Professor Dina Balabanova
Biography
Dina Balabanova is Professor of Health Systems and Policy at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. An internationally recognised health systems researcher, her work focuses on governance, people-centred service delivery, and health system strengthening in low- and middle-income countries. She led the Rockefeller Foundation-funded Good Health at Low Cost: 25 Years On programme, which examined why some countries achieve better health outcomes and access to care than others at similar income levels. Her recent research explores the systemic drivers of poor governance and corruption in health systems and identifies politically feasible solutions. She served on the inaugural Board of Health Systems Global (2012-2018), co-founded its thematic working group on Action on Accountability and Anti-corruption for the SDGs, and is Co-Chair of the Lancet Global Health Commission on Anti-corruption in Health.