Nata Menabde

Nata (Natela) Menabde (born 27 May 1960) is a Georgian executive director of the World Health Organization since May 2015. She is credited with having led the policy work that resulted in UN General Assembly resolutions on antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis and global health and foreign policy.

Menabde laid the cornerstone for the work that culminated into the path breaking European Tallinn Charter on Health Systems, Health and Wealth in 2008.

Menabde obtained an M.Sc. in Pharmacy from the Tbilisi State Medical Institute, Georgia, in 1983, as well as a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, in 1986. She also holds several certificates in Health Management, Leadership, and Health Economics from the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Sweden.