BANZON Eduardo P.
I am Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon or Dodo. I am a Principal Health Specialist in the Southeast Asia Regional Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a champion of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
I initially worked as a community organizer helping people in urban poor and remote rural communities (barangays) improve their access to quality health care services. I then became a faculty member in the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and the Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business where I taught doctors and other health workers, hospital owners and managers, and others knowledge and skills that help them become enablers and facilitators of health system reforms. I became a senior official and later President and CEO of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation developing and implementing policies and programs that expand access and availability of health care services. I eventually provided technical guidance on health reforms to several countries in Asia and Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa.
As part of ADB and NUS, I will continue to help Asia and the Pacific achieve UHC, and my wife Johanna (Jo) and I will continue to raise three wonderful children, Juan Eduardo (Dodi), Julian Francisco (Juancho), and Julianna Fidelis (Yanni) for a future with UHC.
Affiliation
- NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Honorary Visiting)
- Principal Health Specialist, Southeast Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) (Primary)
Research Areas
- Universal Health Coverage
- Health Financing
- Global and Regional Health Collaboration
- Comparative Health Systems and Policies
Teaching Areas
- Universal Health Coverage
- Health Financing
- Global and Regional Health
- Health Policy Development
Academic/Professional Qualifications
- MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing, London School of Economics and Political Science/ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1997
- MD Medicine, University of the Philippines, 1992
Career History
- Principal Health Specialist, Southeast Asia Regional Department, ADB (present)
- Principal Health Specialist, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, ADB
- Regional Adviser for Health Financing, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
- Health Economist, World Health Organization Bangladesh
- President and CEO, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC)
- Senior Health Specialist, East Asia Pacific, World Bank
- Vice President, PHIC