PMNCH Secretariat

PMNCH secretariat is hosted and administered by the World Health Organization in Geneva and undertakes the day-to-day administration of the Partnership work plan.

Director (February 2011)

Dr Carole Presern
Photo credit: Lars Solberg

Team Coordinator and Special Adviser Strategy

Andrés de Francisco

Senior Technical Officer, Policy and Advocacy

Lori MacDougall

Senior Technical Officer, Knowledge Management

Dr Shyama Kuruvilla

Technical Officer Economics

Henrik Axelson

Board Relations and Information Officer

Marta Seoane

Senior Finance Officer

Project Officer

Dina El Husseiny


Assistant to the Director/Secretary

Tammy Farrell

Consulting Technical officer

Kadidiatou Touré

Mailing Address:

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Telephone:+41 22 791 2595
Fax: +41 22 791 5854

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH)

The PMNCH joins the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) communities into an alliance of more than 450 members to ensure that all women, infants and children not only remain healthy, but thrive.

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