Mukta Sharma is the WHO Regional Advisor for TB/HEP/HIV/STIs at the Southeast Asia Regional Office. Mukta is leads the WHO South East Asia Region’s response to HIV/STIs/TB and Hepatitis in eleven countries. She has over fifteen years with UNAIDS, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, with a strong understanding of UN agencies and donors, and is skilled in working in partnership with Ministries of Health, law enforcement, community partners, and sub-national stakeholders. She is a subject expert in communicable diseases with master’s level trainings in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD from the London School of Economics.