世界衛生組織任命馬丁·泰勒為新任駐華代表

世界衛生組織（世衛組織）高興地宣布馬丁·泰勒先生為世衛組織新任駐華代表。馬丁先生在全球衛生和發展領域有著二十余年的豐富經驗，并曾在中國生活和工作八年，對中國有著深入了解。

世衛組織西太平洋區域代理區域主任蘇珊娜·雅各布博士表示：“未來幾年，世衛組織與中國的合作將對14億中國人乃至更廣泛人群的健康和福祉產生至關重要的影響。馬丁先生在公共衛生領域有著深厚造詣，也有在中國的豐富經驗，此次任命將有助于加強和擴大世衛組織與中國的合作伙伴關系。”

馬丁先生表示：“中國是全球衛生非常重要的參與者，也是實現聯合國可持續發展目標3（SDG3），即，‘到2030年確保所有人的健康與福祉’的重要力量。基于《中國-世衛組織國家合作戰略（2022-2026）》，世衛組織將繼續與中國政府及合作伙伴密切合作，支持惠及全中國人口的‘健康中國2030’規劃綱要的實施和全民健康覆蓋的實現。同時，我們會繼續與中國一道，在全球范圍內創建‘人人享有健康’的未來。”

“我非常期待助力‘健康中國2030’的實施，特別是幫助應對非傳染性疾病的危險因素（包括吸煙、有害飲酒、不健康飲食和缺乏身體活動），并繼續加強我們在結核病、肝炎和艾滋病等重大傳染病方面的合作。此外，我也希望進一步支持衛生服務系統、公共衛生系統和衛生應急系統的建設。”馬丁先生補充道。

馬丁先生長期致力于與各國政府密切合作，改善衛生系統。就任駐華代表之前，馬丁先生駐菲律賓馬尼拉，任世衛組織西太平洋區域辦事處衛生系統與服務司司長，領導西太區在衛生籌資、衛生立法、衛生人力、初級衛生保健、衛生服務提供、康復、基本藥品、疫苗和技術、傳統醫藥、婦幼保健，以及衛生服務質量，包括感染防控等領域的工作。

馬丁先生曾為澳大利亞在巴布亞新幾內亞的公共衛生和衛生保健等發展合作項目擔任顧問。此前，他曾在英國國際發展部從事中亞和東歐醫療改革工作。他也是2002年成立的抗擊艾滋病、結核病和瘧疾全球基金的創始團隊成員之一。

2003年至2007年，馬丁先生首次來華工作，于英國國際發展部牽頭中英兩國在公共衛生領域的合作項目。2013年至2017年，他再度回到中國，任世衛組織駐華代表處衛生系統和衛生安全部門負責人。

馬丁先生在劍橋大學和倫敦衛生與熱帶醫學院完成學業，主修社會人類學、衛生政策、規劃和籌資。

馬丁先生是衛生健康的倡導者和踐行者。他喜歡在北京亮馬河畔和朝陽公園跑步、騎自行車上下班。

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce Mr Martin Taylor as the new WHO Representative to China. Mr Taylor brings to this vital role over two decades of experience in global health and development, and an understanding of China drawing on 8 years of previously living and working in the country.

“In the coming years, cooperation between WHO and China will have a vital influence on the health and well-being of 1.4 billion Chinese people and beyond. Bringing deep public health expertise and experience in China, Martin Taylor’s appointment as the new WHO Representative will help to strengthen and expand our collaborative partnership,” said Dr Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO’s Acting Regional Director for the Western Pacific.

“China is a very important player in global health and for the achievement of SDG3 – the global sustainable development goal to ensure health and well-being for all by 2030. As agreed in the WHO-China Country Cooperation Strategy 2022-2026, WHO will continue to work closely with the Government and partners to support implementation of the Healthy China 2030 agenda and the achievement of universal health coverage to benefit the population of China; meanwhile, we’ll continue to work together with China to promote health for all globally,” says Mr Taylor.

“I’m looking forward to supporting implementation of Healthy China 2030. In particular to help address the risk factors for non-communicable disease (including smoking, harmful alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet and insufficient physical activity), and also to continue our collaboration on important infectious disease like TB, hepatitis and HIV/AIDS. In addition, I am keen to support stronger health care delivery and public health and emergency systems”, added Mr Taylor.

The focus of Mr Taylor’s career to date has been on working closely with governments to strengthen health systems. Before taking up the role of WHO Representative to China, he was the Director of Health Systems and Services for WHO in the Western Pacific Region, based in Manila, Philippines. In that capacity, he led the Organization’s work in the Region on health financing, health legislation, workforce development, primary health care, healthcare delivery, rehabilitation, essential medicines, vaccines and other technologies, traditional medicine, maternal and child health, and quality of health care including infection prevention and control.

Mr Taylor has also advised the Australian development cooperation programme in Papua New Guinea on public health and health care issues, and earlier in his career he worked on health care reform in Central Asia and Eastern Europe for the UK Department for International Development. He was part of the team that established the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2002.

Mr Taylor's first time working in China was for the UK Department for International Development, when he led the United Kingdom’s cooperation with China on public health from 2003 to 2007. He returned to China from 2013 to 2017, when he led the WHO China team working on health systems and health security.

Educated at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Mr Taylor's academic background is in social anthropology, health policy, planning and financing.

Mr Taylor practices what he advocates. He enjoys running along Beijing’s Liangma River and in Chaoyang Park and commutes by bicycle to the WHO office.