Nandita Thatte leads the WHO hosted IBP Network in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at WHO in Geneva Switzerland. She is passionate about using the WHO/IBP Network of Civil Society Organizations to disseminate and support the use of evidence-based interventions and guidelines, inform implementation research and program priorities and amplify local partner experiences on a global scale. Prior to joining WHO, Nandita was a Senior Advisor in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health at USAID. Nandita has a Masters in Health Sciences from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Doctorate in Prevention and Community Health from the George Washington University in Washington D.C.