Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe is medically qualified but also has MSc and PhD in Health Economics. He is a Professor of Health Economics & Policy at the University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, the Director of Research in the University, the Coordinator of the Health Policy Research Group and the President of the Nigerian Health Economics Association. He is also the Director of the Nigerian National Centre on Health Systems, which is part of the African Health Observatory Platform (AHOP) on Health Systems. He is currently a Professor of Health Economics & Policy and Pharmacoeconomics & Pharmacoepidemiology at the University of Nigeria.

Appointed as the first Policy Adviser HIV/AIDS, Department of Peace Keeping Operations’ Mission MONUC, DRC (2002-2006); and the first Adviser HIV/AIDS, Security and Humanitarian, UNAIDS regional Office (AUC and ECA), Ethiopia (2006-2007); where she developed the HIV policy and oversaw its implementation for peacekeeping mission, conflict and humanitarian settings.

Mr. Kibwika-Muyinda born on 31st December 1954 is a trained lawyer, an Advocate of the High Court of Uganda and courts subordinate thereto and has practiced law in Tanzania and Uganda and provided legal consultancy services in other countries including Mauritius, Lesotho and Swaziland. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Health Planning and Administration as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Health Management, Planning and Policy with specialization in Health Economics for Developing Countries.

She holds a Ph.D. in Medicine, a Specialty Certificate in Dermatology-Venereology, a Masters in Health Economics (CESAG), a Masters in Management in Health Programs (CESAG) and a university degree in allergology (Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France). She has ten years of experience in dermatology-venereology and cost evaluation. She is a member of the technical committee for the vigilance of medical installations, in vitro diagnostic devices and labile blood products; And also member of the expert committee in charge of evaluating applications for approval of herbal medicines, medicines from the traditional pharmacopoeia, nutritional supplements and other special foodstuffs, cosmetic plants and personal hygiene.

Prof. Kara Hanson is Professor of Health System Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Public Health and Policy, at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research has focused primarily on the economics of health systems in low- and middle-income countries.

Dr. Serge Mayaka has been a medical doctor for 20 years, graduated in Health Economics from the School of Public Health of Kinshasa (University of Kinshasa/DRC) in 2005 and in Health Policy from the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Antwerp (ITM/Belgium) in 2011.

Dr. Jean-Paul Dossou is a doctor and PhD student in public health. He is the current director of the Centre for Research in Human Reproduction and Demography (CERRHUD) in Cotonou, Benin.