WICKRAMASINGHE Kremlin
WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, Denmark
- Kremlin (MBBS, MSc, PhD) is the Acting Head of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (the “NCD Office”), which is an integral part of the Division of Country Health Programmes, WHO Regional Office for Europe. The NCD Office is responsible for providing technical support to the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region in areas of prevention of noncommunicable diseases, addressing their risk factors and conducting NCD surveillance.
- He is also the Regional Adviser for Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity.
- Prior to this position, he worked as a Technical Officer on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Risk Factors, since 2017 in the same office.
- Before joining WHO, he was a researcher and the co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Population Approaches to NCD Prevention at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
- He has published numerous reports and peer-reviewed papers and co-edited the textbook “An Introduction to Population-level Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases,” published by the Oxford University Press.
- He has a special interest in multisectoral responses to health promotion, quantifying the outcome of health policies and implementation research. Kremlin graduated as a medical doctor with an MBBS from the University of Colombo. He holds an MSc in Global Health Science and a DPhil (PhD) in Public Health from the University of Oxford.
Recent publications:
- Maximova K, et al. Exploring educational inequalities in hypertension control, salt knowledge and awareness, and patient advice: insights from the WHO STEPS Surveys of adults from nine eastern European and central Asian countries. Public Health Nutr. 2023 Feb 13:1-28.
- Kontsevaya A, et al. Missing data and other challenges in assessing inappropriate marketing of baby foods in the Russian Federation: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2023 Jan 23;13(1):e066282.
- Kwong EJL, et al. Population-level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022: a systematic review. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Oct 20:1-14.
- Rieger M, et al. Projecting cardiovascular deaths averted due to trans fat policies in the Eurasian Economic Union. Public Health Nutr. 2022 Oct 3:1-10.
- Lauber K, et al. Corporate political activity in the context of sugar-sweetened beverage tax policy in the WHO European Region. Eur J Public Health. 2022 Oct 3;32(5):786-793.