Our Team

The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) is a diverse, global community of practitioners and policymakers dedicated to the vision of health for all.

Our country-led and country-driven approach succeeds as the result of highly engaged members and partners.






Ebrahim Ali Al-Nawakhtha

Secretary General, Supreme Council of Health, Bahrain (SG Convener)

Vivian Addo-Cobbiah

Former Deputy CEO National Health Insurance Agency, Ghana

Dr. Dinash Aravind

Senior Principal Assistant Director, Health Transformation Office, Ministry of Health,
Malaysia (SG Co-convener)

Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti

President Director BPJS-K, Indonesia (SG Co-convener)

Dr. Muluken Argaw

Strategic Affairs Executive Officer at the Ministry of Health Ethiopia


Roderick M. Napulan

Director IV, Department of Health, Health Policy Development and Planning Bureau
(HPDPB), the Philippines

Dr. Nguyen Khanh Phuong

Director, Health Strategy & Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, Vietnam

Dr. Samson Kuhora

Head Benefits Design, Claims Management, Social Health Authority, Kenya

Dr. Uzoma Nwankwo

Lead-Health Financing, Equity & Investments, Fed.Ministry of Health, Nigeria

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Dr. Somil Nagpal

Lead Health Specialist, The World Bank

Dr. Rahul Reddy

Executive Director, Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), Amref Health Africa

Noni Gachuhi

Senior Program Officer, Primary Health Care, Gates Foundation

Abdallah S. Ahmed Osman Elhag

Public Health Institute Director; Ministry of Health, Sudan

Adolfo Martinez Valle

Professor, Centro de Investigación en Políticas, Población y Salud, UNAM, Mexico

Pak Ali Ghufron Mukti

Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Indonesia

Dr. Bocar Daff

Directeur Général, l’Agence de la Couverture Maladie Universelle, Senegal

Dr Rozita Halina binti Tun Hussein

Director, Planning Division; Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Dr. Nneka Orji

Senior Health Economist; Department of Health Planning Research and Statistics, Ministry of Health, Nigeria

Dr. Sissi Odile

Director of Social Action Division; National Directorate of Protection and Social Solidarity, Ministry of Health, Mali

Dr. Isabel Maina

Ag. Director, Health Financing, Ministry of Health Kenya

Alok Saxena

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India

Dr. Israel Pargas

Senior Vice President, Health Finance Policy Sector, PhilHealth, Philippines

Dr. Zakir Hussain

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

Soonman Kwon

Professor, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea

Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby

Steering Group Co-Convener; Acting Chief Executive, National Health Insurance Scheme, Ghana

Dr. Muluken Argaw

Strategic Affairs Executive Officer, Ministry of Health , Ethiopia

Dr. Phuong Nguyen Khanh

Director, Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Vietnam

Roland Yarsieh Kesselly

Director of Health Financing; Ministry of Health, Liberia

Oyuntsetseg Purev

Head of the Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Health, Mongolia

Dr. Rahul Reddy

Executive Director, Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), Amref Health Africa

Tushar Mokashi

Technical Lead, JLN Amref Health Africa

James Soki

Country Engagement and Technical Initiatives Specialist, JLN Amref Health Africa

Titus K Kisangau

Communications Officer, JLN Amref Health Africa

Jane Nyambura

Program Officer, Support Function, JLN Amref Health Africa

Aditi Nigam

Health Financing Specialist, World Bank; Domestic Resource Mobilization collaborative

Agnes Munyua

Senior Program Officer, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Ajay Tandon

Health Specialist, World Bank

Allyson English

Senior Program Associate, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Amanda Glassman

Executive Vice President, Center for Global Development; Health Finance initiative

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Anna Shaw

Communications Associate, Center of Digital Excellence; Information Environment and Other Cross-cutting initiative

Asaf Bitton

Executive Director, Ariadne Labs; Service Delivery and Quality including PHC initiative

