Nino Berdzuli
In September 2023, Dr Nino Berdzuli assumed the position of WHO Representative to Poland and Special Envoy for Ukraine Emergency Response in refugee-hosting countries in Europe.
Dr Nino Berdzuli is a physician and public health specialist with more than 18 years of wide-ranging experience in public health and health sector reforms developed through a variety of roles in the international public health consulting companies, high level government position and the World Health Organization. She is a trained Obstetrician/Gynecologist.
Prior to her position as Representative of the WHO to Poland and Special Envoy for Ukraine Emergency Response, Dr Berdzuli served as a Director of the Country Health Programs in Copenhagen, leading and managing WHO Regional Office for Europe largest division of Health Programs, providing strategic leadership for communicable and non-communicable diseases, fostering innovations, partnerships and enriching the evidence base for policy design and interventions, and working with countries to strengthen governance and capacities for implementation.
From 2015 to 2018, Dr Berdzuli held the position of Deputy Minister of Labor, Health and Social Affairs in Georgia, where she led development and implementation of government strategies for strengthening and implementing Universal Health Care program, e-health strategy, e-prescription system, hospital sector re-organization, and steering legislative changes, including innovative tobacco legislation. In recognition of the work, the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs of Georgia awarded Dr Berdzuli with the medal for outstanding contribution to the Ministry`s work.
Prior to holding a senior government position, Dr Berdzuli worked in international development in Washington, DC, managing USA-government funded programs and providing technical guidance and oversight to health programs in Eastern Europe, Middle East, South-East Asia and Africa.
Dr Berdzuli holds Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Institute of Clinical Medicine at University of Oslo (Norway), Master of Public Health from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University (USA), and Medical Doctor degree with specialty in Obstetrics & Gynecology from Tbilisi State Medical University (Georgia).
