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Technical Officer, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)
WHO Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific Dr Sharon Salmon is Technical Officer, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), WHO Regional Office of the Western Pacific. As part of the COVID-19 response Sharon has held a number of roles including COVID-19 IMST Regional Incident Manager, Lead for Partnership Coordination and Lead for Infection Prevention & Control and Clinical Management. Sharon has been deployed several times as COVID-19 Incident Manager for Papua New Guinea and Philippines WHO Country Offices. Prior to re-joining WHO, Sharon was the Assistant Director of Nursing, Infection Prevention at the National University Hospital, Singapore and Associate Consultant, Ministry of Health Singapore. She has 20 years of IPC experience including extensive international consultative experience, providing technical advice for IPC national programmes, hospital assessments and development of national guidelines across several countries in Asia. Sharon holds a Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney and a PhD from the University of NSW, Australia. |