Professor Mihajlo (Michael) Jakovljevic MD, PhD, MAE, FTWAS is a Top-Notch expert in the Economics of Global Health and Sustainable Development of the Global South. UNESCO Headquarters Strategic Management Board, appointed him Coordinating Lead Author for the 8th Issue of five-year UNESCO Science Report 2026 - Chapter on Science Technology and Innovation Governance. He holds 20+ years long track record of service on behalf of various UN bodies and leading multilateral agencies such as UNESCO, WHO, GBD Project, European Commission, Belmont Forum, Swiss SNSF, Swiss HTA, Japanese JSPS. Stanford University, ranked him among the top ~3,000 global scientists (single-year impact basis, all citations), and the top ~100 researchers in his subfield (0.2% Globally;2025). Under his Leadership as Editor-in-Chief, prestigious London-based Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (CERA) Springer Nature journal, advanced from Q3 (IF 1.4) to Q1 (Impact Factor 3.1) JCR, during a 2019 - 2026 horizon. As of 2018, by the decision of WHO Director Regional, he was appointed top-tier EACHR Committee Member with WHO Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2021 he was elected UNESCO – TWAS Ordinary Fellow in the leading UN forum for Sustainable Development of the Global South. Academia Europaea, London, UK elected him 2022. He published 450+ full-length papers in refereed journals (app. 200,000+ citations, Hirsch factor 117)