 In 2009 he became the Director-General of the Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait, which he led until 2016.Beside his WHO work he became member of many national and international advisory boards like the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health; chairman of the International Atomic Energy Agency – IAEA’s External Panel for the Evaluation of Human Health Programme (2005); member of the International Agency for Research on Cancer – IARC’s Ethics Review Committee (2005–2009) or member of the board of Baroness Nicholson and J.K. Rowling’s Children’s High Level Group.Over the years Behbehani has developed close working relationships with various agencies and international bodies including Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, OPEC Fund for International Development, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and the World Bank.