Regional Advisor for Eastern Mediterranean Region, World Health Organisation, Egypt

He is Regional Adviser at the Department of Universal Health Coverage Health systems responsible for Healthcare Quality and Safety programme at the Eastern-Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health Organization.

Dr Mondher Letaief is a Professor of Preventive Medicine at the University Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia. Dr Letaief’s areas of expertise cover Health Systems development, Quality and patient safety improvement as well as preventive medicine and public health.

Before he joined Who, Dr Letaief occupied the position of regional director of health in Monastir, Tunisia. He also led the coordination of a national research unit on quality and patient safety as well as several academic and international educational activities in the field of public health and healthcare management.

He also collaborated with WHO and other international organizations on several projects in the areas of Quality and Patient safety as well as Public Health and Health systems development.

Dr Mondher Letaief is a member of the MENA Health Policy Forum and the editorial board of the Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, a member of the International Academy for Quality and Safety, an expert reviewer for the International Society for Quality in Healthcare, reviewer for several international journals. He published more than 60 papers in peer-reviewed international journals.