Etienne Krug

Dr Etienne Krug is a global public health leader, with 3 decades of international experience. Having served the World Health Organization (WHO) in various capacities since 1999, he is currently Director of the WHO Department of Health Determinants, Promotion and Prevention at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Department covers a broad range of topics linked to promoting more healthy and equitable societies. Among them include social and commercial determinants of health; injury and violence prevention; noncommunicable disease risks – tobacco, alcohol and physical inactivity; urban health; social connection; health promotion; and good governance and fiscal policies for health. In this capacity, he oversees the development of intergovernmental resolutions and global reports, the implementation of multi-country development projects, and global advocacy campaigns. He was the lead editor of the World report on violence and health, supported the adoption of sustainable development goals on violence and originated the first Global Ministerial Conference on Violence against Children. He chairs the International Organizing Committee for the series of World Conferences on Injury Prevention and the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. He authored dozens of scientific articles and reports and is member of the Editorial Board of several scientific journals. Before joining WHO, Dr Krug worked at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Médecins sans Frontières, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Dr Krug holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Harvard University in the United States and a degree as a Medical Doctor from the University of Louvain in Belgium.