Dr. Rayana Bou Haka
Dr Rayana Bou Haka is the WHO Representative for WHO country office in the State of Qatar since June 2022. Dr Bou Haka joined WHO in 2000 and she had occupied several senior level positions in WHO at HQ, in the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office/ World Health Organization in Cairo and in Djibouti and Pakistan.
As Manager CCU before joining WHO Qatar her work focused on supporting WHO country offices including the strategic planning processes in countries. As the desk officer for Qatar based in Cairo from 2017-2022, she oversaw the WHO collaborative programs with Qatar, liaising with technical units in the regional office and in headquarters. The WHO office in Qatar was established in August 2022.
Prior to joining WHO, Dr Bou Haka worked as a Consultant to the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Lebanon in the Primary Health Care Pilot Project part of the World Bank funded project for Health Sector Rehabilitation project (HSRP) June 1998-August 2000.
With Medical doctor degree (1987), Specialty diploma in Pediatrics (1991) and Masters in Public Health (1992), she has clinical experience as a pediatrician as well as managerial experience as the Emergency Unit Physician, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) - Beirut from 1991-1997.
