Christine Brown

Christine (Chris) Brown is Head of the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, based in Venice, Italy. She leads a multidisciplinary team supporting European health networks, national authorities, and partners in implementing social, economic, gender, and rights-based policies for health equity. She manages the WHO European Regional Health Equity Status Initiative and leads the WHO/Europe Universal Wellbeing Economy Initiative, building cross-sector alliances for recovery and development plans. Chris is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Global Leader in Health Equity and a Visiting Professor at Glasgow Caledonian University. Prior to WHO, she spent over a decade with the Danish Development Agency on large-scale health and sustainable livelihoods projects, and worked as a public health expert in the UK in regional and national health authority roles.