Sinaia Netanyahu, a former chief scientist at the Environmental Protection Ministry, has been named the head of the program for environmental and health impacts at the World Health Organization’s Europe office, a posting that the Foreign Ministry celebrates as a major achievement.
“For the last several years, the Foreign Ministry has been involved in efforts to incorporate Israelis into various positions at the UN and UN agencies. The choice of Dr. Netanyahu to the post is great news in this regard and an important milestone,” a ministry statement reads.
Netanyahu, who has worked for decades as an environmental and economic expert in various capacities, says she hopes she can help advance programs that “create an environment to support reducing health inequality in regards to environmental exposure.”
Netanyahu, who has also blogged for The Times of Israel, was married to computer scientist Nathan Netanyahu, a first cousin of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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