Rüdiger Krech Explained

Dr. Rüdiger Krech
Birth Date:9 June 1964
Alma Mater:Bielefeld University
Occupation:

Rüdiger Krech (born 9 June 1964) is a German public health expert who currently works as a senior official at the World Health Organization (WHO). An advocate for universal health coverage, social determinants of health, Health in All Policies and social protection, he is the Director of Health Promotion at WHO.

Life and career

Early career

Krech attended Bielefeld University in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany where he obtained his Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degrees. In 1992, he joined the WHO's Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he held various positions in the areas of ageing, health promotion, health policies and health systems. In 2003, he joined the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) where he worked as the Head of the Social Protection Section and the director of the Social Security Program in India.[1] [2] In 2005, together with colleagues from the WHO and the International Labour Office, Krech formed the WHO-ILO-GTZ Consortium on Social Health Insurance, a collaborative effort to extend health protection coverage in developing countries.[3] As a member of the German delegation in both the executive board of the WHO and the World Health Assembly between 2004 and 2009, he was also a chief negotiator of the resolution on sustainable health financing, universal coverage and social health insurance, passed in 2005.[4]

World Health Organization

In October 2009, Krech returned to the World Health Organization, this time working at their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland as the Director for Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights, leading about 70 scientists and health professionals in developing innovative programs in those areas.[5] In 2010, he was also appointed as a professor of global health at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. He was part of the organizing committee for the World Conference on the Social Determinants of Health that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 19–21 October 2011. The conference lead to the Rio Political Declaration, which was a commitment from member states to reduce health inequality and promote development.[6]

In November 2013, he became the organization's Director for Universal Health Coverage and Health Systems at the office of the Assistant Director-General. He oversees its work in providing safe and effective medicines and health technologies, integrated people-centred health services, health financing and governance, health workforce, knowledge management, information, policy and research.

In 2019, he was appointed as Director for Health Promotion at the World Health Organization. He oversees WHO‘s work on tobacco and alcohol control, physical activity, health law and fiscal policies for health, healthy settings, health literacy, community engagement and wellbeing.

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Academia meets Industry . 9 May 2016 . . September 17, 2016.
  2. Web site: Rüdiger Krech . International Summit of Cooperatives . September 17, 2016.
  3. Web site: Extending Social Protection in Health: Developing Countries' Experiences, Lessons Learnt and Recommendations . 2007 . WHO-ILO-GTZ Consortium on Social Health Insurance . September 17, 2016.
  4. Web site: Sustainable health financing, universal coverage and social health insurance . https://web.archive.org/web/20131118122225/http://www.who.int/health_financing/documents/cov-wharesolution5833/en/ . dead . November 18, 2013 . 2005 . . September 20, 2016.
  5. Web site: Panel Discussion - About the Speakers . United Nations in India . September 17, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917165005/http://www.in.one.un.org/page/panel-discussion-about-the-speakers . September 17, 2016.
  6. Web site: Meeting Report World Conference on the Social Determinants of Health . October 2011 . . September 17, 2016.
  7. Implications of the Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064239/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/10/10-082461/en/ . dead . May 27, 2016 . October 2010 . Krech . Rüdiger . Valentine . Nicole . Reinders . Lina Tucker . Albrecht . Daniel . . 88 . 10 . 10.2471/BLT.10.082461 . . September 17, 2016 . 720. 2947051 . 20931052.
  8. 21740652 . Tuberculosis: Still a Social Disease . June 2010 . Raviglione . Mario . Krech . Rüdiger . . 15 (suppl. 2) . 10.5588/ijtld.11.0158 . S6-8.
  9. Action on Social Determinants of Health Is Essential to Tackle Non-communicable Diseases . https://web.archive.org/web/20150903235447/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/10/11-094243/en/ . dead . September 3, 2015 . October 2011 . Rasanathan . Kumanan . Krech . Rüdiger . . 89 . 10 . 10.2471/BLT.11.094243 . . September 17, 2016. 3209983 . 22084516 . 775–776.
  10. Social Determinants of Health: Practical Solutions to Deal with a Well-Recognized Issue . https://web.archive.org/web/20140610035456/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/89/10/11-094870/en/ . dead . June 10, 2014 . October 2011 . Krech . Rüdiger . . 89 . 10 . 10.2471/BLT.11.094870 . . September 17, 2016 . 703. 3209985 . 22084502.
  11. Healthy public policies: looking ahead . December 2011 . Krech . Rüdiger . Health Promotion International . 26 (suppl. 2) . 268–272 . 10.1093/heapro/dar066 . 22080083 . free .
  12. 24068895 . Health workforce brain drain: from denouncing the challenge to solving the problem . September 2013 . Cometto . Giorgio . Tulenko . Kate . Muula . Adamson S. . Krech . Rüdiger . . 10 . 9 . 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001514 . 3775719 . e1001514 . free .
  13. Human resources for universal health coverage: from evidence to policy and action . https://web.archive.org/web/20140410061704/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/91/11/13-131110/en/ . dead . April 10, 2014 . November 2013 . Sales . Mozart . Kieny . Marie-Paule . Krech . Rüdiger . Etienne . Carissa F. . . 91 . 11 . 10.2471/BLT.13.131110 . . September 17, 2016 . 798–798A. 3853969 . 24347697.
  14. Globale Gesundheitssteuerung und globale Steuerung für mehr Gesundheit . German . January 2014 . Krech . Rüdiger . Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik . 68 . 10–13 . 10.5771/1611-5821-2014-1-10 . 1611-5821 . free .
  15. The 2014 Ebola outbreak: ethical use of unregistered interventions . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905033232/http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/9/14-145789/en/ . dead . September 5, 2014 . September 2014 . Krech . Rüdiger . Kieny . Marie-Paule . . 92 . 9 . 10.2471/BLT.14.145789 . . September 17, 2016 . 622. 4208580 . 25378748.

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