The Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs is committed to building its work on a strong foundation of evidence and expertise. FAN's efforts around the world are guided by two groups of experts, the Steering Committee and the Technical Advisory Group, that represent a wide range of knowledge and experience.
The Steering Committee is FAN’s decision-making body and is led by representatives from the Access Accelerated Secretariat, Access Accelerated member companies, and World Bank teams.
The Steering Committee:
The Technical Advisory Group informs partnership decision-making, allows for inclusion and diverse technical input, and supports networking. Its membership consists of Access Accelerated company representatives, Access Accelerated Secretariat representatives, World Bank teams, independent technical experts, civil society organizations, and funding partners.
The Technical Advisory Group:
Dr. Mark Blecher
Chief Director, Health and Social Development
National Treasury of South Africa
Kwasi Boahene
Director Health Systems
PharmAccess
Alison Cox
Policy and Advocacy Director
NCD Alliance
Charles Dalton
Global Sector Specialist-Health
International Finance Corporation
Michael Gone
Health Financing Manager
City Cancer Challenge
Sanne Frost Helt
Senior Director of Policy, Programme and Partnerships
World Diabetes Foundation
Dr. Amparo Elena Gordillo-Tobar
Senior Health Economist
World Bank
Dr. Kimberly Green
Global Program Leader, PHC
PATH and Coalition for Access to NCD Medicines and Products
Professor Kara Hanson
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Roberto F. Iunes
Senior Health Economist
World Bank
Alexey Kulikov
Head of Partnerships and Operations, Deputy Head of Secretariat
WHO / UN Inter-Agency Taskforce on NCDs
Joseph Kutzin
Global Health Financing Expert
Dorje Mundle
Senior Operating Partner
Bamboo Capital Partners
Justice Novignon
Technical Director PHC Efficiency, Effectiveness and Equity Management Sciences for Health
Adjunct Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute
Dr. Rachel Nugent
Independent Global NCD Expert
Herb Riband
Director
Access Accelerated
Ferdinant M. Sonyuy
Executive Director
Africa NCDs Network
Dr. Amit N. Thakke
Chairman
African Healthcare Federation and Africa Health Business
Isabel Torres
Senior Advisor, Gates-Pharma CEO round table
Gates Foundation
Tim Verfaillie
Director Health Equity / Social Business
UCB
Dr. Elizabeth Wangia
Senior Health Specialist
World Bank
The Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs is a network of regional NCD Financing Accelerators with a shared mission to support low- and middle-income countries in advancing Sustainable Development Goal 3, including universal health coverage.
FAN draws on the strengths of its partners who are committed to supporting LMICs improve health financing to expand equitable access to quality NCD care.
Behind the Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs is a group of motivated individuals and dedicated organizations that share a desire to help improve the lives of people living in low- and middle-income countries around the world.