Peter Drury

A specialist in the development of policies and strategies to support the use of ICT in delivering improved health systems, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia, Peter Drury brings to DHP over 18 years of experience in consulting on digital health issues in developing countries and 25 years of information-related work as both consultant and employee at all levels of the UK National Health Service. He has worked in the private sector with Cisco Systems on digital health in Emerging Markets, and with major Development Partners, such as WHO, ADB, and UNICEF, on digital health issues in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific. 

Peter is currently working with the African Union on a Digital Health Strategy for Africa, and on Digital Pandemic Preparedness Assessments in West Africa, and has been supporting a One Health project in Vietnam as well as the Better Health Programme in Vietnam and the Philippines.

Peter holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Surrey and a BA from Cambridge University.