Rialda Kovacevic is a Health Specialist at the World Bank. Since joining the Health Nutrition and Population (HNP) Global Practice in 2018, she has worked on various initiatives, including the Health Systems Strengthening Program, Primary Health Care, Mental Health Global Task Force, Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) – Health Systems Connector. She has an extensive background in medicine, public health, clinical as well as epidemiological research and data analysis.
Rialda has Doctor of Medicine degree from American International Medical University and Master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her primary areas of interest are preventative medicine, health care, and public health integration, along with mental and behavioral health in developing and developed countries.