Mrs. Anna Maruta is an experienced nurse with more than 25 years of demonstrated clinical and public health experience. Anna possesses significant pre- and in-service training/capacity building and is an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Specialist. Currently, Anna works as IPC Team lead with WHO Sierra Leone Country Office. Anna is a board member of the Infection Control Africa Network. She has attained good expertise attained good expertise in IPC and have graduated with an MSc degree in IPC with Stellenbosch University. Anna’s other clinical experience includes Surveillance of Healthcare associated infections. The thesis for her MSc in Infection Prevention and Control was on “Surveillance of Surgical site infections among women undergoing Caesarean section at two Central Hospitals in Harare”. Before she joined WHO country office in Sierra Leone, Anna worked for Biomedical Research and Training Institute as IPC training Coordinator for the Zimbabwe Infection Prevention and Control Project. Anna was previously secretary of Infection Control Association of Zimbabwe and is also a board member for the Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN).