Zimbabwean appointed as WHO commissioner

Chido Mpemba who currently serves as the youngest diplomat in the African Union Chairperson’s Cabinet has been appointed as a Commissioner  and Co-Chair of the Social Connection Commission by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Commission will have its Secretariat housed at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland,running under a three year term on efforts to position mental health related to social isolation as a global political priority and to take the loneliness and social isolation solutions to scale, based on some of the challenges emanating from the effects of the Covid19 pandemic and as an emerging global issue. 

In making the appointment WHO stated that Mpemba was chosen in recognition of her leadership in confronting current global challenges. 

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