WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ Date: 25 March 2025
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION
ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ
Mrs Riina Sikkut
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Parliament Member
BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA
Parliament of Estonia
ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО Lossi platsi 1a
Tallinn 15165
Head office:
UN City, Marmorvej 51,
Estonia
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01
Email:
[email protected]
Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Dear Madam,
Following the news of your departure as Minister of Health of Estonia, I would like to express my
sincere appreciation for our fruitful collaboration.
Under your leadership, Estonia has advanced numerous important priorities, including strengthening
primary health care, mental health, emergency preparedness, nutrition, and alcohol and tobacco
policy, to name just a few. The adoption of action plans on primary health care, mental health, suicide
prevention and antimicrobial resistance has further positioned Estonia for success in implementing the
first and second European Programme of Work and the Sustainable Development Goals.
We especially appreciated the opportunity to organize the Tallinn Charter 15th Anniversary Health
Systems Conference, Trust and transformation: resilient and sustainable health systems for the future
together with you and your team. Our warmest thanks for your thoughtfulness, openness, resilience and
unwavering commitment to international cooperation and coordination in the field of health. We deeply
value your trust in WHO and your strong support for the implementation of our recommendations.
I personally cherish your willingness to work together and will fondly remember the moments we
shared during my first visit to Estonia as WHO Regional Director for Europe in September last year.
In closing, I wish you every success in your future endeavours and sincerely hope our paths will cross
again.
Yours very truly,
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge
Regional Director
Copy for information to:
Mr Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Estonia
Ms Agne Nettan-Sepp, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social
Affairs, Estonia
UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email:
[email protected]
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Denmark
Ms Helen Sõber, Adviser, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social
Affairs, Estonia
H.E. Ms Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Ambassador Representative of the Republic of Estonia, Permanent Mission of the
Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
H.E. Mr Andre Pung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia
Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office in Estonia
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Teema: Thank you letter from Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe
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Madam,
With assurances of the highest consideration of this office, please find
attached a letter of appreciation from Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO
Regional Director for Europe.
Yours sincerely,
Office of the Regional Director
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Phone: +45 4533 6675
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