Dr Ibtihal Fadhil

Dr Ibtihal Fadhil – Founder and Chair of the Eastern Mediterranean NCD Alliance, CSOs network working on NCD prevention and control in EMR countries.

Former Regional Adviser of NCD at WHO/EMRO, Cairo (2008–2016).

Elected Member of the board of directors of the global NCD Alliance  for two terms 2017–2021, Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Women and cancer since 2021. Member of WHO Strategic Technical Advisory Group for NCD prevention and control (2021–2023), and Member of WHO/CSOs Working group on NCD since 2017.

Adviser to Allies Improving Primary Health Care (PHCPI) since early 2022, Member of Cancer screening 5 (CAN Screen 5) Advisory Group  IARC. Member of the Regional Scientific committee on cancer in conflict.

Dr Fadhil has held various academic and clinical positions during the last 36 years on national and international levels. Working as an NCD consultant for the ministries of health in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq, supporting in developing of NCD national action plans and supporting NCD monitoring and evaluation work.

Dr Fadhil served as a member of several national and international medical committees and public health associations. Published, as main author and co-author in several scientific journals.