PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AHF-Mexico and AHF Global Public Health Institute
Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Current Positions/Duties
ED of AHF Global Public Health Institute. https://ahfinstitute.org/
President AHF-Mexico
Elected by Mexican Senate as Member of the Consultative Council of the National HR Commission
Member of GayLatino Network
Board Chair of MPACT, Gay Men’s Health and Rights
Member of the Panel for a Global Public Health Convention https://www.gphcpanel.org/ and The Global Pandemic Policy Group
Academic background
MD degree from the National University of Mexico (UNAM); MPH. and MSc in Health Policy and Management, both from Harvard University
Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria Experience
Member of the Developing Country NGO Delegation 2014-date
Member of Global Fund Strategy Committee (2016-2017)
Board/Alternate Member Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) (2003-2007), Communications Focal Point LAC (2010-2011)
Past Relevant Positions/Duties
Panelist of The Independent Panel to Evaluate the Global Response to Ebola (Harvard/London School of HTM (2014-2016).
DG of the National AIDS Program of Mexico (CENSIDA 2003-2209).
Deputy DG of Planning at the Ministry of Health of Mexico (2001-2003) in charge of planning and managing World Bank grants for basic healthcare.
Founding Director of the Mexico City HIV Clinica Condesa
Some Publications as author
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00291-2/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(21)00070-0/fulltext
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)00946-0/fulltext
https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i2666
Awards: World Bank President’s Award for Excellence 2000. Johnathan Man Memorial Lecture in Health and Human Rights (Mexico 2008)
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