Dr. Mellany Murgor
Dr. Murgor is an occupational health practitioner and public health professional from Kenya, whose work is deeply rooted in community and workplace level practice. She has extensive experience working directly with workers, youth, and communities to promote safer workplaces, mental well-being, and prevention of occupational and public health risks. Her practice is grounded in frontline engagement, where health, safety, and social realities intersect in everyday settings. Building on this grassroots foundation, her work extends to clinical practice, advocacy, policy development and health systems strengthening.
She serves on the WHO Youth Council Steering Committee, contributing to global discussions on youth leadership, meaningful youth engagement, intergenerational equity, and policy co-creation for healthier societies. Her work highlights the importance of safe, inclusive, and mentally healthy communities and workplaces as key determinants of population health, productivity, and social cohesion.
She works across global, national, and grassroots levels to connect international health frameworks in the world of work and community needs, ensuring policies have meaningful, people-centered impact. Her focus aligns with age-friendly principles, recognizing that workplace conditions, psychosocial well-being, mobility, and functional capacity are essential for healthy aging and sustained participation. She supports the development and implementation of frameworks that promote safe, inclusive, and productive participation throughout the life course.
She has extensive experience with youth organizations and is recognized as a thought leader through various engagement in regional and international forums, including the UN Major Group for Children and Youth, the NCD Alliance, Union for International Cancer Control, and the Young Professionals Chronic Disease Network. Through these platforms, she has advanced youth-informed, prevention-focused approaches to health policy and systems reform.
Her work demonstrates a strong commitment to equity, dignity, and sustainability by advancing safer workplaces, communities and cities that support well-being and participation throughout the life course. She continues to advocate for safer, healthier, and more age-inclusive communities and cities that promote mental well-being, mobility, and decent work for all.