Salman Rawaf MD, PhD, DCH, DPH, MPH, MCH, FRCP, FFPH, MFPHM

Professor Salman Rawaf is chair of Public Health and Director of WHO Collaborating Centre in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London. He acquired his qualification in medicine, with training in paediatrics and public health, and spent the breadth of his career in the NHS; including 26 years as an Executive Director: County Medical Adviser, Medical Director, District Medical Officer and Director of Public Health. In the latter 23 years of his service in the NHS, Professor Rawaf served as the Director of Public Health in South-West London, from which he then moved to Imperial College as Professor of Public Health, and the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education and Training, which supports several WHO Regions and their Member States.

Professor Rawaf is globally recognised for his international work and contribution to global public health, primary care in research and service delivery. His work is well documented in supporting countries to strengthen their health systems and service development; including Bahrain, Brazil, China, Iran, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Oman, Poland, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Palestine, Qatar, Sudan and Yemen.