WHO Country Representative, World Health Organization
Dr. Fiona Braka is a Public Health expert with over two decades of progressive experience in disease prevention and control, public health emergency management, strategic leadership and coordination. Prior to her appointment as WHO Representative to Ghana, she served in different capacities at national and international level with the World Health Organization in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Uganda, where she led large and diverse teams to advance primary health care and health security. She most recently served as the Coordinator of Emergency Response Operations at the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) based in Brazzaville, Congo for four years. Dr Braka led the WHO effort to eradicate wild polio virus in Nigeria, which led to the certification of the African region as wild polio virus free in 2020.