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Rafael Bengoa trained as a doctor at the University of London, where he specialised in Community Health. He has pursued a career at both national and international level. He first made his professional mark in 1991 with several papers on social policy and health management addressed to the Spanish and Basque parliaments (April Report, ESADE Report). He also worked for fifteen years at the World Health Organization, where he headed the Healthcare Systems Directorate until 2007. In 2009 he was appointed minister of healthcare and consumer affairs in the Basque government, where he was in charge of implementing a more sustainable, proactive healthcare model focused on the needs of chronic patients. He is currently co-director, together with Patricia Arratibel, of the Healthcare and Strategy Institute (SIHealth), supporting governments and social and healthcare reforms in different countries. He is a Senior Fellow at Harvard.