Scientific Committee 2016 Olayinka Abosede Akanke | College of Medicine – Nigeria Akash Acharya | Centre for Social Studies (CSS) – India Ximena Aguilera | Universidad del Desarollo – Chile Irene Agyepong | Ghana Health Service – Ghana Danish Ahmad | PHFI – India Rubama Ahmed | USAID/LSHTM – USA Dickens Howard Akena | Makerere University – Uganda Elie Akl | American University of Beirut – Lebanon Olufunke Alaba | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Jackeline Alger | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras (UNAH) – Honduras Siamak Alikhani | AIMG‐BC – Canada Lucie Allan | Rhodes University ‐ South Africa Pascale Allotey | Monash University Malaysia – Malaysia Gisele Almeida | Pan American Health Organization – USA Peter Annear | Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne – Australia ATM Iqbal Anwar | icddrb – Bangladesh Edson Araujo, PhD | World Bank – USA Sara Ardila‐Gomez | National Scientific and Technical Research Council, University of Buenos Aires – Argentina Barbara Astle | Trinity Western University – Canada Roger Atinga | University of Ghana – Ghana Maymouna Ba| PATH – Senegal Nitin Bajpai | Population Foundation of India – India Pauline Bakibinga | African Population and Health Research Center – Kenya Dina Balabanova | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Kirthinath Ballala | TMA Pai Rotary Hospital, Manipal University – India Aditi Bana | Freelance consultant – India Ranju Baral | University of California San Francisco – USA Edwine Barasa | KEMRI‐Wellcome Trust research programme – Kenya Neha Batura | University College London ‐ United Kingdom Sara Bennett | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health – USA Arvind Betigeri | Health Systems Action Network – India Linda Beyer | IDRC – Canada Rakshika Bhana | Heath Systems Trust ‐ South Africa Salima Bhatia | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare – India Aarushi Bhatnagar | The World Bank – India Karl Blanchet | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Auguste Blibolo Didier | Université Felix Houphouet Boigny De Cote d'Ivoire ‐ Cote d'Ivoire Gerald Bloom | Institute of Development Studies ‐ United Kingdom Paul Bossyns | Belgian Development Agency – Belgium Hazel Bradley | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Leanne Brady | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa James Brooks | BCCDC – Canada Jesse Bump | Harvard ‐TH Chan School of Public Health – USA Stephen Buzuzi | ReBUILD Ann Canavan | IMC – USA Michele Castelli | Lecturer in International Health Policy and Systems, Durham University, UK ‐ United Kingdom Bikramaditya Choudhary | Jawaharal Nehru University ‐ India Camilo Cid | Pan American Health Organization ‐ USA
Charles CLARKE LODDA | World Vision International and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Susan Cleary | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa David Contreras‐Loya Msc | Engineer ‐ Mexico Daniel Cotlear | World Bank ‐ Peru Shishir Dahal | Ministry of health ‐ Nepal Judith Daire | Curtin University ‐ Australia Sarah Dalglish | WHO ‐ Switzerland Karen Daniels | South African Medical Research Council ‐ South Africa Helen De Pinho | Columbia University ‐ USA Peter Delobelle | University of the Western Cape, South Africa ‐ South Africa Narayanan Devadasan | Institute of Public Health ‐ India Laura Di Giorgio | PATH ‐ USA Erica Di Ruggiero | CIHR ‐ Canada Aissa Diarra | LASDEL ‐ Bénin Theresa Diaz | UNICEF ‐ USA Marjolein Dieleman | Royal Tropical Institute/Free University Amsterdam ‐ Netherlands Amuda Baba Dieu‐Merci BSc, MCommH | EQUINET ‐ DRC Tania Dmytrachenko | World Bank ‐ Brazil Joseph Dodoo | Ministry of Health ‐ Ghana Seydou Doumbia | University of Bamako‐USTTB ‐ Mali Naomi Dove | BCCDC ‐ Canada Genevieve Dubois‐Flynn | CIHR ‐ Canada Fadi El‐Jardali | American University of Beirut ‐ Lebanon Khalifa Elmusharaf | University of Limerick ‐ Ireland Kristin Farr | IDRC ‐ Canada Laura Ferguson | University of Southern California ‐ USA Meheus Filip | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Suzanne Fustukian | Institute for International Health and Development Queen Margaret University ‐ United Kingdom Rose Gana Fomban Leke | Biotechnolog Center, University of Yaounde ‐ Cameroon Surekha Garimella | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Lucy