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WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence

WHO Health Emergencies Programme 

Geoffrey Namara, MSc is an epidemiologist and global health leader with over 22 years of experience specializing in health emergency preparedness, public health surveillance systems, and outbreak analytics across sub-Saharan Africa.

He currently serves at the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin, where he directs multi-country health security initiatives—including the Health Security Partnership for Strengthening Surveillance in Africa (HSPA)—and leads WHO’s global initiative supporting national public health agencies across more than 100 Member States.

Prior to his role in Berlin, he spent six years with the WHO Nigeria Country Office, serving on the senior management team, leading emergency information and risk assessment during major outbreaks such as COVID-19, Lassa fever, and cholera, and representing the organization on Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. His earlier career spans regional monitoring, evaluation, and research roles with the Malaria Consortium and the UK Medical Research Council.

He holds a BSc in Statistics from Makerere University, a Postgraduate Diploma and an MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and is completing a PhD in Global Health at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. He has co-authored a book on infectious diseases in Emergencies and published 30 peer-reviewed articles spanning infectious disease surveillance, clinical trial methodology, and health system metrics.