Meet UNICEF's Representative in Uganda

Dr Robin Nandy is the new UNICEF Representative and Head of Office in the Republic of Uganda. He is responsible for directing all of UNICEF’s operations in the country, within a broader United Nations Country team. 

During 2021-2024, he held a similar role as UNICEF Representative in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Before this, he served as the Principal Adviser and Chief of Immunization at UNICEF Headquarters during 2015-2021, directing UNICEF’s global immunization efforts, including the early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in 2021. Additionally, from 2011 - 2015, he was the Chief of Child Survival and Development at UNICEF Indonesia. Before his position in Indonesia, Dr Nandy led the Global Polio Eradication Initiative at UNICEF Headquarters from 2010-2011 and was the team lead for Health in Emergencies from 2006 - 2011.

Dr Nandy is a medical epidemiologist and public health physician with an extensive background in international public health, particularly in the areas of child survival, immunization, outbreak response and in multisectoral humanitarian responses. He has worked in several countries affected by conflict and humanitarian emergencies and has participated in several high-profile emergency responses, including, the Kosovo crisis, Hurricane Katrina in the USA, the Indian Ocean Tsunami in Indonesia, the Haiti earthquake, and Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.

Before joining UNICEF, he worked from 2002 to 2006 as a medical epidemiologist at the Global Immunization Division of the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. From 1998 - 2002 he worked at both the country and headquarters level with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and for the Indian government in the Republic of Maldives. He also spent four years as a Medical Officer in various hospitals in Delhi, India, from 1990-1994.

An Indian national by birth, Dr Nandy obtained his medical degree from Mysore University, India (1990) followed by an MPH at the Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds, UK (1996). He is also an alumnus of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) at the CDC (2002-2004).