Relindis Ma-gang Tapang (PhD) is a health and development economist specialising in health financing, health system inequalities, and gender disparities in health and labour markets, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a PhD in International Studies from the University of Tokyo, where she received the Outstanding Doctoral Achievement Award. She is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Tokyo and a parttime lecturer in Japan. She is also a 2025 Fellow of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAPHS). Her research examines access to care, financial protection, and maternal health outcomes, and she has previously worked on the World Bank–supported Performance-Based Financing Project in Cameroon.