Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health (DHMOSH)

🧩 Who We Are

The UN Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health (DHMOSH) is led by a Medical Director who is accountable to the Assistant Secretary-General. This Division is structured into several main sections, each with core functions. The Director coordinates the system-wide implementation of UN medical standards and health policies, serves as a medical adviser for the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims, and provides expert guidance to the UN Joint Staff Pension Board. The Division actively addresses healthcare issues at all duty stations and ensures staff access to essential benefit programs.
UN Admin Instruction ST/SGB/2004/8

🌍 Our Mission

The mission of the UN Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health (DHMOSH) is to safeguard the physical and mental health of staff worldwide, including uniformed personnel, while ensuring access to essential medical benefit programs. We achieve this by developing, reviewing, and implementing United Nations medical standards, policies, and guidelines, and ensuring their coordinated application across the system. Our Division is dedicated to fostering a healthy, safe, and compassionate work environment through comprehensive health policies, health promotion initiatives, and robust medical emergency preparedness. Our responsibilities also include providing medical clearances for recruitment and mission deployment, evaluating sick leave and related benefits globally, ensuring timely access to health services and medical evacuations, and offering direct clinical care and psychological support to staff.

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👤 Leadership

Dr. Esther Tan
Acting Medical Director, DHMOSH
"A healthy UN means a healthier world. The strength in our service to humanity begins with our people’s own well-being."

👤 Leadership Team

  • Office of Director – Dr. Esther Tan, Medical Director (Interim)
  • ABCC Advisor – Dr. Michael Rowell, Senior Medical Officer
  • Budget Office – Alimaa Amarsaikhan, Administrative Officer
  • CASEVAC – Pedro Montoliu Garcia, Medical Training Officer
  • Clinical Governance – Dr. Sophia Oteng, Senior Medical Officer
  • EarthMed – Javier Blanco, Information Systems Officer
  • Health Intelligence & Public Health – Dr. Folaranmi Ogunbowale, Medical Officer
  • Medical Entitlements & MEDEVAC – Dr. Stefania Asciutti, Medical Officer
  • Medical Workforce Management & Medical Planning – Dr. Carolina Herrera, Senior Medical Officer
  • Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) – Dr. Khalid Eddahiri, Senior Medical Officer
  • Staff Counsellors Office (SCO) – Silvia Campo, Staff Counsellor
  • UN Medical Emergency Response Team (UNMERT) – Dr. Sophie Montagnon, Senior Medical Officer
  • UNHQ Clinic – Michael Jenkins, Head Nurse

Office of the Director

Provides strategic leadership and oversight for all DHMOSH functions; advises UN leadership on medical policy; ensures organizational coherence, budgetary performance, policy implementation, and representation on inter-agency governance bodies.

ABCC Advisory

Medical advisory support to the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims (ABCC), guiding the evaluation of service-related injuries, illnesses, and disability claims.

Clinical Governance

Leadership in healthcare quality assurance, clinical audits, incident reviews, and continuous improvement of patient safety standards across the UN system.

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EarthMed

The UN’s digital health information platform for secure medical records, incident tracking, and integrated health data management across missions.

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Medical Entitlements & Medical Evacuation

Oversight of sick leave, MEDEVAC, child benefits, special education grants, special dependence allowance and disability entitlements, ensuring timely, compassionate, and rules-based coordination and implementation.

Medical Workforce Management & Medical Planning

Strategic management of medical workforce under ONE UN framework, oversight of recruitment, credentialing clearance, on-post training and capacity building for UN medical personnel, technical support and advice to UNDP-administered Clinics, integrated medical support planning and crisis response solutions.

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Occupational Safety & Health (OSH)

Implementation of workplace risk mitigation strategies, OSH policy frameworks, and incident reporting systems for safe, compliant, and resilient work environments.

Public Health

Leads prevention and response to public health threats. Also provides interim oversight of mental health programs for peacekeeping personnel, pending establishment of a dedicated field structure. Synthesizes medical, epidemiological, and operational data to inform evidence-based decision-making.

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Staff Counsellors Office (SCO)

Delivery of psychosocial care, individual counseling, trauma response, and mental health promotion for New York-based staff, through a confidential and independent support service based at UNHQ.

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UN Medical Emergency Response Team (UNMERT)

Specialized deployment unit providing rapid trauma and emergency medical response, supporting crisis events, mass casualty situations, and evacuation readiness.

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UNHQ Clinic

On-site occupational health clinic at UN Headquarters in New York, offering preventive care, travel health services, immunizations, and immediate response to workplace medical needs.

Global Mental Health Programs

DHMOSH provides mental health support to UN personnel (civilian & uniformed) globally. Services include training modules, mental health tools and resources, development of field strategies for peacekeepers, and review of PTSD-related claims from Member States.

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Division of Healthcare Management and Occupational Safety and Health (DHMOSH)

✉️ Contact Us

DHMOSH UNHQ Office:
5th Floor, UN Secretariat Building
405 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10017

Telephone:
(212) 963-7090 (Receptionist & All other Inquiries)
(212) 963-7082 (Secretarial)
Fax: (917) 367-0656

UNHQ Clinic Hours:

9:00am-4:00pm Monday – Friday

DHMOSH Contact Points