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Biography
Dr. Wesam Mansour is a health policy and systems researcher with a focus on health system and health workforce resilience, gender equity, and health justice in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS). Her expertise also extends to capacity strengthening and community engagement and involvement, in addition to her background in clinical medicine, healthcare management, service delivery, external evaluation systems and quality improvement. She employs qualitative research methods and participatory action research approaches to strengthen health systems and workforce resilience in crisis-affected contexts.
At LSTM, Dr. Mansour is a Co-Investigator in major research consortia, including ReBUILD for Resilience and the NIHR REACT Programme, where she leads research on health workforce, gender equity, governance, and health system strengthening. Her research has directly contributed to WHO Human Resources for Health policies, national workforce strategies, and local governance initiatives. She was also awarded the LSTM Director’s Catalyst Fund (DCF) in 2022, leading an independent study on workplace sexual harassment in the health sector in Lebanon.
Dr. Mansour also plays a key role as an Advisory Group Member of Health Systems Global (TWG FCAS) and serves as Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Health Planning and Management, shaping global health policy discourse.
Research interests
Health policy and systems research, health systems strengthening, health systems resilience, health workforce, gender, equity and justice, participatory action research
Teaching
Beyond research, Dr. Mansour actively engages in teaching, Master and PhD supervision, and capacity strengthening in health policy and systems research. She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She holds the role of Module Convenor for the Organisation & Management of Health Services module in the Master of Public Health (MPH) programme at LSTM, where she contributes to curriculum development and delivers research-led teaching on strategic planning and quality assurance.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Health Policy and Management, University of Manchester
21 Sept 2015 → 10 Jan 2019
Award Date: 10 Jan 2019
External positions
Deputy Editor, International Journal of Health Planning and Management
1 May 2020 → …
Themes
- Climate Health
- Community Health and Resilient Health Systems
- Equity and Capacity Research
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Health justice in fragile and shock-prone settings from theory to practice towards building resilient health systems
Loffreda, G., Regmi, S., Khalil, J., La, T., Idriss, A., Raven, J., Witter, S. & Mansour, W., 10 Sept 2025, In: BMJ Global Health. 10, 9, e017155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Shock Effect: How U.S. Global Health Policy Shifts Reshape Health Systems and Research: How U.S. Global Health Policy Shifts Reshape Health Systems and Research
Mansour, W., Bishai, D., Torres, I., Zaidi, S., Ridde, V. & Correia, T., 21 Apr 2025, In: The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 40, 4, p. 810-814 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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From PERFORM to PERFORM2Scale: Lessons from scaling-up a health management strengthening intervention to support Universal Health Coverage in three African countries
Raven, J., Mansour, W., Aikins, M., Bulthuis, S., Chikaphupha, K., Dieleman, M., Kok, M., Martineau, T., Ssengooba, F., Wyss, K. & Vallières, F., 9 Jul 2024, In: Health Policy and Planning. 39, 8, p. 841-853 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Refugee women in the informal health sector in Lebanon: gendered experiences of Close to Community healthcare providers during the COVID-19 response
Yamout, R., Mansour, W., Abou Saad, M., Khalil, J., Fouad, F. & Raven, J., 22 May 2024, In: SSM - Health Systems. 3, 100013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rethinking and advancing the movement of resistance, activism, and advocacy in health in four central arenas of the Middle East Region
Alkhaldi, M., Asi, Y., AlBada, M. & Mansour, W., 7 Aug 2024, In: World Medical and Health Policy. 16, 4, p. 692-708 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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