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Hiroshi Nakajima was born on 16 May, 1928 in Chiba, Empire of Japan, is a Japanese physician (1928–2013). Discover Hiroshi Nakajima's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 16 May, 1928
Birthday 16 May
Birthplace Chiba, Empire of Japan
Date of death 2013
Died Place Poitiers, France
Nationality Japan

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Hiroshi Nakajima (中嶋 宏) was a Japanese doctor known chiefly for his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization.

1928

He was born in Chiba, Japan, on 16 May 1928.

1955

In 1955 Nakajima received his M.D. from Tokyo Medical University, Japan.

He then studied in Paris.

1956

From 1956 or 1958 to 1967 Nakajima worked at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research doing medical and pharmaceutical research.

After his stay in France, he returned to Japan and became research director of Nippon Roche, a Japanese subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche.

1967

At some point after 1967, he obtained a PhD in medical sciences in Japan.

1974

Nakajima joined WHO in 1974 in the position of Scientist, Drug Evaluation and Monitoring.

1976

In 1976, he became Chief of the WHO Drug Policies and Management Unit.

It was in this position that he played a key role in developing the concept of essential drugs, as Secretary of the first Expert Committee on the subject.

1978

In 1978 or 1979, the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific nominated and elected Nakajima as Regional Director, an office he held for two consecutive terms until 1988 when he was elected Director-General of WHO.

1988

In January 1988 the WHO executive board selected Nakajima to become Director-General in a 17-to-14 vote over Carlyle Guerra de Macedo of Brazil.

During his leadership at WHO he notoriously had a conflict with then head of the WHO's Global Programme on AIDS (GPA), Jonathan Mann, which resulted in Mann's resignation.

Mann thought Nakajima was not aggressive enough in his approach against AIDS.

Much of the success of the Global Programme on AIDS was attributed to Mann, who also had autonomy over the Global Programme on AIDS, which Nakajima wanted to take away.

Nakajima also limited Mann's budget and travel.

Following Mann's resignation, the number of GPA staff dropped from more than 250 to four.

This conflict and its impact on WHO's AIDS efforts has been documented as a part of the PBS Frontline documentary "The age of AIDS".

During his tenure, Nakajima was also accused of being a poor communicator and administrator.

During his first term in 1988, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative was launched.

1992

Nakajima ran against Mohammed Abdelmoumene, an Algerian neurologist and Nakajima's deputy who had been fired by Nakajima in August 1992 for "disloyalty".

1993

In May 1993, Nakajima was re-elected in a 93-to-58 vote to a second term of office as Director-General.

His re-election was opposed by all major donor countries to the WHO including the United States.

There was controversy surrounding this re-election because the WHO awarded contracts to executive board members prior to the vote by the executive board in January.

An audit was conducted that concluded in March and cleared Nakajima of misusing WHO's finances.

1997

In 1997, Nakajima announced that he was not seeking another re-election and that his term of office would end in July 1998.

He was replaced by Gro Harlem Brundtland of Norway, whose candidacy was supported by the United States and the European Union.

2013

Nakajima died after a short illness in Poitiers, France, on January 26, 2013.