Dr Anshu Banerjee is currently working as the Director for the Department of Maternal, New born, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing in the World Health Organization (WHO).He is also the Senior Advisor for WHO's Department of Reproductive Health and Research including the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research.Dr Banerjee holds a PhD in tuberculosis control from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, a Masters in Public Health for Developing Countries from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom, and a medical degree from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Earlier, he was also the Director in the Office of the Assistant Director-General in Family, Women’s and Children’s Health, WHO as well as the WHO Country Representative in Albania and Sudan.He was seconded at the request of the UN Secretary-General to serve as UNMEER's Director of Emergency Operations for Ebola.He has also extensive experience with other national and international organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières; the UK Department for International Development in India; and the GAVI Alliance as well as working as a District Health Officer in the Ntcheu district in Malawi. During his 20+ years in public health, he has also worked for WHO in a variety of capacities, ranging from serving as an Officer for the Immunization Programme in the WHO South-East Asia Regional Office through to leading the WHO Banda Aceh office in its response to the tsunami relief operations in 2005.