Renee van de Weerdt

A native of Belgium Renee is the Chief in the Emergency Management and Support department for WHO. She is leading and managing the vulnerable countries teams by providing overall operations support to emergencies.

Renee’s career started as a Medical Coordinator for MSF Belgium in various countries namely DRC, Sierra Leone, Chad, Rwanda and Chechnya (1994 – 1998) and as a Medical officer in the WHO Polio department (1998 – 2004). She moved to join UNICEF as Chief of Health and Nutrition in Chad (2004 – 2006), Senior Health Adviser (Child survival) in various locations (2006 – 2007) and as Chief Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in UNICEF/HQ NY (2008 – 2013). Prior to re-joining WHO in 2017, Renee was the Senior Technical Advisor for Reproductive Health Commodities with UNFPA in New York (2013 – 2017).

Renee is a holder of a medical degree from the University of Leuven, a MSc in Epidemiology from LSHTM and an MBA from the University of Wales.