If selected, the head of the Colombian portfolio would take office from February 1, 2023 until 2028
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In the image, the Colombian Minister of Health, Fernando Ruiz. Photo: REUTERS/Luis Jaime Acosta
The Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced the list of the six candidates from Latin America to lead the body for the next five years. Among them, the current Minister of Health of Colombia, Fernando Ruiz, was included.
The list includes doctors Camilo Alleyne (presented by Panama); Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr. (presented by Brazil), Florence Duperval Guillaume (presented by Haiti); Nadine Flora Gasman Zylbermann (presented by Mexico); Daniel Salinas (presented by Uruguay), and Minister Ruiz, presented by the Colombian Government.
The minister Ruiz is a doctor and has a master’s degree in Economics from the Javeriana University; In addition, he has a master’s degree in Public Health and Occupational Health from the Harvard School of Public Health , in Boston, and is a Doctor of Public Health from the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, according to what is read in his resume published in the Ministry of Health.
Between the professional career Fernando Ruiz also highlights that, between 2013 and 2016, he served as Deputy Minister of Health. Likewise, he was scientific director of the Cancer Treatment and Research Center project, director of the Project Center for Development (CENDEX) of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and was co-founder and first President of the Colombian Association of Health Economics (Acoes).
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The head of the Health portfolio was also part of the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization, directed projects as a consultant for the Pan American Health Organization and, in addition, he has been a researcher for Colciencias.
According to the Pan American Health Organization, the candidate who receives the most votes from the member states will replace Carissa Etienne, who has been at the head of the PAHO. Once the vote is known, the selected person will take office on February 1, 2023 and will fulfill her mandate on January 31, 2028.
“The election of the next Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau, the executive branch of PAHO, will take place at the 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference, to be held from September 26 to 30, 2022. The Conference will elect the Director from among the candidates proposed by secret ballot. The candidate who receives the majority of the votes of the Member States will be appointed”, specified the Pan American Health Organization.
Before the next director of the organization is chosen, the resume and cover letters of the candidates will undergo an evaluation by the president of the Executive Committee of PAHO, the Member States, Participating States, and Associate Members of the Pan American Health Organization. Health.
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Colombia chairs the American Network for Cooperation on Electronic Health
On June 2, the Ministry of Health reported that Colombia was selected to be the president country of the American Network for Cooperation on Electronic Health – RACSEL for its progress “in positioning its leadership in the Americas region ”.
During the ordinary meeting of the General Assembly, which took place in Chile, the engineer Constanza Engativá, head of the Office of Information Technologies and Communication of the Ministry of Health, was appointed as the president of the Network.
“It is an honor and I feel privileged to represent my country to guarantee that this task we can continue advancing, as has been worked on directly by the founders”, said Engativá.
The appointment will be valid for a period of one year, in which Colombia will have the official spokesperson of the organization that, among other things, seeks the digital promotion of sa lud.