Catherine Kane, MCD, CEM

About

Catherine Kane, MCD, CEM is a technical officer on the WHO Health Workforce Policies, Norms and Standards team. Areas of focus include the Global Health and Care Worker Compact, national workforce capacity for essential public health functions and community health workers. Prior to joining WHO, Catherine worked for the Red Cross Movement locally, nationally and internationally, and has held additional policy, humanitarian diplomacy, learning, public health and emergency management positions in national government agencies and health advocacy organizations.  She is an advisory board member for the Addis Ababa-based International Institute for Primary Health Care. Catherine holds a Masters in Contemporary Diplomacy from the University of Malta (magna cum laude) and Bachelor degrees (International Relations and Russian) from the University of Notre Dame (Honors program). A strong believer in lifetime learning, Catherine recently was a member of the first cohorts of both WHO’s Infodemic Management leadership course and the joint Diplo Foundation-International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Humanitarian Diplomacy certificate course.