WHS Regional Meeting Nairobi 2026

Dr. Daniel Mwai

Organization: Health Economist, Presidential Advisor, Health Financing
Session Topic: Beyond Rhetoric and Targets: Re-Negotiating Africa’s Position in Global Health Financing
Categories: Health Workforce, Financing, and System Building

Dr. Daniel Mwai, is the Presidential Advisor Health in the Executive Office of the President. A leading Health Economist and Health Financing Specialist in Kenya and the region. Dr. Mwai holds a PhD in Health Economics and is a Senior lecturer of Health Economics at the University of Nairobi. He has great interest in advocating for expansion of disease prevention, health promotion and Primary Health Care, approached as the only pathway to a sustainable health financing mechanism. His work experience and advisory work span the public sector, private sector and international development partners having work in Africa and the Caribbean region. He is merited for crafting the current health care reforms, being undertaken in Kenya.