Dr. Ibtihal Fadhil

Dr. Ibtihal Fadhil is the Founding Chair of the Eastern Mediterranean NCD (EM-NCDA) Alliance and Chair of the Middle East and North Africa Coalition for HPV Elimination. She previously served as a Regional Adviser for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region Office. Dr. Fadhil, a public health physician, holds master’s and PhD degrees in public health and epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. Her work focuses on strengthening the NCD-Civil Society Organization (CSO) network and promoting the role of CSOs at national and regional levels. Throughout her 36-year career, Dr. Fadhil has held various academic and clinical positions, including serving as an NCD consultant for the Ministries of Health in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq, and as an Assistant Professor of Community Health in Iraq, Jordan, and Bahrain. She has authored numerous papers and commentaries on NCDs, public health, and cancer policy, and actively participates in advisory groups and committees for international NCD initiatives, such as the Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer and the Lancet Commission on Oncological Surgery, the WHO CSO working group on NCD since its establishment in 2017 and WHO CSOs commission, and as an adviser for Allies’ improving Primary Health Care PerformanceInitiatives (PHCPI).