Caren Althauser

Independent Consultant; Information Environment and Other Cross-cutting initiative

Cheryl Cashin

Managing Director, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Danielle Bloom

Senior Health Financing Specialist, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Hannah Ratcliffe

Research Specialist, Ariadne Labs; Service Delivery and Quality including PHC initiative

Henok Yemane

Program Manager, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Jeanna Holtz

Health Financing Director, SHOPS Plus; Private Sector Engagement exchange

Jerry La Forgia

Chief Technical Officer and Founding Director, Aceso Global; Population Targeting initiative

Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou

Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Health Finance initiative

Kamaliah Noh

Associate Professor, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, Malaysia; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi

Health Systems Researcher, World Bank; Efficiency and Domestic Resource Mobilization collaboratives

Lisa Hirschhorn

Director; Implementation and Improvement Science Platform, Northwestern University; Service Delivery and Quality initiative

Lydia Ndebele

Knowledge Management Analyst, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Maria Eugenia Bonilla Chacin

Lead Economist, World Bank

Naina Ahluwalia

Consultant, World Bank; Efficiency collaborative

Ndiangui Joseph Githinji

Health Management Consultant

Rachel Rosen DeLong

Associate, Health Finance and Economics, Abt Associates; Private Sector Engagement exchange

Reem Hafez

Senior Economist, World Bank; Health Finance Initiative

Somil Nagpal

Senior Health Specialist, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Trudy Bearden

Senior Consultant, Qualis Health; Person-Centered Integrated Care initiative

Y-Ling Chi

Professor, Imperial College; Health Finance initiative

Qualis Health USA

Abt Associates

ACCESS Health International

Aceso Global

Ariadne Labs

Center for Global Development

Harmonization for Health in Africa

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

International Decision Support Initiative

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Management Sciences for Health

NICE International

PATH

PharmAccess

Results for Development Institute

USAID Health Finance and Governance Project

Ebrahim Al Nawakhtha

Steering Group Convener; Secretary General, Supreme Council of Health, Bahrain

Vivian Addo-Cobbiah

Former, Deputy Chief Executive, Operations, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Ghana

Dinash Aravind

Steering Group Co-Convener Senior Principal Assistant Director, National Health Financing, Planning Division; Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti

President Director of Social Security Administering Body for Health, Indonesia

Dr. Muluken Argaw

Strategic Affairs Executive Officer at the Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Atty. Eli Dino P. Santos

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of PhilHealth, Philippines

Nguyen Khanh Phuong

Director, Health Strategy & Policy Institute, Ministry of Health, Vietnam

Dr. Samson Kuhora

Head, Benefits Design and Claims Management, at the National Health Insurance Fund, Kenya

Uzoma Nwankwo

Country Lead, Health Financing, Equity and Investment, Nigeria

Profile photo of Somil Nagpal

Somil Nagpal

Lead Health Specialist, The World Bank

Dr. Rahul Reddy

Executive Director, Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), Amref Health Africa

Noni Gachuhi

Senior Program Officer, Primary Health Care, Gates Foundation

Abdallah S. Ahmed Osman Elhag

Public Health Institute Director; Ministry of Health, Sudan

Adolfo Martinez Valle

Professor, Centro de Investigación en Políticas, Población y Salud, UNAM, Mexico

Pak Ali Ghufron Mukti

Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Indonesia

Dr. Bocar Daff

Directeur Général, l’Agence de la Couverture Maladie Universelle, Senegal

Dr Rozita Halina binti Tun Hussein

Director, Planning Division; Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Dr. Nneka Orji

Senior Health Economist; Department of Health Planning Research and Statistics, Ministry of Health, Nigeria

Dr. Sissi Odile

Director of Social Action Division; National Directorate of Protection and Social Solidarity, Ministry of Health, Mali

