Brendan Kwesiga is a Health Economist and Health Financing Specialist currently working as a Senior Health Specialist at UNICEF HQ. In this role, he supports countries globally in strengthening systems for financing for primary health care and immunization programs. Before joining UNICEF, he worked as a Technical Officer at the World Health Organization (WHO), where he supported countries in the African Region with health financing policy formulation, the implementation of financing reforms, and the use of economic evidence to improve health system performance. He has also served as a Health Financing Advisor at Management Sciences for Health (MSH) in Uganda and has worked as a health economics and financing consultant for various bilateral and multilateral agencies, as well as academic institutions. A Ugandan national, Brendan holds a B.Sc. in Quantitative Economics from Makerere University (Uganda), a Masters in Health Economics from the University of Cape Town (South Africa), and a Masters in Public Finance from SOAS University of London (United Kingdom)