Hiroshi Nakajima (中嶋 宏, Nakajima Hiroshi, May 16, 1928 – January 26, 2013) was a Japanese doctor known chiefly for his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization. [1]

Hiroshi Nakajima (born May 16, 1928, Chiba City, Japan—died January 26, 2013, Poitiers, France) was a Japanese physician and director general of the World Health Organization (WHO; 1988–98). Nakajima studied at Tokyo Medical College, where he received a doctorate in 1954.

Feb 1, 2013 · NEW YORK — Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, a Japanese physician who as leader of the World Health Organization started campaigns to fight malaria and other infectious diseases but whose tenure, from 1988...

Jan 28, 2013 · Dr Hiroshi Nakajima, former Director-General of WHO, died Saturday, 26 January, in Poitiers, France, after a short illness. He was 84.

Jan 4, 2007 · In January 1988 the WHO Executive Board elected Dr Hiroshi Nakajima as the fourth Director-General of WHO, succeeding Dr Halfdan Mahler. He was the first Japanese citizen to head a United Nations agency.

Hiroshi Nakajima Director-General of WHO from 1988 to 1998. Born in Chiba, Japan, on May 16, 1928, he died in Poitiers, France, on Jan 26, 2013, aged 84 years. Some 15 years ago, Sir George Alleyne was asked for his opinion of Hiroshi Nakajima’s time as Director-General of WHO. It was 1998, the year Nakajima stepped down after

Jan 29, 2013 · Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, a Japanese physician who as leader of the World Health Organization started campaigns to fight malaria and other infectious diseases but whose tenure, from 1988 to 1998,...

Jan 28, 2013 · Hiroshi Nakajima, a Japanese doctor and former director-general of the World Health Organization, died at the weekend in France at the age of 84, the UN health body said Monday.

Apr 6, 2013 · Director-General of WHO from 1988 to 1998. Born in Chiba, Japan, on May 16, 1928, he died in Poitiers, France, on Jan 26, 2013, aged 84 years. Some 15 years ago, Sir George Alleyne was asked for his opinion of Hiroshi Nakajima's time as Director-General of WHO.

Nakajima had been appointed as the first Japanese to be director general of the WHO. After graduating from Tokyo Medical University in 1954, Dr . Nakajima did research on neuropharmacology at the University of Paris. He then occupied variety of posts in the WHO and now is making great contributions to international health care.