Dr. Isabel Maina

Ag. Director, Health Financing, Ministry of Health Kenya

Alok Saxena

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India

Dr. Israel Pargas

Senior Vice President, Health Finance Policy Sector, PhilHealth, Philippines

Dr. Zakir Hussain

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

Soonman Kwon

Professor, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Korea

Dr. Lydia Dsane-Selby

Steering Group Co-Convener; Acting Chief Executive, National Health Insurance Scheme, Ghana

Dr. Muluken Argaw

Strategic Affairs Executive Officer, Ministry of Health , Ethiopia

Dr. Phuong Nguyen Khanh

Director, Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Vietnam

Roland Yarsieh Kesselly

Director of Health Financing; Ministry of Health, Liberia

Oyuntsetseg Purev

Head of the Policy and Planning Department, Ministry of Health, Mongolia

Dr. Rahul Reddy

Executive Director, Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN), Amref Health Africa

Tushar Mokashi

Technical Lead, JLN Amref Health Africa

James Soki

Country Engagement and Technical Initiatives Specialist, JLN Amref Health Africa

Titus K Kisangau

Communications Officer, JLN Amref Health Africa

Jane Nyambura

Program Officer, Support Function, JLN Amref Health Africa

Aditi Nigam

Health Financing Specialist, World Bank; Domestic Resource Mobilization collaborative

Agnes Munyua

Senior Program Officer, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Ajay Tandon

Health Specialist, World Bank

Allyson English

Senior Program Associate, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Amanda Glassman

Executive Vice President, Center for Global Development; Health Finance initiative

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Anna Shaw

Communications Associate, Center of Digital Excellence; Information Environment and Other Cross-cutting initiative

Asaf Bitton

Executive Director, Ariadne Labs; Service Delivery and Quality including PHC initiative

Caren Althauser

Independent Consultant; Information Environment and Other Cross-cutting initiative

Cheryl Cashin

Managing Director, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Danielle Bloom

Senior Health Financing Specialist, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Hannah Ratcliffe

Research Specialist, Ariadne Labs; Service Delivery and Quality including PHC initiative

Henok Yemane

Program Manager, Results for Development; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Jeanna Holtz

Health Financing Director, SHOPS Plus; Private Sector Engagement exchange

Jerry La Forgia

Chief Technical Officer and Founding Director, Aceso Global; Population Targeting initiative

Dr. Kalipso Chalkidou

Director of Global Health Policy and Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development; Health Finance initiative

Kamaliah Noh

Associate Professor, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, Malaysia; Provider-Payment Mechanisms initiative

Lauren Oliveira Hashiguchi

Health Systems Researcher, World Bank; Efficiency and Domestic Resource Mobilization collaboratives

Lisa Hirschhorn

Director; Implementation and Improvement Science Platform, Northwestern University; Service Delivery and Quality initiative

Lydia Ndebele

Knowledge Management Analyst, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Maria Eugenia Bonilla Chacin

Lead Economist, World Bank

Naina Ahluwalia

Consultant, World Bank; Efficiency collaborative

Ndiangui Joseph Githinji

Health Management Consultant

Rachel Rosen DeLong

Associate, Health Finance and Economics, Abt Associates; Private Sector Engagement exchange

Reem Hafez

Senior Economist, World Bank; Health Finance Initiative

Somil Nagpal

Senior Health Specialist, World Bank; Health Finance initiative

Trudy Bearden

Senior Consultant, Qualis Health; Person-Centered Integrated Care initiative

Y-Ling Chi

Professor, Imperial College; Health Finance initiative

Qualis Health USA

Abt Associates

ACCESS Health International

Aceso Global

Ariadne Labs

Center for Global Development

Harmonization for Health in Africa

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

International Decision Support Initiative

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Management Sciences for Health

NICE International

PATH

PharmAccess

Results for Development Institute

USAID Health Finance and Governance Project

The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage receives financial and in-kind support from JLN member countries as well as a host of other development partners including: