Dr da Costa e Silva meets Paraguayan Foreign Minister H.E. Luis Castiglioni
Dr da Costa e Silva and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO during the Walk the Talk 2018 promoting the COP 8
Dr da Costa e Silva receives award for her commitment to tobacco control for the last 30 years. From left to right: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO, Dr da Costa e Silva, Mr. Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay
WNDT 2018. From left to right: Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General for Programmes WHO, Dr Douglas Bettcher, former Director of WHO's department of Prevention of NCDs, Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the Convention Secretariat, President of Uruguay, Mr. Tabaré Vázquez and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO
Closing ceremony of the COP8. Picture from left to right: Ms. Guangyuan Liu, Coordinator Governance team of the Secretariat, Ms Preeti Sudan, former COP Bureau President, Dr da Costa e Silva, Chairs of Committees A and B, Dr Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan (Thailand) and Dr Kavita Singh (Guyana)
Dr da Costa met Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Member of the European Commission in charge of Health and Food Safety at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, under auspices of Presidential Administration of Romania.
Dr Vera da Costa with Dr Svetlana Axelrod, WHO 's Assistant Director General for NCDs and Mental Health and Dr Joy St John, WHO' s Assistant Director General for Climate and other determinants at the High-level Segment on Tobacco Control and Global Climate Action during COP8
Head of the Secretariat visiting the 'Jet d'eau' of Geneva with the COP7 Bureau members. The water fountain was illuminated with the colors of the Treaty during the COP8
Press conference during the launch of the Global Progress Report 2018. From left to right: Dr da Costa e Silva, Ms Preeti Sudan, former COP Bureau President, Ms. Anne Bucher, Head of the EU commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Opening of the Eighth session of the COP (COP8) in Geneva. From left to right : Ms Preeti Sudan, former COP Bureau President, Dr da Costa e Silva, Attorney-General of Brazil, Minister Grace Maria Fernandes Mendonça, Ms. Anne Bucher, Head of the EU commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
Dr Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, Head of the Secretariat, Ms Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Dr Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General before the openinf of the COP8
Dr. Haik Nikogosian, Emeritus Head of the Convention Secretariat with the current Head of the Secretariat
The Head of the Secretariat attends the Pre-COP8 meeting in Portugal (WHO EURO region
Dr da Costa responds to the questions to the accredited journalists to the UN during the press conference of the entry into force of The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
Meeting with Lebanon’s Minister of Public Health, H.E. Dr Jamil Jabak to discuss the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control, tobacco industry interference and our Knowledge hub for Waterpipes
Dr. Markku Tervahauta,DG of Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, that functions as FCTC Knowledge Hub on Surveillance in Finland, is with us discussing their support to Parties in their WHOFCTC implementation in areas of tobacco surveillance & health-in-all-policies approach &
Meeting with Hon. Deputy Minister of Health of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Alireza Raeisi to discuss their commitment in implementing the WHO FCTC and the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control
Meeting with Honorable Minister of Health of Ecuador Dr. Veronica Espinosa and her team met with the Head of the Secretariat during the World Health Assembly
Mr Andrii Skipalski, Director General, Public Health Directorate, Ministry of Health Ukraine during the Assembly.
Meeting with H.E. Minister of Health of Paraguay, Dr Julio Mazzoleni and his team during the WHA 72
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health of Uruguay, Dr. Jorge Quian met with the Secretariat to talk about the leadership of Uruguay and the region implementing the treaty, the Knowledge Exchange Center of the Secretariat on International Cooperation in Montevideo
Meeting with Dr Aristide Talon, Health Advisor to the Head of State of Benin
Dra. Reina Roa, COP Bureau Member and met with the Convention Secretariat
Dr Vera da Costa e Silva met with Ms Heran Gebra, Executive director of Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority
Dr. Nísia Trindade Lima, Fiocruz president, met with Dr Da Costa e Silva during the WHA 72, to discuss the great collaboration and support in implementing the WHO FCTC through the Tobacco industry monitoring centre (observatory): Fundação Oswaldo Cruz in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Meeting with Dr. Ifereimi Waqainabete, Hon. Minister of Health and Medical Services of Fiji
During the WHA 71 Dr da Costa met Dr. Angelique Berg, Director-General for Public Health. Ministry of Health, Well Being and Sports of the Netherlands and Mr Gert Jan Rietveld COP8 Bureau member
Bilateral meeting during WHA 71. From left to right: Michaëlle Jean, Ex-Secretary General of La Francophonie and Minister of Health of Côte d'Ivoire, Ms. Raymonde Goudou Coffie with Dr. Vera Luiza Da Costa
Dr da Costa e Silva and Michelle Bachelet United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights during the Walk the talk 2018
The Head of the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC met Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Berlin
Dr da Costa e Silva and the Bureau members elected by the COP7 met Dr Tedros Director General WHO
Health Minister of Andorra Mr. Carles Álvarez Marfany with Dr da Costa e Silva, Head of the Convention Secretariat, during a meeting to promote the entry into force of the Protocol
The Head of the Secretariat and the Secretary-General of the World Customs Organization, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, met in Brussels
Meeting with the Minister of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, of Georgia Mr. Davit Sergeenko
Meeting with Georgian Ministers during an FCTC 2030 project mission
Meeting between Dr Margaret Chan, former Director-General of the WHO and Dr da Costa
Reunion of the FCTC 2030 Parties and the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
Bureau members elected by the COP7 and the Head of the Secretariat during the COP Bureau meeting
Dr da Costa e Silva met President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez and former Austrian President Heinz Fischer during the 7th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) on 5 December 2016 in Vienna, Austria.
Dr da Costa e Silva met the President of Turkmenistan, Mr. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow during the Session 3 of the International Health Forum: “A vision for a healthier future: building on our achievements''.
The forum took place in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the state health programme of Turkmenistan, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
High-level meeting expressing support for plain packaging in Paris. Ministers and other high-level representatives of health ministries from Australia, France, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Uruguay met In Paris to express their aspiration for tobacco-free societies and promote effective tobacco control measures, specifically the standardized or plain packaging of tobacco products. The Head of the Secretariat actively participated in the meeting by moderating the discussion on plain packaging.