Ms Lieke Visser is the technical officer at the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO WPRO) working in the World Health Emergency (WHE) team, based in Manila, Philippines. She leads the WHO WPRO’s risk communication work and has been involved in the COVID-19 pandemic response as the pillar lead for Strategic Communications within the COVID-19 Incident Management Support Team (IMST).
She has extensive experience coordinating communication activities, has worked to develop guidance documents, designed and carried out training including simulation exercises to test International Health Regulation core capacities, and created social listening systems. She has led projects aiming to identify and understand people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding COVID-19 and other health topics.
She has been working in health communications for over 10 years, working in Sudan, The Netherlands, South Sudan, Turkiye, and Pakistan, holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in Public Health Promotion.