Nagwa Metwally is a seasoned health professional with decades of experience in the public health sphere on both a national and international level. As champion of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) patient safety programme, Metwally was one of the founding partners of the Patient Safety Alliance in Egypt in 2005. Aside from this, Metwally was a member of the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Red Crescent and was the Chairman of the Red Crescent Committee in Ain Shams hospitals tasked with overseeing and improving the quality of medical services across the facilities. Metwally holds a BA in Journalism from Cairo University and a MA in Mass Communication from the International Institute of Journalism India.