Yoswa Mbulalina Dambisya holds an MB ChB from Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda) and a PhD from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the Director General of the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) since August 2014. Prior to joining ECSA-HC, he was a Senior Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, South Africa, and a Visiting Professor at Management & Science University, KL, Malaysia. He also previously worked at the University of Transkei Medical School in South Africa, the National University of Singapore and Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. His research interests include health systems and policy, education of health professionals, pain, natural products and rational drug utilization. As Director General, ECSA Health Community, Dr Dambisya is the CEO and head of the nine-member state inter-governmental organisation. He is charged with providing overall leadership and guidance to the various technical programme areas and projects towards the realisation of the mandate of the organisation which is fostering regional cooperation for better health outcomes in the region. Dr Dambisya has an abiding interest in Equity in Health, Equitable Access to Health Care, and sound Health Systems for the effective delivery of health services, in the spirit of Leaving No One Behind. He is actively engaged in is exploring sustainable solutions for resourcing health systems in the African region.