Appendix: Examples of Health Professional School Leaders Who Influenced Health Sector Reform, Performance, and Practice
| Name (Country) | Positions |
| Dr. Awa Marie Coll-Seck (Senegal) | Minister of health, professor at the University of Dakar |
| Professor Abdullah Daar (Canada) | Professor of public health, professor of surgery, University of Toronto; foundation dean of surgery, University of Oman Medical College; leader in biomedical sciences, organ transplantation, surgery, global health, and bioethics |
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Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (South Africa) |
Minister of foreign affairs, University of Kwazulu-Natal |
| Professor Philippe Douste-Blazy (France) | Professor at Toulouse Science University, French minister of health (twice), minister of culture, minister of foreign affairs |
| Dr. John Evans (Canada) | President of the University of Toronto |
| Dr. Nirmal Ganguly (India) | Director-general, Indian Council for Medical Research |
| Dr. Louise Gunning (Netherlands) | Ministry of health director, president of the University of Amsterdam |
| Professor Wen Kilama (Tanzania) | Director-general of the National Institute of Medical Research and Innovation (NIMRI) |
| Professor Ransome Kuti (Nigeria) | Minister of health, professor at the University of Lagos and Ibadan |
| Professor Eyitayo Lambo (Nigeria) | Professor of economics, Universities of Ibadan and Ilorin (1974–1992), minister of health (2003–2007) |
| Professor V. Ramalingaswami (India) | Director-general, Indian Council of Medical Research |
| Professor Fred Sai (Ghana) | University of Ghana and Harvard University School of Public Health; Ghana presidential advisor; global positions in family planning and maternal health |
| Dr. David Satcher (United States) | Faculty at UCLA School of Public Health; chairman of Department of Community Medicine and Family Practice at Morehead School of Medicine; US surgeon general, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services |
| Professor Nelson Sewankambo (Uganda) | Dean of Makerere University Medical School, principal of Makarere University College of Health Sciences, acting vice-chancellor of Makerere University |
| Dr. Louis Sullivan (United States) | US secretary of Health and Human Services, dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine |
| Dr. Haryono Suyono (Indonesia) | Minister of population and coordinating minister of social welfare, Airlangga University, Surabaya, and University of Chicago |
| Dr. Chen Zhou (People’s Republic of China) | Minister of health |