Mr. Keita Ohashi joins the Eritrea Country office as the UNFPA Representative. Keita is a national of Japan and has more than 20 years of experience in the area of population and development with UNFPA. He joined us from his recent assignment as UNFPA Representative to Gabon. He has also worked for Country Offices in Senegal, Chad, DRC, and in HQ with the then Africa Division. Apart from his work with UNFPA, Keita has also worked with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the private sector.

Khalid Sharifi, an Afghan national, is a Medical doctor, graduate from Kabul Medical University. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Royal Tropical Institute/VU University in Netherlands and Post Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute/Basel University in Switzerland. 

Mr. Kunle Adeniyi is the Representative for Sri Lanka and the Country Director for Maldives. 

Prior to this assignment, Mr. Adeniyi served as the Representative of UNFPA in Gambia.

Mr. Adeniyi brings nearly two decades of experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights, human rights, public health, public policy and law. 

Ms. Andrea Wojnar is the Resident Representative for UNFPA India and the Country Director for Bhutan; she took up her role on 18 January and reported for duty in Delhi on 15 February, 2022.

Kunle Adeniyi took up his appointment as Representative for Sri Lanka and Country Director for The Maldives (January 2022).

Prior to this assignment, Kunle served as the Country Representative of UNFPA in The Gambia and previously, as Head of Office in the same country. He brings nearly two decades of experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRH), human rights, public health, public policy, and law.