In October 2000, Mrs. Jakab was appointed Director of Administration and Management Support in WHO Europe being responsible for the work of the governing bodies of the overall strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation; supervising the work of the WHO Collaborating Centres in Europe; legal matters and administration.
Oktobra 2000 je bila imenovana za direktorico uprave in podpore vodstvu urada SZO za Evropo ter bila odgovorna za delo organov upravljanja pri splošnem strateškem in operativnem načrtovanju, spremljanju in vrednotenju, nadziranje dela centrov SZO za sodelovanje v Evropi ter pravne zadeve in upravljanje.