Dr. Diana Ratsiambakaina is a Public Health expert with over 20 years of practical work experience in health system management. She is the former head of UHC department at MOH Madagascar. She holds a Master of Public Health and has worked at both regional and national levels dealing with a broad range of health issues, in particular, matters covering public health financing with regards to the strategic management of health activities. Dr. Ratsiambakaina main research interests include health financing strategies, adoption, and implementations, and Universal Health Coverage. Dr. Ratsiambakaina core-lead in collaboration with the University of North Carolina a multi-centre clinical trial research on the new treatment of syphilis in Madagascar. She is currently the head of training and research directorate at the National Institute of Public Health and Community at the Ministry of Health in Madagascar.