Dr Anshu Banerjee is the Director for WHO's Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health & Ageing. He has 30+ years in public health, he has worked in a variety of capacities, with civil society, bilateral agencies, funding agencies and WHO. Dr Banerjee holds a PhD in tuberculosis control from the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, a Master’s 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.