 2024.
Dr Piukala is a politician, public health leader and surgeon who brings to the role nearly 30 years of experience working in Tonga and across the Pacific. He is a champion of multisectoral collaboration to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and the threat to health posed by climate change. He has led initiatives to achieve universal health coverage and address emerging infectious diseases. He has been a strong advocate for initiatives on youth health, tobacco control, safe surgery, and disaster preparedness and response.
Prior to his election as WHO Regional Director, Dr Piukala was a Member of Parliament and Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Tonga. He also served as Vice-Chair of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific (October 2022 to October 2023), and chaired the Pacific Health Ministers meeting hosted by Tonga in September 2023. From 2019 to 2022 he served a member of the WHO Executive Board, and he was a Commissioner for WHO’s Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs from 2018 to 2020.
Previously, Dr Piukala was Medical Superintendent of the main referral hospital in Tonga, and worked as a Senior Medical Officer and General Surgeon in Tonga and other Pacific islands including Fiji, Nauru, Niue and Tuvalu.
Dr Piukala holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (1995), Postgraduate Diploma in Surgery (2005) and Master of Medicine in Surgery (2009) from Fiji School of Medicine / University of the South Pacific.
