Dr. David B. Evans

Dr. David B. Evans recently accepted the role of Scientific Project Leader in the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute. He is an expert in health systems strengthening, particularly health systems financing and governance. He was Director of the Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing (HGF) in WHO for 12 years providing support to more than 50 countries to develop effective, efficient and equitable health financing systems for Universal Health Coverage, and to strengthen health leadership and governance.  He was the lead author for the World Health Report 2010 "Health systems financing: the path to universal coverage".  His 25 years in WHO also included work on: social and economic aspects of the control of tropical diseases; the assessment of health system performance; and the generation, analysis and application of evidence for health.  He has a PhD in economics and has published widely.