GILSON | University of Cape Town and London school of hygiene and tropical medicine ‐ South Africa Jacques Girard | CSIH ‐ Canada Michael Gluck | AcademyHealth ‐ USA Sue Godt | IDRC ‐ Canada Shira Goldenberg | Simon Fraser University ‐ Canada Ocavio Gómez‐Dantés | MD and MPH ‐ Mexico Nowiah Gorpudolo | Redemption hospital, Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia ‐ Liberia George Gotsadze | Health Systems Global ‐ Georgia Hebe Gouda | University of Queensland ‐ Australia Veloshnee Govender | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Karen Grepin | New York University – USA Ulla Griffiths | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Desire Habonimana | University of Burundi; Health Healing Network Burundi; People's Health Movement; YOWLI BURUNDI ‐ Burundi
Hassan Haghparast Bidgoli | UCL Institute for Global Health ‐ United Kingdom Rachel Hammonds | Institute of Tropical Medicine ‐ Belgium Johanna Hanefeld | APP, GHD, LSHTM ‐ United Kingdom Kara Hanson | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Piya Hanvoravongchai | Chulalongkorn University ‐ Thailand Janet Hatcher‐Roberts | CSIH ‐ Canada Alison Hernandez | Center for Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems (CEGSS) ‐ Guatemala Lisa Hirschhorn | Ariadne Labs, Boston MA and Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School Lara Ho | International Rescue Committee ‐ USA Laura Hoemeke | IntraHealth International ‐ USA Natasha Howard | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Justine Hsu | WHO ‐ Switzerland Benjamin Hunter | King's College London ‐ United Kingdom Eleanor Hutchinson | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Feisul Idzwan Mustapha | Public Health Physician and Program Manager, Steno Diabetes Centre Malaysia ‐ India Marie‐Gloriose Ingabire | IDRC ‐ Canada Jacob Islary | Assam Don Bosco University ‐ India Francia Ivonne Campos Chinchilla | Kagoshima University ‐ Japan Aditi Iyer | Ramalingaswami Centre for Equity and the Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Befirdu Jima | Wollega University ‐ Ethiopia Taufique Joarder | James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ‐ Bangladesh Mira Johri | University of Montreal ‐ Canada Caroline Jones | KEMRI‐Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya / Oxford University, UK ‐ Kenya Louise Kengne | Reseach for development international ‐ Cameroon Woldekidan Kifle Amde | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Augustina Koduah | Ministry of Health, Ghana ‐ Ghana Idrissa Kone | CHU Quebec, Université Laval ‐ Canada Evelyn Korkor Ansah | Ghana Health Service ‐ Ghana Margaret Kruk | Harvard University TH Chan School of Public Health ‐ USA Prashant Kulkarni | The Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences ‐ India Chandan Kumar | Jawaharlal Nehru University ‐ India Omesh Kumar Bharti | Government ‐ India Surendra Kumar Mishra | AIHMS ‐ India Aku Kwamie | University of Ghana School of Public Health ‐ Ghana Jean Michel Labatut | IDRC ‐ Canada Leizel Lagrada | independent consultant ‐ Phillipines Josyula Lakshmi | Public Health Foundation of India; Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad ‐ India Heather Lanthorn | Harvard School of Public Health, IDinsight ‐ USA Elizabeth Larson | independent consultant ‐ USA Charles Larson | University of British Columbia ‐ Canada Rouselle F. Lavado | The World Bank Uta Lehmann | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Martina Lembani | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa
Simon Lewin | Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, South African Medical Research Council ‐ Norway Minquan Liu | Peking University ‐ China Rene Loewenson | Training and Research Support Centre ‐ Canada Belaid Loubna | CRCHUM ‐ Canada Vera Lucia Luiza | National School of Public Health Sergio Arouca ‐ Brazil Kopano Mabaso | Oxford University ‐ United Kingdom Erlyn Rachelle Macarayan | University of Queensland ‐ Australia Daniel Maceira | CEDES ‐ Argentina Bvudzai Magadzire | University of the Western Cape, School of Public Health ‐ South Africa Qamar Mahmood | IDRC ‐ Canada Samson Malwa HAUMBA | University Research Company ‐ South Africa Masuma Mamdani | Ifakara Health Institute ‐ Tanzania Kate Mandeville | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Richard Mangwi Ayiasi | Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health ‐ Uganda Hasheem Mannan | University College Dublin ‐ Ireland Kaggwa Margaret | Environment and Public Health ‐ United Kingdom Martin Martin | University Research Company ‐USAID ASSIST Project ‐ Uganda Irene Masanja | Ifakara Health Institute ‐ Tanzania Thubelihle Mathole | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Deborah McFarland | Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University ‐ USA Andrew Mckenzie, Dr. | Health Partners International ‐ South Africa Meghan McMahon | CIHR ‐ Canada Claudio Mendez | Universidad Austral de Chile ‐ Chile Sharmila Mhatre | IDRC ‐ Canada Tolib Mirzoev | University of Leeds ‐ United Kingdom Tiwonge Mkandawire | Management Sciences for Health ‐ South Africa Mitra Modirian | Tehran University of Medical Sciences ‐ Iran Shafiu Mohammed | Ahmadu Bello University ‐ Nigeria Alejandro Molina‐Garcia | Ministry of Health at Michoacan State ‐ Mexico Dintle Molosiwa | University of Cape Town ‐ Division of Health Policy and Systems ‐ South Africa Sassy Molyneux | KEMRI‐WEllcome Trust/University of Oxford ‐ Kenya Shinjini Mondal | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Rosemary Morgan | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ‐ USA Alison Morgan | Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne ‐ Australia Corrina Moucheraud | University of California Los Angeles ‐ USA Vincent MubangiziI | Mbarara University of Science and Technology ‐ Uganda Evatt Muhwezi Mugarura | Africa Youth Leadership Development and Health Initiative (AYLDH) ‐ Uganda Alex Muller | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Anne Musuva | Population Services Kenya ‐ Kenya Tun Myint | Simon Fraser University ‐ Canada Juliet Nabyonga‐Orem | WHO Regional Office for Africa ‐ Republic of Congo Stefan Nachuk | University of California San Francisco ‐ USA N Nakkeeran | Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar ‐ India Bejoy Nambiar | Institute for Global Health, UCL ‐ United Kingdom Agnes Nanyonjo | African Population Health Research Centre ‐ Kenya
Cynthia NCUBE | University of Zimbabwe ‐ Zimbabwe Nawi Ng | Umeå Centre for Global Health Research ‐ Sweden Anne‐Marie Nicol | Simon Fraser University ‐ Canada Edward Nicol | South African Medical Research Counicil ‐ South Africa Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja | Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki ‐ Nigeria Prashanth NS | Institute of Public Health ‐ India Nonhlanhla Nxumalo | University of the Witwatersrand ‐ South Africa Shawna O'Hearn | Dalhousie University ‐ Canada Vincent Robert Okungu | Strathmore University ‐ Kenya Jill Olivier | University of Cape Town‐ South Africa Stephen Olus Okeyo | Great Lakes University of Kisumu and Intrahealth Kenya ‐ Kenya Charity Omenka | University of Montreal ‐ Canada Marsha Orgill | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Dickson Otieno Okello | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Francisco Oviedo | Ministry of Health, Costa Rica Ligia Paina | Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health ‐ USA Benjamin Palafox | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicines ‐ United Kingdom Shakeel Panchoo | Health and Safety Promotion Network Bhuputra Panda | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Divya Parmar | City University London ‐ United Kingdom Govin Permanand Phd | WHO Regional Office for Europe and LSE Health, London School of Econmics and Political Science ‐ Denmark David Peters | Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health ‐ USA Jerome Pfaffmann Zambruni | UNICEF Suranjeen Prasad Pallipamula | Jhpiego ‐ India Ari Probandari | Universitas Sebelas Maret ‐ Indonesia Esteban Puentes‐Rosas | VD ‐ Mexico Bhaskar Purohit | IIPHG ‐ India Ravi Ram | Secretariat of the Pacific Community, New Caledonia; and adjunct faculty, Amref ‐ Kenya Kate Ramsey | Columbia University ‐ USA Tirtha Rana | Birat Nepal Medical Trust; Nepal Public Health Foundation ‐ Nepal Vikash Ranjan Keshri | State RMNCH+A Unit, DFID ‐ India Joanna Raven | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom K Srikanth Reddy | The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies ‐ Switzerland Daniel Reidpath | Monash University ‐ Malaysia Valerie Ridde | University of Montreal ‐ Canada Emilie Robert | McGill University ‐ Canada Alero Roberts | College of Medicine University of Lagos ‐ Nigeria Daniela Rodriguez | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ‐ USA Ellen Rosskam | Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; Webster University ‐ Switzerland Adolfo Rubinstein | Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy ‐ Argentina Sachiko Ozawa | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ‐ USA Emma Sacks | USAID Maternal and Child Survival Program ‐ USA Muhammad Saddiq | University of Sheffield ‐ United Kingdom Kiran Saluja | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Joseph Sambali | Ministry of Health and Social Welfare ‐ Tanzania
Duncan Saunders | University of Alberta, Canadian Society for International Health ‐ Canada Saw Saw | Ministry of Health, Myanmar ‐ Myanmar Marta Schaaf | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ‐ USA Nikki Schaay | University of Western Cape ‐ South Africa Vera Schattan P Coelho | Brazilian Centre of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP); Federal University of ABC ‐ Brazil Helen Schneider | University of the Western Cape ‐ South Africa Kerry Scott | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health ‐ USA Vera Scott | University of Western Cape, South Africa ‐ South Africa Lalith Senarathna | Rajarata University of Sri Lanka ‐ Sri Lanka Mridula Shankar | La Trobe University ‐ Australia Chesta Sharma | Pricewaterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. ‐ India Jessica Shearer | PATH Kabir Sheikh | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Maylene Shung King | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Isidore Sieleunou | University of Montreal ‐ Canada Eva Slawecki | Canadian Society for International Health ‐ Canada Jerry Spiegel | University of British Columbia ‐ Canada Swati Srivastava | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Freddie Ssengooba | Makerere University ‐ Uganda Cynthia Stirbys | Simon Fraser University ‐ Canada Katerini Storeng | University of Oslo/LSHTM ‐ Norway Tin Tin Su | University of Malaya ‐ Malaysia TK Sundari Ravindran | Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology ‐ India Donald Sutherland | Canadian Society for International Health ‐ Canada Geogia Taylor | Health Partners International and WISE Development ‐ UK Fabrizio Tediosi | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel ‐ Switzerland Sally Theobald | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Michael Thiede | Scenarium Group GmbH ‐ Germany Elaine Thume | Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva ‐ Brazil Elaine Tomasi | Universidade Federal de Pelota, Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva ‐ Brasil Stephanie Topp | James Cook University ‐ Australia Sarah Tougher | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ‐ United Kingdom Mark Tyndall | BCCDC ‐ Canada Evalina van Wijk | Western Cape College of Nursing, Department of Health South Africa ‐ South Africa Joe Varghese | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Rajani Ved | National Health Systems Resource Center ‐ India Vijayashree Vijayashree Yellapa | IPHI ‐ India Ronel Visser | Health Systems Trust (HST) ‐ South Africa Raman VR | Public Health Foundation of India ‐ India Linda Waldman | IDS ‐ United Kingdom June Webber | St. Francis Xavier University ‐ Canada Everylyn Wesangula | Ministry of Health‐ Kenya ‐ Kenya Maxine Whittaker | University of Queensland ‐ Australia Eleanor Whyle | University of Cape Town ‐ South Africa Aaron N. Yarmoshuk | University of the Western Cape ‐ South Africa
Annalee Yassi | University of British Columbia ‐ Canada William Yavo | Université Felix Houphouet Boigny De Cote d'Ivoire ‐ Cote d'Ivoire Fadima Yaya Bocoum | Institut de recherche en science de la santé ‐ Burkina Faso Kit Yee Chan | University of Edinburgh ‐ United Kingdom Francisco Yepes | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana ‐ Columbia Wah Yun Low | University of Malaya ‐ Malaysia Shehla Zaidi | Aga Khan University ‐ Pakistan Christina Zarowsky | University of Montreal ‐ Canada Merrick Zwarenstein | University of Western Ontario; Honorary at University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University ‐ Canada
