SSHSPH Assistant Professor Clive Tan Awarded Equity Initiative Fellowship

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Clive Tan on being awarded the Equity Initiative Fellowship!

Launched in 2016, the Equity Initiative (EI) Fellowship programme nurtures and empowers young leaders to pursue and advocate social justice for health in Southeast Asia. The programme brings together a diverse group of professionals who have demonstrated commitment, dedication and enthusiasm for leading change for health equity.

Like many others in the world, Southeast Asian societies are confronting various health equity challenges ranging from ensuring universal access to primary healthcare; developing pro-equity health financing policies; tackling the urgent health issues of women and children, migrants and refugees, ethnic minorities, the poor and disadvantaged, and those ravaged by humanitarian crises.

Sharing his thoughts on the fellowship, Assistant Professor Clive Tan said, “I am honoured and humbled to be awarded this fellowship, and I look forward to the opportunities to learn from the experts and other fellows on how to build a future that is more equitable when it comes to health literacy, access to health services, and improved health outcomes.”

“Through this Fellowship programme, I hope to have the opportunity to generate awareness and shine a light on areas of health inequity in our society, that is often sub-surface or invisible to many of us. And think beyond our borders, to see how we can cross-pollinate good ideas and initiatives across the region.”

EI fellows come from a broad range of sectors and disciplines, including medicine, public health, economics, policymaking, non-governmental social action, environment, legal, business and communications. Associate Professor Clive Tan will join the sixth cohort of Fellows in March 2022.

Assistant Professor Clive Tan is currently Director for Integrated Care with the National Healthcare Group – where he and his team are taking steps to plan for and operationalize health care and service delivery in ways that will better reach underserved populations and respond more effectively to those who have poor health and complex health needs.

He had previously served as a medical officer in the Singapore military for 16 years in various operational, leadership, and planning role, and also worked in the World Health Organisation in 2015/16 where he advised countries in the Western Pacific region on technical and planning aspects on the topics of integrated service delivery, quality and patient safety, and service development for hospital services.