Dr Lesley Drake

Lesley is Executive Director of the Partnership for Child Development (PCD). She is an expert in the field of child development and school health and nutrition (SHN), and an advocate for equitable Education for All (EFA). In her roles at both PCD and LCNTDR, Lesley's priority is to build the evidence base to support governments around the world in the strengthening and scaling up of sustainable SHN programmes, including school-based treatment for helminth infection. Lesley and PCD are based at the School of Public Health, Imperial College London.