The Stop TB Partnership recently announced the appointment of Dr. Lucica Ditiu to the position of Executive Secretary. A native of Romania, Dr. Ditiu is a physician and researcher who has devoted her career to improving the lives of people living in communities heavily burdened by tuberculosis.
Dr. Ditiu first joined WHO in 2000 and served as a medical officer for TB within the disaster and preparedness unit of the WHO European Regional Office and then in the TB unit of the European Regional Office in Copenhagen. In January 2010, Dr. Ditiu joined the Stop TB Partnership Secretariat in Geneva to lead the TB REACH initiative.