Jan Kolaczinski

Jan has joined the Strategy Team as Senior Technical Manager for malaria and women’s and children’s health. 

Jan is a German national who trained on entomology and public health in the UK, followed by over a decade of working in advisory and management roles in Asia and Africa. He subsequently worked as the Senior Technial Advisor for malaria at the Global Fund. Throughout his career, he led or supported the evaluation of innovative public health interventions and delivery approaches, followed by scaling-up those that demonstrated impact.

In his most recent role, he served as the Head of Vector Control & Insecticide Resistance in the Global Malaria Programme of WHO. He focused on reducing WHO barriers to market access, including substantial involvement in the reform of the vector control evaluation process and in developing guidelines and operational guidance for malaria vector control.