Dr. Dele Abegunde has over 20 years of Global Health Economics and International Public Health experience leading operational and research projects in leading multilateral and non-profit organizations, including the World Health Organization, John Snow Inc. Research and Training.

He has a Master’s Degree in Health Economics from University of York, England.

He is currently an International Consultant for UNFPA; Islamic Republic of IRAN; UNICEF; WHO, South Sudan; Gavi/Deloitte, USA; UNFPA, Maldives; WHO Afro, Botswana; WHO Afro, UNICEF; and Institute of Human Virology of Nigeria.

Prior to becoming an International Consultant, he was the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for John Snow Inc. Research and Training in Boston; Principal Consultant/Lead Health Economist for Institute for Africa Health and Economic Research and Consultancy (iaHERC) in Nigeria; Medical Officer/Health Economist for World Health Organization in Switzerland; Health economist for Catalyst Health Economics Consultant in United Kingdom.

A former Associate Lecturer, University of Ilorin, Dr. Abegunde has well over 20 publications and papers on public health in both local and international conferences. His recent abstracts and posters presentation in scientific conferences includes: Universal Health Insurance Coverage and Reimbursement for Medicines in Countries, Inefficiencies due to poor access to and irrational use of medicines to treat acute respiratory tract infections in children etc.