Dr Manoj Kurian is the Director of the WCC's Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing. He is a Malaysian medical doctor, trained in Community Health and Health Systems Management. After working for seven years in mission hospitals in diverse rural regions in India, from 1999, he headed the health work at the WCC for 13 years. From 2012 to 2014, he worked at the International AIDS Society as the senior manager, responsible for the policy and advocacy work. From 2015 to 2024, Dr Kurian was the Coordinator of the WCC-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.