Pamela Rendi-Wagner

Dr Pamela Rendi-Wagner took up her post as director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on 17 June 2024. In 2021 she was appointed director general for public health and chief medical officer at Austria’s Ministry of Health. In 2017, she was appointed minister of health and women’s affairs, and was the first woman to chair the Austrian Social Democratic Party from 2018 to 2023. She is a former member of the ECDC Management Board and the Standing Committee, a subcommittee of the World Health Organization’s Regional Committee for Europe.

Health

Reinforcing preparedness in a post-pandemic world

During the Covid-19 emergency, healthcare and public health systems worldwide faced unprecedented...