UHC Champions

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

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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