| Location |
Lawrence P and Ann Estes Klamon Room, Claudia Nance Rollins Building, 8th Floor, 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, 30322 |
| University Event Topic |
Academics, Health, International, Lectures & Meetings, Public Health, Research, Science, Seminars & Workshops, Special Event |
| School |
School of Public Health |
| Department/Organization |
Other / None |
| Meeting Organizer/Sponsor |
The Center for Global Safe WASH at Emory University |
| Speaker/Presenter |
Sanjay Wijesekera - Chief of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, Programme Division, UNICEF |
| Cost |
0 |
| Contact Name |
Kat Peters |
| Contact Email |
kpeter5@emory.edu |
Mr. Sanjay Wijesekera joined UNICEF in October 2011 as the Chief of Section for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Before joining UNICEF, from 2005 – 2011, he was working for the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), where he was responsible for managing overall policy and global programmes related to achieving the water and sanitation Millennium Development Goals. He also worked for DFID in Ghana as an infrastructure adviser, where he helped coordinate a Joint Assistance Strategy for the donor community and was the lead donor representative for the water sector. Prior to that, between 2003 and 2005, he worked for UNICEF as a water and sanitation adviser in Nigeria.
Mr. Wijesekera is a national of Sri Lanka. He is a Chartered civil engineer, and holds a Master’s degree in Water and Environmental Management from the University of Loughborough, UK.
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