Dr. Adriana Blanco has taken the reigns as head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Blanco takes over from Dr. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, who led the FCTC Secretariat since June 2014.
Blanco was instrumental in her own country, Uruguay’s, anti-tobacco stance and become a party to the FCTC protocol on 24 September 2014.