Abha Saxena

Abha Saxena is the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In that role, she chairs the Research Ethics Review Committee and leads the Department of Ethics and Social Determinants (ESD) of WHO. She is married to WHO-based psychiatrist Shekhar Saxena. Much of her work involves advising low and middle income countries about the ethics of resource allocation in addressing vector-borne diseases, aging, and other current medical and public health issues.

Abha Saxena

Abha Saxena is the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In that role, she chairs the Research Ethics Review Committee and leads the Department of Ethics and Social Determinants (ESD) of WHO. She is married to WHO-based psychiatrist Shekhar Saxena. Much of her work involves advising low and middle income countries about the ethics of resource allocation in addressing vector-borne diseases, aging, and other current medical and public health issues.