Professor John E. Ataguba is a leading economist, health systems researcher, the Canada Research Chair in Health Economics at the University of Manitoba, and the Executive Director of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA).  He is also a founding member of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.  Previously, he was the South African Research Chair in Health and Wealth (2018-2020), a Full Professor and Director of the Health Economics Unit at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.  He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town and serves on international Boards, including the Board of Directors for the International Health Economics Association.  

He has over 20 years of experience in many areas, including government policy advice, technical support to countries, research and teaching.  John was a Mellon Mandela Fellow (20016/17) at Harvard University, the USA, and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Councils for (i) Health and Health Care and (ii) Healthy Ageing and Longevity.  He is a research fellow for the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) network and Pan-African Scientific Research Council (PASRC).  John has published widely on many topics, including universal health coverage and access to health services, health financing, health inequality, equity in health and health care, social determinants of health and health economics methodology design.  He received many awards and serves as an advisor nationally and to international agencies, including the World Health Organization.