Edson C Araujo is the World Bank’s task team leader in Brazil, Guinea-Bissau and Cabo Verde. He led the World Bank global program on human resources for health, which focused on assisting countries with implementing evidence-based health workforce policies in the context of health system strengthening strategy and UHC goals. Edson’s work on health workforce includes the analysis of health labor markets, measurement of health workforce performance, and the application of stated preference methods to elicit health workers’ employment preferences. Prior to joining the World Bank, he taught health economics at University College London/UK.