Dr Awad Mataria is the Acting WHO Representative in Syria. Before assuming this role, he served as Acting WHO Representative and Head of Mission in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He previously served as Director of Universal Health Coverage/Health Systems at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, where he supported countries across the Region to reform their health systems with focus on health financing reforms to advance progress towards universal health coverage.
Dr Mataria has more than 15 years of experience in health system strengthening, health economics and health financing.
He holds a PhD in Health Economics and a Master’s degree in Health System Analysis, following his undergraduate degree in Pharmacy. His areas of expertise include universal health coverage, health systems financing and organization, social health insurance, health care priority setting, economic evaluation of health care interventions, national health accounts, and measuring the benefits of health care using stated preference techniques.
He has published in several high-impact journals, including the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics and The Lancet, and co-edited a Book on “Making Health Systems Work in Low and Middle Income Countries” published by Cambridge University Press. He has also presented at many international and regional conferences.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awad-mataria-05058716/
