Göran Tomson is a Swedish physician, academic and health policy and systems researcher. He is known for his contributions to field-building of health policy systems research through initial consultations and advocacy at the Lejondal Meeting in Stockholm and accompanying reports and proposals that led to the establishment of the Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research at the

WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 15 ...

. He is also a professor at the

Karolinska Institutet The Karolinska Institute (KI; ; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden and one of the foremost medical research institutes globally. ...

and holds the position of Counselor for the UN Agenda 2030 at the president’s office at Karolinska Institutet. In 2022, he was recognised as a distinguished fellow at the

George Institute for Global Health The George Institute for Global Health, is an independent medical research institute headquartered in Australia with offices in China, India and the United Kingdom. The George Institute conducts research on non-communicable disease, including ...

. His research on

universal health coverage Universal health care (also called universal health coverage, universal coverage, or universal care) is a health care system in which all residents of a particular country or region are assured access to health care. It is generally organized ar ...

and other health systems issues has focused on many countries, including China, Kenya, Lao PDR, Sweden, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia. He has been involved in setting up impactful consortia and global health research networks that have made contributions to health policy and systems research, access to medicines and

antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from antimicrobials, which are drugs used to treat infections. This resistance affects all classes of microbes, including bacteria (antibiotic resista ...

. He also teaches health policy and systems research at Karolinska Institutet.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomson, Göran 1947 births Living people Academic staff of the Karolinska Institute Swedish public health doctors