Dr. Luo Dapeng
Distinguished Speaker

Dr. Luo Dapeng

WHO Representative in Pakistan

MD, Henan Medical University • MSc in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine • PhD, University of London

World Health Organization
Representative in Pakistan

Biography

Dr. Luo Dapeng is the World Health Organization Representative in Pakistan, appointed on 1 February 2024. A Chinese national with over 24 years of experience in international public health, he has previously served as WHO Representative in Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea, leading large WHO operations in both countries.

His expertise includes communicable disease prevention and control, health system strengthening, health security capacity-building, and coordination of complex humanitarian health responses. He has also worked across Lao PDR, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, WHO headquarters, the Asian Development Bank in Indonesia, and China’s national malaria control programme.

Areas of Expertise

International Public Health Health Security Communicable Disease Control Health Systems Strengthening Humanitarian Health Response Epidemiology Malaria Control