Advocacy
From patient voices to policy impact — advancing equity, participation, and systemic transformation in healthcare.
Our Advocacy Approach
Patient-Centered Advocacy
Embedding the patient voice and lived experience into healthcare decision-making.
Strategic Health Policy Engagement
Bridging patients, policymakers, and industry to influence sustainable health policies.
Accreditation and Standards Alignment
Guiding organizations to meet international benchmarks, especially in patient-centric care and meaningful patient engagement.
Community Empowerment
Developing patient organizations’ skills, structures, and advocacy impact.
Advocacy
Why Advocacy Matters
Advocacy is the backbone of sustainable health systems. By embedding advocacy into healthcare and workplace strategies, organizations can:
- Build trust and credibility with patients, patient organizations, and stakeholders across sectors — including healthcare providers, regulators, and industry partners.
- Strengthen alignment with accreditation and international standards.
- Reduce inequities in access, outcomes, and participation.
- Contribute to long-term resilience and sustainability in public health systems.
Meet Our Advocacy Leaders
Dr. Sawsan Al Madhi (MD, MSc)
Founder & CEO, Advocacy Advisor
Dr. Sawsan A. S. Al Madhi is a professional healthcare leader and consultant, advocacy advisor, entrepreneur, honors class master’s degree holder...
Dr. Sawsan Al Madhi (MD, MSc)
Founder & CEO, Advocacy Advisor
Currently, she is the founder and CEO of AlignnEficient Health Consultancies, a niche social enterprise working with multiple stakeholders to push the agenda of advocacy on a local, regional, and global level while focusing on patient centricity and meaningful engagement of the patient’s voice.
Previously working in one of the most reputable charities in the UAE as the Director General for Friends of Cancer Patients, Dr. Sawsan’s role was to supervise the continuing refinement and expansion of the organizational objectives, which include: providing high-quality services, organizing fundraising activities, developing, planning, and executing nationwide awareness programs and campaigns through collaboration with a vast network of national and international governmental and private sector organizations, pushing the advocacy agenda on non-communicable diseases, and working on feasible patient access to treatment solutions.
Eng. Alia Ghader Alkhub
Patient Advocacy & Accreditation Consultant
Advancing healthcare quality through person-centered care, cultural transformation, and accreditation excellence. Alia Ghadeer Alkhub is a consultant specializing...
Eng. Alia Ghader Alkhub
Patient Advocacy & Accreditation Consultant