Dr Moussif, Chief Medical Officer at Casablanca International Airport and National Coordinator of Morocco’s points of entry program, is a fellow and graduate of the Centre on Global Health Security at Chatham House in London.
He holds a master’s degree in public health, a Diploma in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and an MBA in Health Management. Additionally, he has a Diploma in Aviation Medicine from the European School of Aviation Medicine in Frankfurt and a Diploma in Travel Health from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Since 2003, he has been involved internationally in the International Health Regulations (IHR). He has conducted over forty IHR assessment missions abroad, including thirteen Joint External Evaluations (JEEs) across the six regions of the WHO.
He is a member of the U.S. Department of State’s “Global Health Challenges International Visitor Leadership” program.
He is a member of the WHO IHR Review Committee on the IHR functioning during COVID-19 and of the WHO ITH GDG (International Travel and Health Guidelines Development Group).
The WHO has appointed Dr. Moussif to the WHO Universal Health and Preparedness Review Technical Advisory Group (WHO UHPR TAG) and the WHO Advisory Committee on Variola Virus Research (WHO ACVVR). He also serves on the Africa CDC COVID-19 Steering Committee and as a Technical Advisor for ICAO.
In July 2023, he was appointed by the DG of WHO as a member of the IHR Review Committee regarding Standing Recommendations for COVID-19 and a member of the IHR Review Committee regarding Standing Recommendations for mpox.
Dr Moussif has been a WHO IHR Roster of Experts member since 2017.
