Marie-Claire Fwelo is President of the National Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Commission for the COVID-19 Response Committee. She counts over 30 years’ experience in health promotion, risk communications and community engagement in health emergencies, managing/coordinating RCCE responses to Cholera, Ebola, COVID-19 outbreaks in DRC and several countries of the African Region (Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Central African Republic) as a WHO national officer and later consultant.