Marleen Temmerman (born 24 March 1953 in Lokeren, Belgium) is a Belgian gynaecologist, professor and former Senator, currently heading the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health[1] at Aga Khan University in Nairobi, Kenya.

[clarification needed] Her first contact with Africa during an internship in Butare, Rwanda, in 1975 raised her interest in the health and rights of women living in low- and middle-income countries.

This position included a lecturing and research assignment at the University of Nairobi, where she was a member of the WHO Collaborative Centre on HIV/STI, Department of Medical Microbiology.

Back in Belgium in 1992, Temmerman founded the International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH) at Ghent University, which has sister research organizations in Kenya (ICRHK) and Mozambique (ICRHM) and a large global collaborative academic network.

In addition, research collaborations were set up with other European countries, China, India, Central and Latin America, Australia and the Russian Federation.

She established a worldwide network of universities in the field of reproductive, maternal, newborn and adolescent health, leading to measurable outputs[clarification needed] with over 500 publications[4] and around 50 PhD supervisions in Europe, Africa, Latin America and China.

[9] In that capacity, she was member of the European Parliamentary Forum and Chair of the HIV/AIDS Advisory Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

With this Fund the Ghent University honours her faculty staff member and helps to improve the situation of numerous women and children.