Global Health Equity Dialogue Series: How Can Health Equity Accelerate Progress toward Universal Health Coverage in Global Settings?

Dr. Hala Jassim AlMossawi is the vice president for global health at RTI International. Dr AlMossawi is an accomplished global health professional with more than 24 years’ experience as a technical expert, strategist, and leader for implementing partners, programs, and government. She is a published expert on infectious diseases and health system strengthening, and a seasoned leader in business development and in the design and management of health programs. As vice president of global health at RTI, Dr. AlMossawi provides strategic leadership and overall management for RTI’s global health programs. In 2022, Dr. AlMossawi was selected as one of the top 50 women business leaders for Maryland.

Dr. Indu Bhushan is the founding CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA) and Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY), a flagship health assurance scheme of the Government of India covering more than 500 million citizens from April 2018 to January 2021. He also led the implementation of another flagship scheme: National Digital Health Mission (later renamed Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission). Dr. Bhushan is an ex-Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer (1983 batch, Rajasthan cadre). He holds a PhD in Health Economics and a Master of Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University. Until his appointment as CEO at NHA, he served as Director General of the East Asia Department of ADB. He has held multiple positions within ADB including Director General of the Strategy and Policy Department and has led ADB’s engagement with several Asian economies including the People’s Republic of China.

Ryan Camado Guinaran is an indigenous Ibaloy Igorot Filipino who holds post-graduate degrees in Medicine, Rural Development, Community Development, Development Management, Training Management, Hospital Administration and Global Health. He is the Executive Director of the Doctors for Indigenous Health and Culturally Competent Training, Education, Networking and Governance (DITENG Inc.) which is involved in health advocacy for indigenous peoples. He was a Health Policy Analysis Fellow of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research-World Health Organization. Apart from teaching graduate courses on health development, he also is the Executive Assistant to the Provincial Governor of Benguet, Philippines and training facilitator for Health Leadership Governance Programs.

Dr. Kurowski directs knowledge initiatives to enhance the Bank’s support to country reforms and to inform the global policy debate on financing for health. Christoph has advised governments at all stages of development in the design and implementation of health financing and health system reforms. He has researched and written on health financing and system issues and contributed to global health initiatives, including the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health. Prior to his career in international finance and development, he gained hands-on experience in the delivery of health services working as a pediatrician for Doctors without Borders as well as at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Cologne/Germany.

For more than 20 years, Michael has worked at the intersection between sustainability, business strategy, business model innovation for social impact, and the role of business in a more sustainable society. He has significant experience in developing CR & access to healthcare strategies, ESG IR strategies, driving investor dialogue, inclusive business model innovation, innovative finance solutions, measurement and evaluation, and human rights policy, including the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Currently, as the Global Head of Social Business at UCB, he is responsible for a newly launched social business in India and the implementation of the UCB social business roadmap. Michael is an author and editor of articles and books in the above-mentioned areas and received the German Max Weber-Price for Business Ethics award for his scientific work in 2006.  

Aye Aye Thwin is a global health and development expert with over 30 years of long-term resident experience in South and Southeast Asia.  A former member of the Senior Foreign Service at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr. Thwin has led strategic initiatives on health policy and financing and also served as USAID’s Director of Learning, Evaluation and Research.  Prior to joining the U.S. federal service, she worked with the World Health Organization, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GIZ) and was on the faculty at Johns Hopkins University.  A medical doctor with a doctorate in health economics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, she has published peer-reviewed papers on health systems, financing, and policy reform and has received numerous honors including the 2019 Presidential Rank Award for top performing senior federal government executives.