Ariel Frisancho, MD, MSc Health Policy, Planning & Financing (LSE / LSH&TM, 2001-2002) is CMMB Peru’s Country Director. Ariel is a specialist on rights-based approaches, citizen participation, health governance and accountability. He is an author on these issues at diverse international publications. Ariel is a member of the Steering Committee of COPASAH (Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health),  and the World Bank’s Civil Society Consultative Group on Health, Nutrition and Population (2012-2016).