2025 UHC champions

This page features the individuals and groups going above and beyond in 2025 to ensure that everyone, everywhere, can access the health services they need without financial hardship.

Nominate a 2026 UHC Day champion

Dr Aicha Nicole Joëlle Millogo, Head of Programs & Evaluation for WGH, Burkina Faso
David Martínez González,
Doctor,
Spain
Gastón Devisich, Community-engagement representative, Fundación Huésped, Argentina
Jacob Ngwenya, Director of the NCD Champions Network, Zimbabwe
Josophine Kalombola,
Community health worker, Malawi
Marcela Romero,
President of ATTTA,
Argentina
Michael Kakande, Founder and Chairperson of Resilient40, Uganda
Ogweno Stephen, Founder and CEO of Stowelink Foundation, Kenya
Samuel Kumwanje,
NCD advocate,
Malawi
Tangi Angwi
Health Journalist, Presbyterian Church in Cameroon
Parliamentary Assembly
of the
Council of Europe
Hon. Ayano Kunimitsu,
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Hon. Hyun-Young Shin, Congresswoman, 21st National Assembly of Republic of Korea
Levy Mkandawire, Programme Manager for Amref Health Africa, Zambia
Hon. Akihisa Shiozaki,
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Hon. Amira Saber,
Senator,
Egypt
Akaninyene Obot, Focal person for Ukana West 2 Community Based Health Initiative, Nigeria
Dr Bintou Dembele,
Director of ARCAD Santé Plus, Mali
Harjyot Khosa,
Regional External Relations Director for IPPF, India
Jakub Bil, Co-Chair of the UHC Working Group, Global Mental Health Action Network, Poland
Junichi Kawata
Vice President of Izumi-no-kai,
Japan
Masanori Okuse, Representative Director of the Japanese Association for Psoriatic Disease
Mohamed Djamou Traoré, District pharmacist for Integrate Health, Guinea
Pradeep Gunarathne, Co-Chair, UHC Working Group, GMHA Network, Sri Lanka
Sarah Brousse, Health System Strengthening Advisor, Action Contre la Faim, France
Titus Abworo, Executive Director of Ageing Concern Foundation, Kenya
Daniel Molokele,
Member of Parliament,
Zimbabwe
Hon. Karen Makishima, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Casimir Hakizimana, Production Manager for Rugari Meat Processing Ltd, Rwanda
Elisha Dunn-Georgiou, President and CEO of Global Health Council, USA
Heri Marwa,
Country Director for PharmAccess, Tanzania
James Duah, Deputy Executive Director of Christian Health Association of Ghana
Labram Musah,
National Coordinator for the NCD Alliance, Ghana
Mathilde Forslund
CEO of Transform Health,
Switzerland
Mohamed Mousa, External Affairs Research and Advocacy Assistant for IFMSA, Egypt
Shaibu Issa
Founder and Director of
Tanzania Health Alliance
Ubaidullah Alhassan, Pharmacy student, African Youth Medicines Advocacy Network, Nigeria
Alexandra Heumber Perry,
CEO,
Rare Diseases International
Hon. Esteban Paulón, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Argentina
Hester Mkwinda Nyasulu, Country Manager for Amref, Malawi
Dr. Viroj Tangcharoensathien, International Health Policy Program Foundation
Solange Mbaye, Regional Programme Manager for Amref Health Africa, Senegal
Chinyere Ama-Oji, External Affairs General Assistant for IFMSA, Nigeria
Evans Majau, Programs Coord., Kenya Mended Hearts Patients Association
Humphrey Monde, Executive Director of the Civil Society Health Partnership, Zambia
Jamila Waiganjo,
Community Health Promoter, Kenya
Lisa McDonald, President of the Global Health Security Fund, Switzerland
Mayra Tirira,
Executive Director of Surkuna,
Ecuador
Naila Chebet Koech, Public Health Practitioner & Mental Health Advocate, Kenya
Sagun Paudel, Founder of Public Health Update,
Nepal
Sibu Malambo
Executive Director of The Youth Platform, Zambia
Wendy Wang, Co-Chair, UHC Working Group, GMHA Network, China
Hon. Allal Amraoui,
Member of Parliament,
Morocco
Hon. Rohey Malick Lowe,
Mayor of Banjul,
The Gambia
Professor Anne Beatrice Kihara,
Former President
of the FIGO
Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite,
Founder & President of
UNITE
Cohort of Regional Youth Champions from Digital Transformations for Health Lab
Fátima (pseudonym), Petitioner before the Human Rights Committee, Guatemala
Itai Rusike, Executive Director of the Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe
Josephine Majani Ongweni, Housewife and UHC advocate, Kenya
Lucia Perez Gomez, Doctor and Former IFMSA Vice President for External Affairs, Spain
Meladul Haq Ahmadzai, Founder and CEO of Taleam Systems, Canada
Nelson Otwoma,
Director of NEPHAK,
Kenya
Saidu Ibrahim Bangura, Community Education and Training Officer, Sierra Leone
Tadhi Sucharitakul, External Affairs Advocacy Assistant for IFMSA, Thailand
Dani Mothci, CEO, International Alliance of Patient's Organizations
Hon. Lee Jang Woo, Mayor of Daejeon and UCLG President, Republic of Korea
Concepta Kwaleyela, President of the Midwives Association of Zambia
Habibou Ouedraogo, Health Economist, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso

Click here for champion countries